Yesterday after recycling various small items which never found a home on Freecycle and are not worth a long drive to the thriftie, I found a couple of Good Things among a riot of stuff in the dumpster/recycling enclosure, someone's moving.
and this bowl's in perfect condition, as is the big scarf, silky but probably not silk. It's got advertising, I think, printed on it. Can anyone translate? It's possibly inside out, alphabet unfamiliar to me.
And today's lunch with spiced (chili, cayenne, cumin) toasted chickpeas and tuna, dried sage toasted crisp and chucked on top of the soup.
It's in new unused condition and I can definitely employ it one way or another.
Both items can probably be freecycled when they've run their course Chez Boud.
And here's the Christmas or by now practically Memorial Day cactus
Putting out a single blossom but what a winner.
Then there's chicken and cappellini soup. Yesterday's lunch, with pita bread toasted with sharp cheddar
And today's lunch with spiced (chili, cayenne, cumin) toasted chickpeas and tuna, dried sage toasted crisp and chucked on top of the soup.
Yesterday's reading outside involved smelling lovely lilac in bloom next door, and seeing the changing of the nest guardians.
There was a sudden flutter behind me, and I looked up, to see Partner Dove on the fence waiting to take his place
He saw me and I thought it best to sit unmoving, to let him calm down and fly down to the deck, which he eventually did.
He strolled about looking elaborately casual, until the sitting dove left the nest and flew off, the way the other dove had come. Then after a bit more strolling, I suppose not to betray the nest site, he finally took his place.
And here's the guardian in place this morning
I felt honored that they'd gone ahead despite the presence of a giant human. I think they've decided I'm basically harmless. Maybe I'll get that on my gravestone. Here lies Boud. She was basically harmless.
There's worse things to be known for!
Happy day everyone, later there's Textiles and Tea which I'll catch you up on tomorrow, a Scotswoman, Cally Booker, weaver and teacher.
I swear that dove is giving you a coy look.
ReplyDeleteNice dumpster finds! I love both the bowl and the scarf.
I need to make some spiced chickpeas. I think about it and then I forget.
I remember by putting the can out on the counter otherwise I'd never do it.
DeleteYour dove photos and story melts the heart.
ReplyDeleteLove the bowl! Great find. No translation for the scarf from me. Your menus are so much more spicey than mine, I've been trying to do better. So far, I haven't ruined any meal. Give me time though. lol
Spices are so personal. Finding your own preference takes time and a few experiments. It's an interesting quest.
DeleteOh nice find with the bowl. Your becoming familiar and that’s great. Maybe you’ll get the job of baby sitting once they hatch lol
ReplyDeleteOnce they hatch it's going to be a mad rush of feeding. Good job this week's quiet. They'll need stamina soon.
DeleteLol at the epitaph. I can testify that Boud was so much more, including funny!
ReplyDeleteWhat good parents those doves are!
Doves are model family birds. They've nested here before, two babies, even the babies ask politely for food! Such a peaceful little foursome.
DeleteI like epitaph jokes!
I, too, love blue glass. I have quite a collection.
ReplyDeleteI think being remembered for being basically harmless would be a wonderful thing. The doves seem to agree.
MT blue glass collection is two pieces now!
DeleteMy, dangit!
DeleteI have played host to many Christmas cactus in my life time, and never knew which would be blooming next. They are scattered among my grands now.
ReplyDeleteI like when it blooms any old time.
DeleteWow, that's a nice blue bowl you scored. And how about, instead, "Here lies Boud, trusted ally of mourning doves."
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice alternate epitaph. Maybe there'll be a poll!
DeleteYou hav a dovely time in your yard. Keep on reporting.
ReplyDeleteGlad to.
DeleteThat blue bowl would have come home with me too. Must say that would be a fitting epitaph.
ReplyDeleteI think there could have been competition for the bowl
DeleteI love blue glass too. That's a pretty little bowl. I have a blue glass mixing bowl, a blue glass baking dish, and a pretty little blue glass platter. I have passed on a little blue glass creamer I see now and then at estate sales because I would never use it.
ReplyDeleteI would use a creamer, so I wouldn't have passed on that one. Probably a good thing I haven't found one!
DeleteYou never know what someone tosses will prove useful to you and the blue bowl looks like it had a good re-use for you. Here in the mill apts, the green rooms are supposed to be for recyclables, yet residents leave all sorts of non-related items. To date, I haven't found anything that could be repurposed as most of these are broken. However, a resident has been placing things outside the apt perhaps eying an upcoming move. I "scored" a brand new Racko game which is going to the granddaughter this weekend and some Weight Watchers cookbooks that a friend was so happy to get. It was nice to repurpose items without keeping them in my own home. For the epitaph, I would add, "Boud was definitely a good person."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the postscript to the epitaph!
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