Spring's Arrival

With spring comes more rain for us up in Northern Cali. Fortunately we get submerged in wonderful golden light every other day. Today seems very promising with the sun shining and the blue sky above, I hope the weekend maintains this gorgeous feeling. Specially for the lil ones on Sunday. Tomorrow is the first of many Farmer's Markets on our Plaza and I cannot wait to see the emerging green starts and colorful flowers of the season.

Michael wanted to have a lunch date today and lucky me, we went to my favorite French cafe, Cafe Brio. The cakes and pastry are always gorgeous, always tasty, the coffee hand-dripped and strong, and the meals decadent. Their soup is my favorite splurge, I opted for a delicious cream of mushroom leek with turmeric while Michael always goes with sandwiche au fromage et jambon avec dijon! These are some great shots of Michael in action...notice the weather and eating on the patio! Very exciting stuff! ;)

I have been a busy bee myself and began the season with a fresh start to our bedroom. Then moved to projects for my neice and nephews, as all their birthdays are in April. What a wonderful month to get things started. I have also worked on my website, therefore the noticeable absence from the wonderful blogging world which you can check out if you would like http://www.naturalobjects.net/. It is still a work in progress but oh so much fun to fiddle around with. After my acceptance into Benbow Arts and Music Festival I have to change gears and get more inventory started. Like many crafters I seem to dump my money into my hobbies and this is a way for me to recharge the bank and start us on our way to Bali! A much needed getaway for us.

A tribute to Michael's heritage(Indo-Trinidadian -Indo for Indian) I decided to make him a Trinidadian Feast. From Top to Left; Roti or bust up shut (flat bread named after it's torn shirt appearance after tearing it to eat), Accras (delicious fried shrimp and pepper croquettes), my take on tandoori fish (I actually used an Ethiopian spice mix I made last week and lime juice), and of course the Sweet yam fries with the green Callaloo (shout out to Dead Prez!). There are two different versions of callaloo, this one is the coconut-taro leaf version with spinach replacement for the taro leaf as we don't live on the islands...just yet;)
I left out the very strong pina colada but believe me it looked and was delicious :)

Well, I hope to be posting photos of my crafting soon, I need to invest in a better camera this weekend!
Good Friday to yah!