Photos from my move!
Sep. 30th, 2016 08:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerOver the last couple of weeks since the move, I have accrued a certain number of photos of my new life, and of course I decided to SHARE.
I went for a long walk around the neighborhood to see what I could see; findings included a Russian deli, a New Age store and a Christian store standing almost cheek by jowl, and this
I was walking through a sea of parking lots surrounding strip malls when I stumbled upon this little dollop of nature: a weeping willow drooping over a retaining pond between the parking lot and the highway, bathed in sunlight. Unexpectedly lovely.
On the same walk, I found this restaurant sign, in the most
No one writes like this anymore. I think the owner - or perhaps one of the waitresses - must be a time traveler.
Later on, Becky and I went for another long walk - Becky calls them "rambles," which I like - through the grand park out by her house. We found a hitherto-unsuspected natural history museum, a lakeshore path, and this
Out in the daylight for some reason! I thought this was quite a lucky shot.
A few days later, Becky and I convened for an
Becky had brought back a tiny raspberry jam from her trip to Scotland, so I made scones and we ate the jam all up.
In other food news, my family dropped by for dinner at our favorite Greek restaurant in Indianapolis, and of course my mother brought me a load of food for the apartment, including two enormous gorgeous peaches. Actually I was a bit worried about the peaches - no fruit, I felt, gets that large naturally - but they turned out to be delicious and perfectly ripened and glorious.
Or actually I fried it, as we don't have a grill. Brushed it in honey, sprinkled it with cinnamon, fried it in butter and served it with vanilla ice cream. It was divine.
I went for a long walk around the neighborhood to see what I could see; findings included a Russian deli, a New Age store and a Christian store standing almost cheek by jowl, and this
I was walking through a sea of parking lots surrounding strip malls when I stumbled upon this little dollop of nature: a weeping willow drooping over a retaining pond between the parking lot and the highway, bathed in sunlight. Unexpectedly lovely.
On the same walk, I found this restaurant sign, in the most
No one writes like this anymore. I think the owner - or perhaps one of the waitresses - must be a time traveler.
Later on, Becky and I went for another long walk - Becky calls them "rambles," which I like - through the grand park out by her house. We found a hitherto-unsuspected natural history museum, a lakeshore path, and this
Out in the daylight for some reason! I thought this was quite a lucky shot.
A few days later, Becky and I convened for an
Becky had brought back a tiny raspberry jam from her trip to Scotland, so I made scones and we ate the jam all up.
In other food news, my family dropped by for dinner at our favorite Greek restaurant in Indianapolis, and of course my mother brought me a load of food for the apartment, including two enormous gorgeous peaches. Actually I was a bit worried about the peaches - no fruit, I felt, gets that large naturally - but they turned out to be delicious and perfectly ripened and glorious.
Or actually I fried it, as we don't have a grill. Brushed it in honey, sprinkled it with cinnamon, fried it in butter and served it with vanilla ice cream. It was divine.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2016-09-30 01:15 pm (UTC)The tea looks so delightful and the peach, yum...
no subject
Date: 2016-09-30 01:23 pm (UTC)The tea was awesome! I actually had a bit of trouble with the scones - I realized too late that we didn't have any milk, so I ended up using yogurt thinned out with water - but they still tasted pretty good, so I'm calling that a success.
no subject
Date: 2016-09-30 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 12:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-30 07:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 12:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-30 08:40 pm (UTC)(Those clearly aren't scones, though. ;-p)
no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 12:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 07:57 am (UTC)(I was just being an annoying Brit, because our scones are rather more... set in appearance.)
no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 12:21 pm (UTC)I expect to develop scone-related superpowers any day now.
no subject
Date: 2016-10-01 03:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-02 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-03 12:55 pm (UTC)