The garden that keeps on giving...

 

A friend of mine told me last year that parsnips get better with age.  Leaving them in the ground until the next spring strengthens their taste.  Today I decided it was time to dig a few of them up and try them out for dinner.  I think I will throw them in the oven with some olive oil and salt.  I guess I'm not much of a scientist since I should have tried one in the fall before a frost so I would have something to compare them to tonight but oh well...

 

Feeling a little like spring/summer today.  It's 68 and my crocus started blooming this week.  I'm even feeling a little like a margarita!  Too bad I don't have any Coyote Gold in the house.

Let's go fly a kite!

 

It was a beautiful 65 degrees here today with a little bit of wind.  It made it a perfect day for the kids to try out their new kites.  After a couple of attempts we finally got the butterfly off the ground.  We never did get real good at it.  I'm thinking that the shape provided some different dynamics with the wind so we will keep practicing with that one.

 

The penguin was much easier for everyone to handle.