Linda and Ade!

I was at Auburn Elementary this afternoon for bike club. At the corner of Atwood and Richardson, I had to stop for this array of Golden poppies.

However, this first photo was taken on Wise Road near Auburn on a Bike Club Wednesday. The sky was gray, the Scotch broom stood out brilliantly.

The beginning of the Golden Poppy season:

Remember Merrilyn’s Boyseberry Galette from February 26?

I’d hoped to make tiny galettes for the next RLEHS Throwdown, but my first attempt on Feb 28 was a big failure. I needed to try something else.

For the next batch on March 1, I used Merrilyn’s recipe and put the pastry rounds in a mini-muffin tin. The tiny flower cut-out and sparkling white sugar, also from Merrilyn, were the perfect topping.

I told Justin he could have as many as he wanted but had no idea he could eat SIX of them. (Then again, when he was about 10 years old, he ate 20 of Maria’s tacos in one sitting.)

Another practice batch on March 7. 

The RLEHS Throwdown is today and 48 little boysenberry pies are going into the trunk to be driven carefully to Rio Linda. I’ll serve them with a little scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Big thanks to my consulting team: Merrilyn and Phyl; and the many people who taste-tested everything, including the office staff at WALKSacramento. (Noooo, I’m not competitive.)

Darnit. I was in line at Winco with a cartful of groceries and realized I forgot to get an item located at the far corner of the store. There was one customer ahead of me and I asked if she’d pull my cart forward while I ran to get the missing item. She smiled warmly and said “Of course,” and I took off. I know her. But from where? when? (I’m always so grateful these days when my brain yields the information I need at the moment.)

Sue Cervantes, one of my all-time-favorite moms. I taught her son Nathan at Westside about 20 years ago. And we started talking and talking while we unloaded our groceries, paid for them, and then went to bag them. Lo and behold, her husband had not only bagged their groceries but mine also and had re-loaded them into my cart. Wow! Thank you!