Over the weekend I learned that my brother was offered a really great teaching job near Santa Barbara, California. While it will be about a four hour drive to go visit–I’ll take it! I am so excited that I will be able to go see him and his wonderful wife for weekend visits. The area they are moving to this August is absolutely beautiful, or so I have been told through my brother and his photos. It is a farming school, and because he has been getting into cheese making (he was the one that suggested I try the 30 minute mozzarella I made last week), they want to get a dairy cow and start to incorporate cheese making into the curriculum. They also sent my brother home from the interview with tons of freshly grown artichokes. Sounds like my kind of place, I can’t wait to visit! It really will be nice to have more of my family close by.
Speaking of family yesterday we went down to Russ’ grandparents house for a Memorial Day barbecue. Over the years I have come to be known in the family as the pie maker, which means I am busy in front of the oven on any given holiday. Yesterday was no different. There were 16 people attending, so I made three pies. I made apple (with the dome top), lemon meringue, and peach (with the lattice top). The lemon meringue surprised me and was the most popular pie. Little did they know that I totally burnt the meringue the first time around and had to scrape it off and start again (notice the extra dark crust!!).
I almost forgot to take a picture, but I ran out front with Russ and made him snap a picture of my outfit.
