Harvesting Plantains
Remember when I posted about the banana’s growing in our backyard? Well we were wrong. They were plantains. They grew quite steadily too. One morning I noticed that one of the trees had fallen over, so Jim went out and hacked it with our machete, dumping it behind our house to return to the earth and the river. While he was at it he hacked off the massive plantains.
The girls were so fascinated with what Jim was doing, they watched attentively. Aren’t they the cutest?!
Then they got some morning love from me before I headed to yoga. Jim wanted to know if I wanted the plantains to cook with but I suggested that we throw them behind our house so that the monkeys would come back. We ate plenty plantains anyway. My idea actually worked and our friends Brad, Chandler, and Baby O got to see them while they were visiting.
But back to bananas. While BCO (Brad, Chandler, and Baby O) stayed with us Chandler got some of those tiny bananas for Owen. He loved them and I just think they are the cutest things ever. They are a little sweeter than regular banana in my opinion, but otherwise just smaller. I see them in the grocery stores here in the US too. Do any of you prefer them or use them in particular dishes or dessert?
The Adventures of Sasha and Lita at The Valmont Dog Park
We have many people coming to look at our house since putting it on the market. Every time we have a showing we have to get the dogs out of the house. Some times we go to the Great Bark Dog Park in Lafayette, let them loose in Paul and Jenn’s backyard, or just have them ride in the car with us while we run errands. Jim went into the Denver office this day so the girls and I were on our own. After being so patient while I ran errands we finally went to one of the dog parks in Boulder.
Here they are thrilled to be in the car. They love to ride while I drive and stick their heads out the windows.
Much time is spent chasing each other around, sitting in the sun, and sniffing at the dog park.
I love Lita’s speckled tongue!
It was a hot day so they were eager to drink lots of water from both the spout and bucket.
Other friends love drinking from the spout too! Check out Sasha’s slurping tongue!
I find weeds to be lovely, especially those that have flowers.
I thought it was a riot that there was a fire hydrant in the middle of the dog park.
Lita searches tirelessly for the sweetest green grass to eat. Sometimes I think she’s the missing Billy Goat Gruff. Notice how tired they are from playing? As soon as we get home Lita lays on the cool tiles in our front entry while Sasha curls up under the computer desk. What loveys!
