Hooray for Fall!

Hi everyone! Monday was the autumnal equinox, so it’s officially fall now, hooray! I had some salted pumpkin seeds for a snack this week… 

Made some peanut butter noodles and veggies… 

Finally tried the carrot-cucumber salad from Food for Dissertating, which was super delicious… 

Served with white rice and Gardein’s mandarin orange crispy chick’n

And improvised a green bean casserole with pole beans from my garden. It turned out alright, but I used too much creamy mushroom soup, so I’ll probably cook some pasta tonight to add to the leftovers… 

Leela was not happy about going back to the vet so soon after her wellness exam, but she was having mouth pain and not eating as much as she usually does, so we brought her in yesterday morning. The vet found a sore in her mouth at the back of her upper left jaw, so she was given antibiotic and steroid injections.

We have to give her prednisolone for two weeks and she’s scheduled for a recheck on October 10, but she’s already eating a lot better and seems to be experiencing less discomfort, so we’re optimistic! She joined me for some meditating this morning… 

The praying mantis decided to switch it up, moving to hang out with my pepper plant and the kale…

And the little bun says hello… 

Here are two pictures I took of the French Creek in Phoenixville, the first from the low bridge (Main Street), the second from the high bridge (Gay Street), both looking west… 

A squirrel sketch I did this week… 

And sweet Daisy, taking a selfie, hehe… 

Peace. :)

Good Food and Cute Animals

Hi everyone! I had lots of good food this week, and here are the highlights: I did another batch of the delicious spinach and feta pinwheels from Long Island Vegan and had them with spaghetti… 

I made a tofu scramble and added in a hash brown mix (diced potatoes, onions, and peppers) and had that with some fun zucchini pancakes (from My cat loves Daiya!)… 

I threw together some mac & cheese & tomatoes… 

And had more zucchini pancakes, this time with Boca chik’n, tater tots, and homemade pickles! 

And now for the cute animals, the first picture is a sketch I did this week… 

The little bun hangs out under the hedge while I water the garden… 

The praying mantis continues to guard my pole beans… 

And finally, here’s a sleepy Cringer… 

Peace. :)

Lots of Random Goodness

Hi everyone! In writing news, I’ve been doing some major reworkings on one of my stories – making edits, changing the perspective around, filling in details that I’d neglected to include, and cutting a lot of minutiae. I submitted the new (now shorter) version of the excerpt I’d gotten feedback on, so I’m looking forward to the writers group next week. Today’s blog post will be a bit random because there’s lots of nice things I have to share since my last post, so let’s get started with the deer I saw on a walk… 

One of my favorite recent Phoenixville pictures, taken from the high bridge…

And a quick apple sketch… 

We visited a friend in Allentown last Saturday, so of course we hopped on over to Bethlehem for some goodies from Vegan Treats! I got the soft-serve swirl of pumpkin spice and cheesecake, and it was lovely! 

My praying mantis friend is still hanging around the garden… 

And I’m starting to harvest some pole beans, which is exciting!

On Sunday, Zach and I met up with my family at the Polish-American Festival at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. I hadn’t been there in a long time, so it was nice to go back again… 

We had lunch before the festival and there wasn’t much in the way of vegan food while we were there, so on the way home, we grabbed dinner at Wegmans… 

The raspberry white chocolate cheesecake I got from Vegan Treats was so good!

I made some spaghetti with spinach, tomatoes, and Gardein beefless ground…

I bought some fall goodies – cookies and Halloween candy – at Giant… 

Though my most exciting find was the Morningstar Farms popcorn chik’n! I knew to keep an eye out thanks to Sarah, and I was thrilled when I finally saw it! 

And some goodies from Kimberton… 

Of course I made myself some tater tots and popcorn chik’n with ketchup! The popcorn chik’n is really good and super fun! 

The little bunny is still hanging out in our yard; he kept me company while I worked on my garden on Tuesday… 

For a nice treat on Wednesday, I blended together the So Delicious vanilla ice cream and some Justin’s peanut butter cups to veganize what used to be my favorite thing to get at Dairy Queen – the Reese’s peanut butter cup blizzard! I liked my vegan version of it! 

I’ve finally pickled the last of my cucumbers… 

And here’s another cool picture taken in Phoenixville… 

To close today’s post, here’s sweet Rogue… 

Peace. :)