lazy days of summer

This picture pretty much sums up our week:

Look closely, and you will see a nearly solid sheet of water just a few feet behind Nina.  It rained, and then it rained some more, a 48 hour torrential downpour.  I wasn’t able to go running, so I decided to make a double batch of cupcakes instead.  Between the pizza last Sunday, the cookies at the beginning of the week, and now the cupcakes, I was burned out on making anything that takes more than a few minutes.  As a result, we’ve been basically eating picnic food the past few days.  Granted, it is yummy picnic food – hummus, guacamole, homemade veggie burgers, orzo salad – but it is still picnic food.  The most ambitious thing I made was quinoa tabbouleh, and that was only because I had vegetables coming out of my ears and I didn’t want to throw anything away.  It was pretty good, though (recipe here).

As soon as the sun came out Nina suited up and made a bee line for a basin of rain water.  The flowers were happy, too.