Jordan Lake State Park

MMM ... steak dinner 

 Just relaxing by the lake 

We got to see Saturn and it's rings 

 Summer sky 

Kale

A kale chip. 

I covered it with olive oil and a generous amount of sea salt, then I baked it in the oven at 

170 degrees. 

The flavor is great but the texture is like 

tissue paper. 

I think next time I will cook it for a shorter time. 

12 Day Broth

We need to consider reusing our soup bones. 

Front Yard Hydrangea

 

Beach Trip 2

 The view while reading at the motel 

 Our map guy. 

 Happy, little nerds. 

 Beautiful marine forest lichen 

 Wonderful live oak treat. 

 Not saying HE is a crab, there was just a flag there and he was standing under it and I just kinda took the pic. 

Just the two of us. 

 The boardwalk 

 At dinner. 

 Beach hair. 

 The path to the beach. 

 Sunday's hike. 

Fresh, organic road side stand treat for the drive home. YUM. 

Watermelon on Sale

This week, Aldi has a huge box of sweet water melon at a GREAT price. I bought one, froze it in pieces and this morning, after working in the garden I filled my Blentec with today's kefir, the frozen water melon (including the seeds) and frozen banana.  It is WONDERFUL. 

Pic reminds me of a drink milk commercial 

I am going back to Aldi to buy several watermelon to cut up and freeze.

We will have yummy smoothies for months to come.
Nutrion information watermelon has a lot of water soluble vitamins, potassium and a high level of lycopene. The GI is about 70. 
{ http://www.watermelon.org/IndustryMembers/Watermelon-Specific-Research.aspx}

How sweet are your words to my taste, 
sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119 

Happy Together

Your dad and I had a lovely trip to the beach.

Here are some pics

It is the end of May everywhere we looked we saw wildflowers. 

I was a little surprised when I saw I was given the senior citizen discount :/ 

The clouds in the sky were magnificent. 

One topic of conversation - concrete. 

Yahoo! The ocean. 

For Don's Christmas gift - a tour to see the wild ponies and the dolphins

We were happy tourists. 

Beaufort is beautiful

Beaufort Bridge, constructed in 1927 - the days of the Model A Ford

Being brave! 

Off the boat, walking around Beaufort

A cup of coffee with this guy in Morehead City 

Mexican yumminess served in a pineapple

A HUGE margarita. 

That is day one of our weekend.