Ettal

This is the Monestary's Roccoco style church at Ettal, Bavaria. Simply beautiful.

Yesterday

Finches, Red-winged Blackbirds, Flickers, Sandpipers, Turkey Vultures, Egrets, Ducks, Geese, Hawks, Snakes (and many others we could not identify) observed yesterday and Gray Lodge.

Waiting, Waiting

Yeah, I'm waiting for one on my children to fly in and spend a few days with us. I'm very excited about the visit, as the siblings have not seen each other in five years.
We shall visit Grey Lodge Nature Reserve, and some little Swedish store in Sacramento with four initials for its name.
Hopefully the temperature in the eighties will be a nice change. Never fear, it will cool off by the end of the week.
So shortly I will head out to SMF to make a pick-up.

On the Ranch

"Make yourself at home!" might be the obvious phrase here. Visiting my friends I'd left the sliding door on my van open, came back and met my new best friend.

Yum

Vegetable spread:

2 eggplants, peeled, cut into 1" cubes
2 red peppers, cut into 1" squares
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. dried red pepper (the kind sprinkled on pizza)
1 can diced tomatoes

toss together, put into the oven for an hour, stir occasionally, at 375'

(line your dish with Release foil, you will thank me when it's clean-up time)

Even people who think they don't like eggplant should give this a try! It's one of the "heart healthy" dishes recommended by the Mayo Clinic.