The weather continues to be warm. Yesterday Dad harvested all of the lettuce from our garden and then cut the now bolting stalks. He gives the stalks to our neighbors to feed their two bunnies (Salt and Zebra). I don't care because dogs don't eat lettuce. I wouldn't mind chasing those bunnies, though. Dad plans on transplanting some lettuce seedling sets today that he started in his indoor garden about a month ago. Apparently lettuce doesn't like to sprout in hot weather, so Dad does it this way. I think it's boring.
When Mom got home from work she was tired but in good spirits. She had worked much later than she planned which cut her time on the deck shorter than she would have liked. She still enjoyed the mild air and light breeze. Dad made a "refrigerator surprise" salad using some of the lettuce he had harvested. It also had chicken, avocado, sweet corn, English peas, cherry tomatoes from our garden, and fresh mozzarella cheese from the Farmer's Market all tossed with a fresh-made vinaigrette dressing that had honey, mustard and molasses blended with some extra virgin olive oil from Napa Valley. Mom loved the salad and ate a huge plate of it. That made Dad happy. It seemed like old times for the family. It was pure bliss. No talk about Mom's cancer either. I just wish the SF Giants were playing better :)
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