Hello ultra-thin asparagus and miniature pattypans…

You were most excellent for supper with a salad and a baked filet of flounder …

I love my entryway.

We just got home, and waking up early this morning, this is what I saw as I walked to the pantry so I could feed Spectre.

It’s got lots of my favorite color and shades of that color.  

Just now, it also boasts a rather regal addition for as long as it lasts:  an Amaryllis sent from Aunt Nan. 

When I was a kid, my mom took me to see a bull fight in Spain. (We were stationed in Germany at the time.) I remember being horrified and crying when they dragged the bull out, after the poor animal had expired.

I can appreciate tradition, but I think this one is barbaric.

Spanish matador Israel Lancho is gored by a Palha’s ranch bull during a bullfight at the San Isidro’s fair in Las Ventas bullring in, Madrid, on May 27, 2009. Lancho was hospitalized with an eight-inch wound below his ribcage. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Menu:

“Feast Day Pork Roast”, sliced – adapted from Priscilla Vigil, of Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico

Blackeyed Peas, flavored with bacon and bay leaves

Kale and Mustard Greens

Leftover cranberry relish (because I forgot to make a salad)

…and lovely melon-colored roses “just because”.

Happy New Year!