Flowering trees in Davis always bloom in
February. And I always think it's too early because it's like...the
dead of winter.
But our apple tree is starting to put out
blossoms. In another week, it will be in full blossom.
All over town there are trees that are
already in full blossom.
F Street is always spectacular because it is
lined on both sides of the street with trees that burst into abundant white
blossoms (I don't know what kind of trees they are--not fruit trees) and
when you drive down the street, it feels like you are passing through an
arbor of flowers. They aren't all in bloom yet, but one early bird is
already.
Today I drove down to Crockett to meet Char
for lunch, again, at the Dead Fish restaurant. The drive from here to
there passes by orchard after orchard and you can see the blossoms just
beginning to come out. I'm taking my mother to San Rafael on Monday
for lunch (the group wants to celebrate my birthday, which is
Tuesday). I am hoping that by the time we start our drive, the
orchards will be in close to full bloom. She will love that.
Also, to go from the valley, where we live,
toward San Francisco, you pass over the Vaca "mountains" (really just
hills). For most of the year, the hills are covered with dry grass and cows
(appropriate, since "vaca" means "cow"). But at this time of year,
especially after the rain that we have had, the hills are a lush green,
covered with the newly growing vegetation. It only lasts a week or
two, but that period of time is glorious and you really feel a sense of
Mother Nature waking up from a long nap and starting to get to work again.
Char was already there when I got to the
restaurant. As I had requested, they had seated us at a window table,
where we could look out on the Carquinez Bridge.
If there's one thing I love it's a restaurant
with a view out to water and a bridge!
The
lunch was, as I knew it would be, wonderful. We both ordered gin
fizzes and we both agreed that what we got wasn't exactly the gin fizz that
we remember, but I thought it was still tasty.
For lunch this time I chose garlic noodles
with crab. I expected the crab to be a mound on top of the noodles...and
that was there, but the crab was also all throughout the pasta, not only flaked
crab, but lumps of crab as well. It was a spectacular dish.
In fact, it was a bit too much for me and I
brought a small amount of it home and served it to Walt for dinner tonight.
As I was driving home, I was not feeling
well. I had experienced some mild nausea earlier in the day, but was
feeling OK when I left for the drive, but getting back into the car it
returned and I couldn't wait to get home and dive into my recliner. By
dinnertime I was feeling fine, but I didn't have much dinner, just in case.
My cough is 100% better. It's still
hanging around, but the doctor recommended Mucinex, as a decongestant I
could take that wouldn't interfere with the other meds I take and it is a
miracle drug. I don't know why I didn't contact her a week ago.
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