The beach in winter is a favorite of mine. These were some photos from our time at Huntington Beach during our family vacation in January that I haven’t shared yet.
I find the underside of a pier interesting and love watching the waves roll through.
Our niece Debbee and Lenny were married in 2013 in Huntington Beach and they took their engagement photos here so it was fun to try to recreate that moment.
This day was also Lenny’s birthday.
Today we are nowhere near the coast and we still have that white stuff on the ground and it’s not beach foam.
Our Colville kids are coming over for dinner tonight. Speaking of dinner, tonight will be the third dinner in a row that I’ve made. It’s a Notable February for that reason and others, too. Wednesday we had an Asian Stir Fry with actual vegetables. Here’s the dinner we had Thursday night. Leg of Lamb with vegetables in my Jamie Oliver Retro Roaster. We like lamb and I know many people don’t.
Tonight we’re having Oven Baked Tilapia with rice and vegetables or salad.
Speaking of food, 18 eggs were $4.24 at our local Wal-Mart on Wednesday. They were not the brown eggs, or free range eggs, or Beverly Hills Eggs, just the white caged bird eggs.
What have you been eating these days? Happy First Friday in February.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…it looks a bit chilly!
Tom, the wind was fast and furious and contributed to the cold.
Hello,
I like the under the pier photos. Your meal looks delicious! The price of eggs is crazy.
Take care, have a great day and happy weekend!
Thank you, Eileen. Hope the first full week of February is good for you!
Actual vegetables? Are they like carrots? 😉
Those first photos are so intriguing. Loved seeing that perspective.
Love,
Vee
Yes, for us anything crispy and crunchy, like an actual vegetable needs to be added to our diet. 🙂
Fun images!
I love the pictures under the pier.
We really enjoy lamb–especially leg of lamb. We just finished growing out to sheep and now our freezer is full of delicious meat. Your meal looks delicious!
Elaine, How nice to have a freezer full of meat!
Lamb! I love lamb and have found a couple of sources of inexpensive ground lamb for shepherd’s pie.
The last time I was at a Walmart looking at regular not-fancy eggs at $6.32 per dozen. Aldi had either plain-jane or organic eggs for around $5.36 a dozen. Our local Trader Joe’s locks in their prices for many things, so my favorite dark-yolk dozen remained at $3.99 though shoppers are limited to two dozen. And, as you probably know, California requires cage-free eggs.
The other ingredient that is rising is butter — even Trader Joe’s is $4/pound. That’s a dollar a stick of butter!
I’ll have to use ground lamb the next time I do Shepherd’s pie so I can really call it a Shepherd’s pie! 🙂
Love the pictures under the pier!!
We had pasta with garlic bread tonight.
Thank you, Karen. Pasta and garlic bread, a favorite pairing for me!
I, too, am fascinated by under-the-pier views! You got some great shots! It was a great idea to recreate the engagement photos of your niece and her husband too.
I have done a lot of cooking recently because our Kati and family were here for a week and a half. Gotta feed those babies! We recreated our Christmas hors d’oeuvre buffet that they had missed. I made a couple of soups while they were here and a poppy seed chicken casserole and some hearty breakfasts. And now it’s back to normal in the kitchen which is more hit-and-miss. 😉
Happy February to you too! How did it get here so fast?!
Cheryl, looking forward to see more about your long awaited visit from Kati and family. I’m sure you were very busy!!
My family love roast lamb, but it is expensive here. I checked pounds against dollars and found that 6 free range eggs here would be around $2 .50.
Barbara, I’ve had one of the best lamb dishes in my experience in Conwy, Wales. A lamb shoulder dish that was prepared so well. Sorry lamb is so expensive. With all the sheep in your country it’s surprising. I think your free range eggs are par with ours.
Ellen, Welsh lamb is considered to be the best!
Is that a Costco lamb? We have had some great lamb from Costco here in BC and the rack is always on somebody’s birthday menu. Spendy but what isn’t theses days.
This leg of lamb was from Wal-Mart and packaged with a marinade. The price wasn’t bad, either. Rack of lamb…yum. Always a treat!
Wonderful photos especially of Debbee and Lenny, and what fun to recreate their engagement photos. Meal looks yummy!
Denise, It was wonderful to see them and to photograph them, too. Thank you for your visit.