Strawberry fields forever

Greg:

Chan, I have a confession. I gave away the last little delicious bit of minty goodness to one of my coworkers. But! it was due to my thanks for a citrus-y goodness she had given to me! You see, two weeks ago tomorrow, we received a gigantic bag of fresh-from-the-front-porch-tree lemons. Baseball-sized little suns in my hands with a better than lemon Pine Sol fresh juice and aroma. I guess Lennon just didn't like the sound of "lemon fields forever."

However, as Lennon did learn himself, the strawberries are juicy and deep and, well, it turns out that they're in season, too! Have you ever had freshly squeezed lemonade with the sweet confections that are strawberries hand-mashed in?

Oh man! These are the things that little dreams are made of! We had a gigantic crate of the strawberries and a grocery bag full of lemons and snacked on the heavenly concoction for a week. But we had too many strawberries so we slathered them in yogurt and on pancakes.. it was almost like home.

So speaking of food, Suzy and I have been talking about our barbecue we are going to have when we get back. We've still gotta work out any kinks (ie, buy some more plane tickets to determine our actual arrival date) but we're hoping for May 31st or the Saturday after. Just make sure that everyone is free because if you are reading our blog (and actually know us; we've noticed there've been a few people that visit our blog from other countries...), then we want you there.

On a slightly different note, it's been over four months but I have made my triumphant return to the sea. It seems that our wind season (supposedly during February and March) has found it's end which leaves the days to be warmer, the sun to be brighter, and the waves to be smaller.

In celebration of the weather, I decided it was due time to go for another swim. I've been anxious since my last one ended short in November with the jellyfish infestation. So I pownced down the stairs, stubbed toes over rocks, and hurdled over a wave before the subtle ripples and waves dizzied my balance and I belly-flopped into the blue-green crystal sea... that was still ice cold but worth every one of the four minutes that I stayed in that frozen tundra.