Waving, jumping up and down, trying to get your attention...

- Hello?  

- Hello!

- Is there anyone there? 

- Knocking.

- Banging.

- Uhm, I brought cake.

- Oh, there you are.  It was cake, right?  Well, it would have got my attention, too.

- How are you?  It's been too long.  I know, things have been busy, and well, I didn't think you were there, so I stopped coming.  You always seem so busy.

- Yes, I'm back...  I know I spruced things up a bit.  Oh, good,  you like it.  Well, that's good feedback. 

- Nope, I'm not going anywhere, at least not for the moment.  I have things to share, things to say.  Will you stay, will you come back?  It's always no nerve-wracking, wondering if you're around.

Mobile Blogging

Laptops are nice... they get the job done. But, they're not very convenient. I don't want to take it on holiday with me. I can't use it from the car (as a passenger only, of course - blogging while driving will invalidate your warranty).
So I decided take the plunge into the smartphone age and try Blogging from my phone.
First attempt was to text a registration request to go@blogger.com. Alas, message not sent... So I fell back on the backup plan of Blogging by email resulting in the message you see before you.

The world will never be the same again.

Women and cats will do as 

they please, 

men and dogs should relax 

and get used

to the idea.

-Robert A. Heinlein

Speaking of tomatoes....

Foreign food from local places

Yes, yes, I'm back with lots to share...

First off, dinner!  Foreign foods made with local ingredients.  Tonight we dined on chile rellenos con queso and a corn and tomato salad.  All the ingredients were local, with the most miles on the Monterey Jack cheese from an English dairy and the Spanish beer.

During an outing last week with work, I stumbled upon a farmer's market stall selling salsa and chutneys made primarily from peppers.  These didn't really stand out but behind them was a bushel of Anaheim peppers, looking absolutely gorgeous and begging to go home with me.  The vendor was a little stunned when I proceeded to stuff a bag full of them, ten total. 

The recipe was made from scratch and all went well, even the frying which always seems to make me cringe a bit.  The tomato sauce was made with our own tomatoes from the greenhouse.  Our corn isn't quite ready yet, but this morning's local farmer's market had one lone ear that served us well.  

The corn and tomato salad was inspired by a recent post from Chez Pim.  It's definitely a salad that will come up again for us once our corn comes due.