Friday night we went to Joel and Kay's for a delicious dinner. We started with pomegranate cocktails, frico and sauteed mushrooms on thick slices of bread. Dinner was a delicious salad, curried scewers of tofu and vegetables, and friendship black bean salad. Dessert? Homemade, rich, delicious amazing vanilla ice cream. Did I say amazing?
There was clever conversation in addition to the wonderful food, but the real highlight of the evening was meeting the newest additions to the Klump household: chickens! That's right, Joel and Kay are now the proud parents of five Araucana chicks from which they will hopefully get tons of eggs. The Araucana is (or was, I can't keep up) Martha Stewart's favorite chicken and they lay eggs that are a pale and distinctive blue. Before she entered her 'all gray' phase, she often incorporated this shade into her decor. (Araucana blue screen, egg garland, and Martha's chicken coop)
The new chicks are also named after country-music divas: Dolly, Patsy, Dottie, Reba and Loretta. Their house is decorated with inspirational photos of their namesakes. Will Kay and Joel play country music to encourage the girls to lay more eggs? Only time will tell. An exciting new venture, indeed. Look for more updates on the Nashville Chickies (as I'm dubbing them) in the near future.
Mangez? (Hopefully not the chickens.)
There was clever conversation in addition to the wonderful food, but the real highlight of the evening was meeting the newest additions to the Klump household: chickens! That's right, Joel and Kay are now the proud parents of five Araucana chicks from which they will hopefully get tons of eggs. The Araucana is (or was, I can't keep up) Martha Stewart's favorite chicken and they lay eggs that are a pale and distinctive blue. Before she entered her 'all gray' phase, she often incorporated this shade into her decor. (Araucana blue screen, egg garland, and Martha's chicken coop)
The new chicks are also named after country-music divas: Dolly, Patsy, Dottie, Reba and Loretta. Their house is decorated with inspirational photos of their namesakes. Will Kay and Joel play country music to encourage the girls to lay more eggs? Only time will tell. An exciting new venture, indeed. Look for more updates on the Nashville Chickies (as I'm dubbing them) in the near future.
Mangez? (Hopefully not the chickens.)