Patt with Two T's

  Matthew and I walked to the post office on Saturday, and as always, picked up litter along the way and dumped it in garbage cans as we walked.  The county has even put up some garbage depositories in some of the center divides, which means someone has to come around and clean them out periodically, yet people still litter.   What I don't get is why people dump cans, bottles, candy wrappers, and other crap as they're walking or out their car window without even thinking about it.  Do they think it's all right to make a mess and let others clean it up?    This was today's pick-up: No, he doesn't bring it home as a rule, but I asked him to today so I could photograph what was out there in one day for the blog.     I never actually see anyone litter, but if I did, I would say something and tell them to pick it up and dispose of it properly.   That's probably the teacher in me--just naturally bossy, ya know.  But hell, why can't peopl...

  Must back up a few days to dinner with the family on Sat. evening.  Well, really it was more like a late lunch since we met at 4:30, though we got there late due to traffic.  That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.  Matthew and I could not eat that early--we'd just had lunch a few hours earlier, so we just ordered bruscetta  to share.  Mom eats early, plus Brock wanted to head back to the mountains, so that explains the early hour.  We met at Pasta Primavera, which has very fair food at the best, and our appetizer was pretty awful.  We really only went to see the family since Jeff now lives in New York and Brock is living in the mountains..and Garret had just returned from 6 weeks in New Orleans.  Everyone has scattered, so it's nice to get together to catch up.  I took one shot of each of them and no one was posed....check out how they were sitting:   Garret and Jeff look like bookends.   Now I know why they all spe...

Last night's dinner with company (on our Italian plates from Deruta): Homemade focaccia with tomato salsa for appetizers,   recipes from Mario Batali's book:  roasted lamb with olives, prunes, shallots, in a reduced wine sauce Roman artichokes, Pot-roasted celery root,  More focaccia and dessert: clementines and blood oranges in balsamic and pepper with fresh made coconut biscotti.