I dreamed about Dolly last night. She was outside, exploring; she was well! She was Dolly.
It was so good to see her. Make of that what you will.
We went to mass this morning - it is the Ascension of Jesus. forty days after Easter. I thought I'd make a nice dinner. I baked a small cake, coffee flavor with walnuts, no frosting. I then made a crustless quiche, with mushrooms and spinach - a little cheese. A romaine salad with blood oranges and a bit of yellow bell pepper, oil and vinegar dressing, and some chicken tenders marinated in a yogurt lemon herb mixture and baked.
In the afternoon, I sliced up the cake, which would have looked better cut up, and decided to have a piece. It was made with dates, and a little brown sugar. Well, it was so sweet - frankly, I couldn't stand it. I threw out the rest. I felt bad there was no dessert, not that my brother would notice, or mind.
Meanwhile, I was catching up on some of Huw Richards' videos. He is focusing lately on perennial vegetables and he mentioned rhubarb; I have thought of rhubarb before, and would like to grow it, so I wrote it down.
I no sooner wrote the word when my phone rang. It was a neighbor, Sally. I just baked a strawberry rhubarb pie, and wonder if you'd like some. Ah, ah!! I told her the story of my dessert disappointment, AND that I'd just written the word "rhubarb". Of all things! She brought it over and said she had put in less than half of the sugar in the recipe - it was just right. Thank you, dear Sally!
Loving Father,
because of the Ascension of your Son
our human nature is now at home with you in heaven.
May this truth be our lasting encouragement and hope.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
our human nature is now at home with you in heaven.
May this truth be our lasting encouragement and hope.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Reading this was a blessing thank you 🙏
ReplyDeleteI love those coincidences in life! I hope you get to grow some rhubarb; it is very hardy once it is established. We had a plant for years (it was even run over by a dumper truck and survived) that eventually got so big and tough (the centre of it had died off as well) we had to dig it up. The roots went down very deep! We bought a new one last year that is still in a pot waiting to be planted in the vegetable bed. I love making rhubarb fool - all fluffy and creamy - and rhubarb crumble too. It makes a good sauce for oily fish like mackerel.
ReplyDeleteWe had an evening Communion service yesterday which was lovely but not well attended sadly.
How good to know that Dolly is well! <3
I’ll keep that in mind, Clare, that the roots go very deep, when I ever get one. I’m sorry your services are so poorly attended. But with your Defender-of-the-Faith praising Islam on Easter Sunday - well. He doesn’t help much.
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