The Beauty that is Dallas Blooms!

Mister and I are off to the Dallas Arboretum for Dallas Blooms.  It's a nice cool morning and a walk amongst flowers seems perfect.  We pick up a couple cups of coffee and are on our way.  Eye candy everywhere.  This is pretty much a photo blog entry today.

Jennie Time

Mister came home from work and we thought a cheese tray with a glass of beer seemed like a good dinner.  Just as we finished it, our friend Jennie called and wanted to know if we would like to meet around 7 for dinner.  That's two hours from now so we looked at each other and said sure.  Let's go.

We checked out this new (to us) Italian place on Garland Road called Verona.  It's a great place and we were definitely happy with our meal.  After an amazing appetizer of Calamari, the entree's were divine as well.  No issues here -- give it a try and Thank You Jennie for thinking of us and spending a nice Friday evening touching base.  You are one busy woman.

Cooking Again -- Ham and Penne

I am in the mood to cook again today.  How odd, I know.  Let's do Harvest Green Beans, Ham, and Penne.  What can we make with that?  Oh, and throw in some yellow summer squash too.  I start by prepping everything:  8 oz fresh green beans, cut into 1 1/2" pieces (about 2 cups), 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges, 2 small yellow summer squash, sliced, 1 cup bite-sized cooked ham strips, 1-2 teaspoons fresh oregano.  Also gather some penne pasta, olive oil, and lemon-pepper seasoning.

We are ready to cook.  Prepare 8 oz of pasta (yes, I even weighed that out) and during the last 7-8 minutes of cooking time, add the green beans.

I DO Love Spring -- More Signs in the Yard.

As I went out to the studio for a few items, I noticed some pink blossoms.  I had to grab a camera and take a closer look.  The Redbud is just starting to bloom and looks so pretty out back.

Also --- it looks like the blackberries are loving all the moisture they are receiving this spring.  Come on berries.

Spring At the Arboretum -- It's Time to Walk Again

Even though it is a bit overcast today, I had a taste of the Arboretum on Friday and want to walk again. Mister readily accepts and we are soon on our way.  There will be minimal comments in this post.  It is all about the eye candy.  Yum.

The new grotto through Mister's eyes.  (Through my eyes can be found in THIS post.)

More Peach Blossoms!

Oh this tree is loving the cool weather and blossoms are starting to fill the branches.  Love it.

Bottle Cap Bingo at the Bottle Shop

It's Date Night and Mister asks if I would like to go down to Lower Greenville and see what's up at the Bottle Shop.  We discover that not much there has changed, BUT they do have bottle cap bingo and we play a few games along with everyone else.  It's actually pretty fun and there are oh so many craft breweries anymore.  Wow. (No we don't win anything.)