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I spent most of the afternoon in the kitchen. Tomatoes from the market were ready for my weekly batch of pasta sauce. Gene is always happy if I can make enough to last all winter. There was also chicken I bought on special at Whole Foods Saturday morning that I almost forgot.. that definately had to be dinner... and a little corn on the cob along with a few tiny zucchini. Ever since I found Andrea Reusing's recipe for simple zucchini I've been slipping that on the table whenever possible. That's the tastiest and best use of zucchini to date. I had the pasta sauce done by the time Gene got home from work cooling on the counter, and was seriously close to having dinner ready as well when Gene with a long sad face asked where the potatoes were... my fast potato trick to the rescue. I take a red potato and slice it really thin, about twice as thick as a potato chip. Into the frying pan it goes with some good olive oil and I fry it lightly brown on both sides, and give it a good sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper. Doesn't take too long and he's content with his starch... and my old standby of fresh lime juice, sourwood honey, and red pepper flakes makes a fine cooking sauce for the chicken... leftovers for tomorrow...

After the kitchen was cleaned and the pasta sauce was put away in the freezer, I collapsed in my chair at the desk. I turned my head just in time to see this beautiful monarch butterfly land right on the screen. Toby was briefly interested but once I got my camera out, he left... figures doesn't it, the photo would have been much more interesting to have Toby reaching for the butterfly, but no...