Easter 2020

Hi everyone! I hope you’re all doing well! Zach and I usually host Easter for his folks and mine, but this year it was just the two of us. It was kind of sad not being able to have everyone over and cook a big spread, but I kept reminding myself that skipping this Easter was so that we could have many more together in the future.

On Sunday afternoon, Zach and I took a walk along another section of the Schuylkill River Trail, which also included these views along the Perkiomen Creek… 

After our walk, we went home and I prepared a simple Easter dinner for us: I cooked the Tofurky ham roast that I’d picked up earlier in the year, made soup, and heated up some frozen collard greens… 

My newest Easter decorations were a few pisanki (painted wooden eggs) that I’d found at an antique shop back in February. Side note: I really miss going out on adventures with friends; that’s another thing I’m looking forward to when all of this is over… 

Here is a daffodil that I sketched… 

And here is a cute silly Daisy… 

Peace. :)

Vegan Treats, Sutao Cafe, Thanksgiving, and More!

Hi everyone! It’s been a busy week! On Saturday, Zach went to Vegan Treats and picked up some birthday goodies as a surprise for me: an apple pie cheesecake (so good!) and a pumpkin cake (so cute!)…

On Sunday, we visited the Wolf Sanctuary of PA in Lititz. The wolves were happy because it had just snowed!    

Rogue

Sky

Mika

Galahad

After the sanctuary tour, we went to the Tomato Pie Cafe for a late lunch; I got the vegan black bean burger and chips! 

On Monday, I made mac & cheese and Brussels sprouts and tempeh, so that made for some good lunches throughout the week… 

Also on Monday, I hit 50,000 words and finished NaNoWriMo early!

On Wednesday, Zach and I walked a section of the Perkiomen Trail…

I was very impressed by this big tree

Schoolhouse Run

Perkiomen Creek

Perkiomen Creek

bridge over the Perkiomen Creek

Perkiomen Creek from under the bridge

And then we joined my family for dinner at Sutao Cafe to celebrate my birthday! I’m finally thirty, hooray!

first plate

second plate

soup

On Thursday we had Thanksgiving with Zach’s family; dinner and dessert were both fully vegan, which was awesome, and everything was so good!

first plate

second plate

dessert (apple pie with crumble topping made by me, pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies made by Zach’s mom)

When we got home, I had some of the pumpkin spice almond milk from Trader Joe’s and it was really good… 

And for a quick dinner tonight, I had an Amy’s baked ziti bowl, which was good for an easy meal! 

Wednesday morning, Leela wasn’t eating or drinking, so we brought her to the vet; she was given fluids and medicine and as soon as we got home, she made a beeline for her food and started eating! She’s been doing better since then (the pain medicine the vet suggested we start giving her seems to be helping), and she’s been getting lots of cuddles and loves hanging out on this sleeping bag! Here’s Leela posing with the little friend my mom got for her… 

Peace. :)