sunny sunday

Sunday was just as nice, and even warmer, than Saturday, with temperatures in the valley pushing 80 F.  Milton and I did our 4-ish mile walk, then we vacuumed and swiffered, and even went serious-vegan by attempting homemade seitan (a meat substitute made from vital wheat gluten flour) which we had with broccoli and homemade BBQ sauce for dinner.  In the afternoon, we did yardwork, including cleaning up the backyard and doing some major pruning on the out of control lavender, oregano and sage in the little herb garden.  It remains to be seen whether I did more harm than good.

Looks like big ol' chunks of beef

H went skiing, enjoying the soft, spring conditions and the sunshine.  It is definitely spring season at Alta because the bikini tops, animal print and gold lamé pants were in full force.  The Wiggle was also installed in the Ballroom again.  H actually skied out to it but when he got there, there was a big crowd of hotdog kids there, chugging beers and getting ready to dive in.  His sense of self preservation kicked in, not wanting to get run over mid-Wiggle by hard-charging ski bums decades younger than himself.  Still, it sure looks like fun if you can do it without a crowd.

Baldy under the blue

When he was done, he texted me that tailgating was in full swing in the Wildcat parking lot; I said that if he hurried home, we could do that ourselves in our driveway.  After he mowed the lawn for the first time this year, we got out the patio furniture (perhaps prematurely as it would snow a bit on Tuesday) and enjoyed a beer in the very pleasant temperatures.  It may be a bit too soon to take the flannel sheets off the beds, but we'll not look a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to gorgeous spring days.

The lineup for the Wiggle