I have a pile of useless thoughts in my brain that I just know you want to hear about, so here goes...
I keep forgetting to tell you about this man:

Just thought you would like to know.


The rainy weather is delaying several chores... such as having the dead tree removed from the front of our house... having the meadow mowed... window washing... and going outside for more than two minutes at a time.
It is going to be 70 degrees and sunny in Napa tomorrow, 88 in Palm Springs and 84 in Puerto Penasco.
Not a problem. Having to remain indoors gives me lots of time for my new chore - washing dishes. By hand. Our dishwasher decided it would be fun to spit-out smoke and flash all sorts of fault-codes! Where there is smoke, there is fire, so DT hit the circuit breaker and I filled the sink with hot soapy water and started scrubbing.
Washing dishes is worth it though, because tonight I cooked this:

Delicious.
Until my next update, I remain, your dish-pan-handed correspondent.