Archive for June, 2010

last week we had pizza for dinner. since i am one of the pickiest eaters i know, i usually make my own pizza that doesn’t involve cheese.

due to time constraints i bought the pizza dough at the store. i didn’t do anything different with it, i just rolled it a bit thicker than i would have for the pizza pan, and made it oblong instead of round. i grilled one side with nothing on it, flipped the dough, grilled it for about a minute. then i took the dough inside, topped it with my toppings, and brought it back out onto the grill to cook again for another 5 or so minutes. just until the dough started to puff up.

i was going to go a step further this time and make a pizza that didn’t involve red sauce too. so i opted to use homemade scallion hummus as the sauce, and i put some leftover grilled eggplant and some sautéed spinach and garlic on top.

it was pretty much awesome, and i don’t think i’ll ever have regular pizza again when i’m at home! i really enjoyed grilling it, and i loved my toppings. i can’t wait to try again with whatever veggies we happen to have laying around.

pizza on the grill

yumm-o!

last friday my good friend maria had a horseback riding lesson at seven j’s farm in glastonbury. it was great to see her up on a horse again, even if it was a new horse that she didn’t know! she did great for a first time back in a long time, and i was happy to be there to take some pictures for her.

keep up the great work, maria!!!

the gorgeous seven j's farm

a perfect day

alicia, maria and tank

go maria!

fargo comes to watch maria ride

yep, its a dog walking a horse

fargo

tank

tank gets a treat

banjo

sam and banjo

banjo

on 5 june, hartford had a gay pride event in bushnell park. we had just gotten home from cape cod, but since dad had to go check out some stuff there for work, we took a ride over. we got there just as things were winding down. there weren’t many people left in the park, but we heard that there were loads of people there earlier – which is awesome!

i dedicate this blog to all my gay friends! i wish that i could have celebrated pride with you, but know that i love you very much and miss you all!

downtown hartford

soldiers and sailors arch

state representative beth bye

corning fountain

pride rally

performance pavilion

balloons

state capitol

state capitol

very cool stool made from a tree stump

downtown hartford

theaterworks

a continuation of photos from yesterday’s post about eva!

yesterday naomi’s family threw a party to welcome eva! it was so nice to see everyone getting together to celebrate the little monkey! i had a great time taking oodles of photos – and it was hard to pare it down to a manageable amount to post! so to combat this, i am putting the photos up in 2 installments – one today and one tomorrow. so don’t forget to come back and check on the rest of the photos!!!

i am very very lucky to have the time to be visiting eva (and naomi) on a fairly regular basis. kevin is very very patient and doesn’t mind going over to visit with me about once a week or so. here are a few new pics of eva from late in may and early this month!

kevin hadn’t held her at all until this week, and then it wasn’t willingly. i just slipped her onto his stomach when he was laying on the couch – then he was forced to hold her. it was very cute.

yesterday eva came to visit us at my house! my mom watched her while naomi and i ran out for a little bit to pick up some crafting supplies. we were out a tad longer than expected and thought eva would be fussy when we got back. how surprised were we that she was passed out cold in the snugli that my mom used when i was a baby! mom demonstrated for us how to get stuff done around the house with the baby – she was doing laundry while eva slept on her. it was precious!

photo by kevin tracy

photo by kevin tracy

photo by kevin tracy

early june - fussy napper!

doing the hula

kevin being forced to hold her

dalila being a little confused as to why she has to share kevin

eva meets caryn

eva meets luv

eva does laundry

sleepy baby

i guess she's comfy

the last stop on our very brief tour de cape was chatham. we got there late in the afternoon, so most of the stores were closed. we still had a very nice time walking around! it is absolutely somewhere that i want to visit again and explore a bit more.

we should all take this to heart!

downtown

these are SO cute! i wish i could make one!

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this place smelled amazing, i wish we had eaten there

a dog bar!

great use for a pool noodle

i love the cutouts on these shutters

i require a cottage

nauset beach

nauset beach

nauset beach

nauset beach

national seashore in eastham

nauset lighthouse in a storm

when we came into the center of wellfleet last friday we saw a bunch of children lining up for what seemed to be a parade. the main road was lined with parents, so we quick found some parking in a church parking lot and then got up to the road just in time to see the wellfleet elementary school come marching by! each grade in the school focused on some sort of balance – balanced life, balanced diet, etc. it was pretty awesome!

here they come!

she can balance!

this girl came and slammed some candy on the ground in front of us

too bad they were closed - looked like an awesome store!

yummy!

my favorite!

who doesn't love a two-fer?

poor little guys

what a fun store!

very cool art that was attached to a street sign

on our little getaway we didn’t do much relaxing at the beach. it was to chilly for all that! but we did take a drive up to corn hill beach to walk around and take some photos. it ended up being a gorgeous day on friday, and i’m glad we got to head up there before we going to explore wellfleet!

the house we stayed at in eastham

the store right next to the house we stayed in

penny candy from the general store

crazy watermelon soda from the general store

crazy watermelon soda from the general store

corn hill beach

kevin headed to the water

i could probably live here

beach roses

beach roses

last week my cousin scooped kevin and i up and we spent a few days on cape cod. the goal of the trip was to visit new places and take photos. we were only there a few days, and we stayed in eastham – which is almost like a new world to me! i have some family on the cape, and i have been quite a few times, but i usually stayed in the dennis / yarmouth area. it was great fun to explore the other end of the cape.

the first day we went to provincetown – here are a smattering of photos from there!

arriving on the cape

we definitely need this for the garden

i could get used to this view

i love everything about this door

cool wavy hedges

send cards!

use at your own risk!

i could use one of these

home of kevin's favorite lobster roll

guarding the giant rubber duckies

picking your own taffy flavors makes all the difference