i believe in spring

it's springtime in Reno, which means we are being tormented with little windows of good weather here and there. but it's okay because the beautiful pink buds on the peach tree are starting to blossom, the goat heads are at their soft, innocent, green stage, and Peavine Fields looks like Scotland (okay, maybe that's a stretch but for the desert it looks lush).



on the colder, blustery days there is making bread, playing "greasy corn" (see previous post), and the NMA. right now there is an awesome exhibit of Leo Villareal's animated lights showing. perfect for all ages (kids 5 and under are free)!



and speaking of bread, i've found an artisan bread recipe that i really like. this is huge because making a simple crispy crust, chewy crumb bread has been a dream of mine for years. huzzah! check out these loaves! they turned out so nice and i didn't have to let the dough rise for ten years!


find the recipe on the agreeable recipe book.

and finally, for those of us who believe spring really is going to bust through this lousy weather any day now, here is my alternative for "once there was a snowman." we sang it today at preschool. it was a hit.

once there was a green grape, green grape, green grape,
once there was a green grape big and round.
in the sun she dried up, dried up, dried up.
now she's a golden raisin on the ground.