Monday, August 04, 2008

Another pleasant Sunday

The rain washed everything clean and brought with it much cooler temperatures yesterday. That’s a good thing and a bad thing. Good because a lovely cool breeze wafted through the house making the curtains billow out, breathing fresh air in; bad because the combination of new rain water and the cooler temps made the pool temperature drop by three or four degrees. boo hoo. It was pretty cloudy for the better part of the day and not very conducive to splashing around the pool. Still, we hung out in the cabana. We feel we have to take every advantage of the pool that we can since all too soon it will be closed for the season. At least that’s the best rationale that we can come up with for spending another Sunday doing not much of anything.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

We kicked off our shoes

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

and proceeded to kick back ourselves and just relax and read while the cool breeze blew through our little poolside oasis.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Of course, with us there is always food involved and this was no exception. I tried out a new recipe Grape-Mint Salsa. It’s made with both green and red grapes, chopped mint, chopped chives, a jalapeno pepper and some lime juice. (Follow the link if you’re interested in the recipe.) Sugared pita chips are served alongside for dipping.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

And, if you’re following along with the Robinson’s you should also know that there is always some kind of drink to go along with the food. Another new recipe, this one taken from Rachel Ray’s website: Beer Margaritas. Oh my. I am not a beer drinker at all, but this is enough to change my mind. delicious. refreshing. addictive. Take 4 12-ounce bottles of ice-cold Corona, 1 cup of tequila, one 12-ounce container of limeade concentrate and mix together. Salt glass rims with kosher salt and serve with wedges of lime.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

The only downside to these that I can think of is that they go down a lot easier than a normal margarita. Maybe too easily ...

The day got sunnier as it went on and we did take a quick dip, then just floated around for a while.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Our little garden frog was happy too.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

For dinner we grilled pizza. The crust comes out cracker thin and crispy. yum. One with tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, portobella mushrooms and roasted red peppers,

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

and one with caramelized onions, gorgonzola cheese and black olives (my particular favorite.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

A walk after dinner down the road with the dogs topped off another great (if not very productive) Sunday.

Comments:

It sounds like a perfect day. If I had a beautiful swimming pool in my backyard, I believe I could learn to love summer.

Food and drinks sound delish. Have you ever tried 1/2 beer + 1/2 lemonade? Yum.

the beer margaritas sound quite delish

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