• lovely

    the little ducklings below my window

    A few months ago, I thought that someone’s iphone alarm was going off in a nearby office… “Quack quack quack!”  “Quack quack quack!” But then I heard one single, “QUACK!” And that’s not how the lovely iphone alarm plays… So…

  • yummy

    strawberry lemonade for spring

    In California, strawberries are grown and available year-round. So while you can enjoy them in the winter, they just don’t seem to belong in anything but pies and desserts with chocolate. But it was so sunny and hot this week…

  • lovely

    I hope that spring has officially sprung

    After a very wet (did I saw wet… I meant WET) winter, we got a delightful taste of spring this week. Sadly I was slaving away at deadlines and barely had a chance to peer out my window at the…