Happy Easter!

I am very fortunate to live in a beautiful location.  For the most part, I really like our house, which Hub bought new back in 1971, long before the area was developed.  At that time, the house was really more of a "cabin" in the boondocks, and Boeing was about the only large employer in the area.  This was before Microsoft, before Google, before Amazon.....before the tech era and before the crazy real estate boom of the 1990's which has spawned the trend toward building of huge McMansions.  So the house is a modest older home in the middle of a lot of newer development, and we've done a lot of major remodels and updating over the years.

My favorite room in the house is the kitchen.  We remodeled it in 2005 and added large garden window in front of the sink.  The window looks out on the lake and our neighbor's flowering cherry tree, and right now that tree is so heavy with blossoms. 

So, I have African violets, orchids, and a variety of small plants in mini-terrariums in front of the window.  The plants love the location too…they bloom all year round.  Right now one of my orchids is gorgeous…this is the 3rd time he has bloomed in 2 years.  I thought you might enjoy seeing some photos (amazingly...these were taken with my iPhone).
 

Hub has spent the day smoking ribs for tomorrow's Easter dinner at my mom's, and we'll also be making potato salad, cole slaw, and deviled eggs.   My brother will be making corn bread and crustless cheesecake for dessert.  My niece has MS which seems to be exacerbated by wheat products, so she follows a gluten free diet.  So for family holiday meals, Hub and I are very careful that everything we make is wheat free.  Although he and I generally try to eat low(er) carb, we normally don't worry about minute amounts.  So we even checked the barbecue sauce to make absolutely sure.  Fortunately, food companies are getting very good at labeling their products "gluten free."   

We are going to Easter Vigil mass tonight, mostly so we don't have rush around tomorrow finishing the cooking…oh, and so we don't have to compete for a seat with the CEO's (people who go to church on Christmas and Easter Only…I just heard that term today for the first time and I thought it was pretty funny).

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, and if you celebrate Easter, have a blessed Sunday.