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| Passionfruit Flower |
The first half of the year is behind us and it feels to me like it went by in a blink of an eye! I spent a little time, this morning, reviewing the previous six months. I started out the new year with the aspiration of focusing on my physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and while a lot was accomplished towards that goal, I think a lot can still be done! There's plenty of room for improvement, I think. It's a good thing that I have six more months left in the year to work towards that!
On the 1st of July, I made milkrice for brunch as is my usual custom to celebrate the start of a new month. We had it with seeni sambol (a spicy onion relish).
Gardener friend M was here to tend to the garden in the early afternoon. We chatted a bit and I served him some of the chocolate chip cookies that my daughter had baked on Monday.
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| Chocolate Chip Cookies |
We also decided that it was time to pick two of the Berkeley Tie Dye tomatoes because they have a tendency to split when they ripen. They are just turning color, as you can see, but, the bigger one is already beginning to split near the stem end:
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| Berkeley Tie Dye Tomatoes |
They do look a bit like they've been tie dyed, don't they? Neither daughter nor I like to eat raw tomatoes; instead, we add them to various dishes when we cook them. Or, I make a tomato curry.
In the evening, I picked up friend R and we went to the viewing of one of our friends who passed away after a two year battle with cancer. Afterwards, I dropped friend R off at her apartment and came home. Daughter and I had rice, ground beef keema curry, dhal, and green beans for dinner:
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| Wednesday Dinner |
On the 1st of July, I was grateful for:
- Monthly rituals
- M's help with the garden
- Homegrown tomatoes
- Friends
- Being able to give friend R a ride to the viewing and back
Joyful activities included spending time in the garden, picking homegrown tomatoes, chatting with friend R in the car on our way to the funeral home and back, and enjoying a chocolate chip cookie.
Plans for Thursday include:
- Attending my friend's funeral
- Some housework
- Maybe some baking
How was your first day of July?