7/28/13: We planned on having a beach day today, but it was cloudy and damp this morning and the weather forecast didn't look promising for the afternoon. Zoe & Silas were super disappointed, and so we started the morning off with questions 1-5 of 974 for the day.
Why can't we go to the beach? Why is it going to rain? Can we blow bubbles now? Why is it going to rain? Where does rain come from?
After breakfast I found them sitting on their deck chairs inside the entryway, looking outside. Sometimes I have glimpses of them when they're 80 years old, and this was one of those times.
If we weren't going to have a good beach day our runner-up activity would be going to Hale Reservation. Seriously, it's my favorite spot. I am in heaven when I'm there. I told Derek in the middle of our hike that if I die tomorrow he can sprinkle my ashes into the waterfall that we discovered today.
We took a new trail and it was just awesome.
A woman I talked to last year told me there is a small waterfall near one of the ponds and I have been on a quest to find it ever since. Today was the day!
Unfortunately we may have also gotten poison ivy :( The tree to the left of Zoe was covered in it, but I didn't know that until it was too late. The incubation period is anywhere from 6 hours to 3 days. So far we're clear but if the kids have a reaction it's going to be all over their arms and hands. We'll see what happens in the next few days.
We hiked all around Storrow Pond. There were tons of mosquitoes, and dragonflies eating mosquitoes. We also saw (and heard) a few frogs.
We also found lots of evidence of either beavers or woodchucks.
We found an amazing, secluded picnic shelter in which to have our lunch.
It was a beautiful, peaceful 2.5 hours spent in the woods. And guess how many people we saw? ZERO.
amazing.
*****
Cook's Notes: Two successes and one total and complete failure. The Three-Bean Salad that I prepared last night was tangy and delicious; I will definitely make this again. It would be a great make-ahead dish to bring to a BBQ or potluck. We tried BBQ Chicken Burgers from Weelicious and these were a hit with all of us. The only downside is that the BBQ sauce makes them too moist to survive the grill grates; Derek did them on top of the stove. The failure was the Cabbage and Lime Salad with Roasted Peanuts. I used all Farmer's Market ingredients; I wilted the cabbage for 2 hours; I made the homemade dressing. Derek took the first bite and realized that our peanut oil had gone rancid. We had to throw the entire salad in the trash.
You win some, and you definitely lose some.
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