Whenever I work two days in a row, I awaken the next day
feeling like a giant sloth drooping from her branch, avoiding every useful
activity – almost too dazed to even nibble on the tender leaves of her tree. It usually takes me until at
least noon to emerge from the fog, and then my primary goal seems to be taking
a nap.
Such was the case yesterday. I had planned (foolishly) to do lots of things, but the only
crucial one was making a salad to take to The Twins’ for a fun evening of
croquet! The afternoon was well advanced by the time I managed to summon the
wherewithal to cycle to the store for ingredients. When I got home, I felt a tiny bit energized and put on some
bluegrass gospel music CD’s to cheer myself up. That was very effective. There is something about bluegrass music that is so
happy-making! Just like Bach! I
finally became enthusiastic about my salad. I had asked Rebecca for a pasta salad suggestion and she
sent me several recipes, one of which had roasted lemon. That sounded
tantalizing! The recipe wasn’t a
pasta salad, but I turned it into one, added roasted beets and a bunch of other
vegetables. It turned out to be
extremely pretty and quite yummy!
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| Laughlin pears (almost) |
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| Fruits of the Laughlin Acres |
After dinner, we had tea in the Laughlin Acres, and a lovely
game of croquet. There are
certain games that I never, ever win
- poker, gin, Monopoly are among them – and also croquet. I used to play with my parents and
brother, and later with my cousins, and usually would be on about wicket number
two when the game ended. So I expected to come in last, and in this, I was not
disappointed. However, despite
being behind at every point in the game, I didn’t come in waaaay last. I was only a tiny bit last. This was very gratifying. I almost felt as though I had won.
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| Elegant Tea Service, including special Good Friday tea cozy |
6 comments:
It was sooo delicious, and every bit as good the next day for lunch. The good thing about croquet is that almost everyone loses, so at least one isn't alone.
Salad looks really yummy!
I haven't played croquet in years. I think we have a set somewhere, probably next to the bocce ball.
That salad looks amazing, now I am craving roasted beets.
Any chance you might post how you made the salad? Looks almost too pretty to eat.
Julie in San Diego
Here is a link to the original salad recipe:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/27/salad-recipes-yotam-ottolenghi
It was the tomato lemon one. I added pasta, roasted beets, and anything else you see in the picture. The dressing in the recipe and the roasted lemons were the things that made it so tasty.
Yum! Croquet is so much fun. I almost forgot about the game. We played it as children in our neighborhood park.
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