It’s warm and sunshiney outside. Today is the last day of the asparagus season and I’m sitting in the asparagus stand I’ve been working at for the last month. I’ve asked probably a hundred customers what their favorite way to have asparagus is and I will share some of the main ones.
- Fresh and raw. It tastes like spring peas in the pod.
- Make a green bean casserole, the kind with French Fried Onions on top, but instead of green beans, use asparagus.
- Wrapped in bacon and grilled.
- Sautéed in olive oil and sprinked with sea salt.
- Pickled. The recipe I got from several random customers is: 1 cup water, 1 cup white vinegar, 1 Tbsp salt, and 1 Tbsp sugar. Boil and pour over uniformly sized asparagus spears in a mason jar. Once cool, refrigerate until chilled and eat.
I have the sun on my face when I work in the mornings, and my Stanley water bottle and a crossword book to keep me company. Im basically a 90 year old. But I have listened to and read some really great books the last few weeks since I’ve had lots of quiet time bagging asparagus. I’m not necessarily “recommending” these books, but I have personally loved them. They’re a mix of memoirs and fiction and self-knowledge, and I will list them here if you’re interested. As always, I may earn a small commission if you buy them here:)
We have had full evenings the last couple weeks and it’s been bittersweet. We are soaking up the time with “our people” and enjoying every minute. This weekend included Joe’s, Arlan’s, Eric’s, Clay’s, and Kendall’s, and we enjoyed every second. Last weekend, Morgans best friend Levi came to visit us from Cali. He drove Mom Yolanda’s car here and took a load of boxes and toolbox and plants back so we wouldn’t have to load the bus to the gills on our drive home in a few weeks. The evenings have been so pretty here lately. The sun shines on the mountains and gives the valley golden light and its lovely. We watch the stars and look for bears and swim in the lakes as much as possible. I have been thrifting lots lately: books, brass candleholders, a painting, and a couple pottery mugs. I’m going to do some sort of thrift post one of these days and maybe sell some of it.
Friday the 26th was one year since Dad Kevin passed away. The weeks suspense and dread leading up to the day was worse than the actual day itself, which I remember from when my Dad died too. We had an alright day that included a fun supper with lots of our favorite people and then attending a Jordan Petersen talk in Kelowna in the evening. Morgan has such a cool class and they gave him a bunch of flowers and hugs, and Nicole brought over a basket full of granola and berries and chocolate and love.
A few weekends ago, we drove up to our favorite lake in the mountains with our picnic basket full, an ice chest with good drinks, and each other. It was a hot day and such a pretty drive thru Lumby and onto rough logging roads, over streams and by the river. We were cruising in the pickup, windows down, Birks off, when we came around a corner and into a road full of snow. Over a foot of it on the road for as far the eye could see. Anyways, we went straight into it, of course, and got very stuck. So, barefoot and sundress and swim trunks, Morgan and I got to lay in the snow and dig the pickup out for 20 minutes. 20 minutes was what it took for our hands to go numb and to discover bear poo a few feet away to keep us on edge. What a time to be alive. Once free, we found a creek and some shade in an old forest and had our steaks there. I love the days when it’s not according to plan because those are the ones I’ll remember forever.
Saturday we decided to take the bus out on a warm-up drive to get the cobwebs out. The first drive of the season is always a lot of work. I have to find spots for any loose items like books, salt and pepper shakers, dish soap, etc. before we travel so an outing helps me out. Most of the kitchen/decor items are stored in the sink in our dish drainer. I take down our books and the hanging light over the counter and store everything before we drive, but a maiden voyage helps me see the loose things and find spots for them before the actual trip. We use child locks on all our drawers and cupboards that we lock when we drive to keep them all closed, and the refrigerator items are in several soft baskets so things don’t slide around in the fridge. I also use our extra cloth napkins and towels to wrap around our coffee mugs so they don’t move. I have the drawers lined with shelf liner which takes care of basically all movement but I use the towels just in case. I’m excited to be back driving in the bus! We made a little plan to get an idea of where we would get each night on our drive home to California so I’m looking at spots for nights. Since my Mom is driving with us, Morgan and I may sleep out on the deck a few nights, and we’re also bringing a foam mattress for the floor because our loveseat is too short to sleep on. We plan to leave Thursday, the 15th.
This week is the last week of school with playday on the 10th, and our Moms and Madison fly in tonight, Wednesday evening! Our family Tony&Tara are coming up from Othello as well so we will be having full hearts the next week:) have a good week!
the wild somewhere 
You’ll have to write a book about all your adventures.
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