An even more beautiful day was upon us this past Sunday, even if the afternoon grew a bit warm under a full treatment of sunshine, and Sumner could not get enough of it. The morning east-origined light lit up the house and pulled front and center the summery mix of colors and shades.
More lily blooms have appeared in front of the porch, with others looking increasingly ready to follow suit.
The squirrels were particularly active that day, and it kept Sumner’s watchful eye turned up to 11. But it also seemed to wear him out:
...and he didn’t seem to mind when we occasionally took inside breaks so that he could sit (or lie) a spell in front of a kitchen AC register:
And then he spotted the new neighbor groundhog, feasting on the untended hillside of the adjoining property behind the house:
As the day wore on, and the kitchen called to me to undertake my main meal’s culinary shenanigans, I gravitated towards the sous vide, pulling a prepped beef filet steak out of the freezer to gently cook. Then I prepped a russet potato for baking and cut up broccoli florets to be ready for roasting. I felt I’d been eating a bit of junk the previous couple of days and was jonesing for a full meal centered on beef, which got a nice two-sided sear in the skillet just before I plated the food. This did not disappoint!
“The Perfect Baked Potato,” by Lan Lam. In Cook’s Illustrated, January & February 2016 [Number 138], p. 14-15.
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