Around the City

Cauliflower and Chickpeas with Basil Pesto

My basil needed to be cut back and I wanted something other than pasta. I also had a head of cauliflower in the fridge. This was the result. A friend and I had it on its own for dinner and finished it, but I think it would also work well as a side for roasted or grilled chicken (or you could chop the chicken up and mix it in too).

Recipe:
1/2 head cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces
1 can chickpeas, drained
~1/2 cup pesto

Saute cauliflower in a little bit of olive oil until it starts to get tender. Add chickpeas and cook until cauliflower is done and peas are warm. Toss the cauliflower and chickpeas with the pesto and enjoy :-)

Here we have a stately blue jay who can't figure out why I don't just leave him alone, and a young cardinal (I think) who seemed as curious about me as he was wary.

A variety of lovely flowers

The most prevalent flower right now is the magnolia - the flowers are huge and are also unusual and fascinating if you stop and really look at them. They also smell nice :-)

Then there is that ever present aspect of life at Tech...construction. I think the fraction of campus that is fenced off for construction is growing daily.

I went to Alumni Weekend at Mudd. You would never come across this at Tech:

I got to see the Shakespeare play

and a hummingbird nest

among a variety of other things. Visiting felt like going home, but this

is home now too, so life is good.


Pretty flowers:



Oh! I have a new herb garden! It smells delicious and is full of tasty things :-) It also has a pretty silhouette.

Smile!

"SO…that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide.
Keep them wide open…at least on one side."

You never know what you might find if you do.



And sometimes it pays to take a closer look, this

could turn out to be
.

Oh, and yes, I /am/ looking at you

Eggs!

But not the kind you tend to eat....

Here is mamma (I assume) robin sitting on her nest


Some lovely flowers from the courtyard of my building

Earth week art


A ridiculous fish

And a reminder that I do still live in the middle of a city