Soup day

Yummy Taco Soup on left. Gross Bean Soup w/ huge hambone on right.

Guess which soup I cook for others and which soup I love...

Asparagus Risotto

I ate this a few times on the boat ride and wanted to see if I could make it at home. It is time consuming and with the recipe I'm using, I can't really walk away. I am going to search for a different recipe for the next experiement.

I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

Adorable planter received today

Anonymous note so someone needs to fess up and take credit. I love this planter and anxiously await the blooms of the spring bulbs.

Elsie loves her new blankie

Looks like the devil dog just had a cookie too!

tired annabelle beep-beep

this is a test post sent from my phone directly to the blog. Oh I hope this works!

lyle and john... and the civil wars and more on CAYAMO 2012 sixthman

there were many artists on this cruise. you can google cayamo 2012 if you are interested but I'll name a few of the headliners: lyle lovett, john hiatt, lucinda williams, buddy miller, richard thompson, jim lauderdale, the civil wars, shawn mullins, greg brown, john prine, loudon wainwright III, keb' mo', iris dement, chuck cannon, edwin mccain, and i can't remember the others right now. many are grammy nominated and many are grammy winners. not just for their album or song of the year but for writing, producing, etc. I'm not a fan of cruises but these themed cruises are the bomb. I highly recommend one if there is one that has a lot of entertainers you follow.

here I am representing one of my local favs who is very popular across the US and in Europe...Damon Fowler. People on the boat recognized the logo and beamed when they talked about seeing him in concert. Yay Damon.... love ya man!

The Civil Wars. The Grammy Winning Civil Wars. They left the boat early to go to the show. They also performed. I was fortunate to see them in Tampa a few days before the boat. To listen to them again was such a treat. They were having a great time on the boat too. Their first album was released Feb 2011... in Feb 2012 two grammy awards. yay civil wars.

st barths airport and beach... and one of the sunrises - cayamo 2012

I stayed up all night a couple or maybe a few times on this cruise. I shot this photo one morning when I returned to the cabin. Room service delivered about 2 hours later and we were up and running again. Yes, I'm tired today.. Monday... February 13th!

The airport runway in St Barths ends at the beach as you can tell by this photo. I love sitting on this beach and watching the small planes come and go. That's Tawni and Lyndon getting ready to leave after a few hours in the sun.