Pamela Sinclair

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I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I'll continue to climb, trying to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is.

-Jiro Ono

True Spring Hike - Neff's Canyon

Recently, Mike and I took a day off from moving to take Odie on a true spring hike. The last time we went, snow still covered most of the trails. But now the mountains have erupted into a tangle of new growth.

It was a short hike, since our backpacks are still in boxes somewhere, but that didn't stop it from being wonderful.

All sorts of flowers are in bloom in the mountains, although it would be easy to miss them if you're looking at the sky (or watching for the dog).

Odie had a great time too, although he did give me a little scare when he ran off to play with some other dogs and we couldn't find him for five minutes.

We found some nice side trails with great spots for picnics. Next time we'll bring lunch.

Rice Crust Quiche

I'm loving Shauna James Ahern's newest cookbook, Gluten-Free Girl Everyday. She and her husband seem to cook by the motto, "Try every recipe once as it's written. Then you can play with it." Great advice, but something I'm not that great at, truth be told.

Luckily for me, this recipe still turned out great. I've been making quiche for a while, so I've got the jist of it. But I've never made a rice crust for a quiche. It's pretty basic, and a heck of a lot easier than making pastry. If I'm honest, there are weeks where I skip the quiche altogether because I simply don't feel like going to the trouble to make the crust.

Not anymore.

I didn't make the quiche from the cookbook (or even the crust recipe as it was written), but I benefited all the same from the recipe. I'll try it exactly as written sometime. I promise.

Here, I used dirty rice that had been sitting in the fridge all week. And since there wasn't that much of it left, I only used one egg to bind it together instead of two. I cooked up some spinach and onions, threw in some cheese, and used only about one cup of cream for the quiche filling.

It's delicious. And easy (even if it does take a long time to cook, it's pretty light on the prep work).

Rocks in Morning

Like a Weed

How often do you stop to admire weeds?

I've been busy pulling weeds to put in a garden at our new rental house, and boy, are there a ton. Some are really awful, like the pricklies you have to pull just right or else you have stickers jabbed in your fingers.

But some, like these, are actually quite pretty. I'm not sure what they are, but I just had to snap a few pictures before I pulled them and sent them to the great dumpster in the sky.