Vacation

Vacation is over. Back to work on Monday. A good way to finish off an extended vaca? Brunch with friends. One last visit to the Farmers' Market. A wildflower bouquet. Ahh summer. Smiling yellow sunflowers. Candy-colored zinnias in shades of orchid and carnation. Fuzzy purple - or is it blue? - ageratum. Tanned burgundy dahlias with white bottoms! Snapdragons making like a tequila sunrise. Emerald bedding. All stuffed in a handmade pot the color of faded denim, kiddie pools, summer clouds at dusk.

Sunnyside

This morning I had a muffin. And coffee. It was a Morning Sunrise muffin but it didn't taste like the Morning Sunrise I used to buy at Whole Foods. And it was old. So I sliced up some nice fresh Italian bread from Panzanella's. And toasted it. And fried up a couple of eggs. I sunnysided up them eggs. Wicked.

I let the butter get really hot (yeah, there was butter).

I let the eggs fry until the edges started getting crisp 'cause I love that - it adds so much flavor. Then I turned the heat down and put a loose cover over the pan, which firmed up those gross blobby white parts. Then, guess what? I had another cup of coffee. Pretty darn good Saturday morning.