On a sunny summer day, we took a walk through the woods and emerged to find a petting zoo, complete with chickens, pigs, goats, miniature horses, birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, calfs, and sheep. It was the second time that the family had been there, but the boys insisted that I come along on this trip. While walking among the miniature ponies, I found myself uttering information to the boys about horses that I didn't know that I still had filed away in the recesses of my mind. For example, one of the boys asked about the scabby looking thing on the inner leg of one of the horses, and suddenly I was informing everyone, "Well, when horses first originated on the planet, they were born with a second toe, and today, it's located on every horse's inner thigh, just like that one." huh? Where did that come from?! How did I remember that from childhood, but can't remember things that I want to learn but can't retain in my adult brain?
After our outing to the farm, I took several trips to the store (we're doing this many times a day until our pantry is decently supplied) to attain the ingredients for peanut butter cookies. After recently being introduced to the site, Pintrest, a social network of images, I guess my new thing is finding recipes that sound good based on their pictures displayed on Pintrest. The other day I made pasta with garlic gravy, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil for dinner, and late last night, after everyone had gone to bed, I just had to make "The Best Peanut Butter Cookies Ever", also inspired by a photo from Pintrest. They turned out pretty tastey, despite not having any measuring instruments, an enigmatic convection oven, and an unfamiliar (gluten-free) recipe with only 5 ingredients.
Earlier in the evening, until much longer after we all went to bed, we were serenaded by the beginning of "Jazz Festival" here in Delft. We look forward to hearing it all weekend.
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