And back in the garden....

Well, the garden had an overhaul yesterday.  For spring, the weather has been dodgy as.  So the spring growth has really done well for the weeds, but not so great on the cucumbers.

The first strawberry of the season.

How it looks right now.

But, the berries are doing well- straw, rasp and bosen.... the passionfruit is growing.  The lettuce is enjoying the wet weather, the celery is going great.  And the peas are great.  There are a few tomatoes hanging in there, and the companion plants seem to be holding their own for the moment.

ARGH!!!!! Where did the week go????

Well.... I notice that Wordless Wednesday was the last post I was able to get set with......... WHOA!  It's now Sunday morning.....

Since Wednesday we did 5 performances of "The Wizard of Oz" and that is basically it...... I have been baking for the cast.... painting faces..... washing costumes..... yelling at people..... generally throwing my weight around.  I have no clue what I have eaten.  There is a huge advantage of the ol' Bento blog.... having some idea of what I ate.

I do know that part way through I made lentil wraps (yum as)..... basically a tortilla with cucumber, tomato, lettuce... whatever other vegies were in the fridge, and leftover lentils from tea just piled in there.  I thought they might be a bit soggy, but actually, they held together and tasted great.

And I made a great big slab of ginger bread, so lunch included pieces of gingerbread.....

But the rest is a blur.....

Will post later..... life again on track.

Getting back on track

After what has to be described as the CRAZIEST YEAR EVER I am hoping to be back on Bento track.

For those of you who did not know, I changed jobs this year, and started teaching Drama.... I have described this as catapulting from one chaotic moment to the next, hurtling towards the next performance.  It has been terrific!  We won the Regional Shakespeare Competition and went to Nationals, we won Theatresports for the first time in 19 years of the competition, we put on shows, went on tour doing 6 shows in 2 days, learnt Circus tricks, and now are in the middle of doing school holiday programmes and preparing to present "The Wizard of Oz" in 2 weeks time.  The learning curve is huge, but fantastic.  Or frantastic.

And in the middle, I broke my ankle in a major way (3 breaks, 1 dislocated foot, 1 severed ligament, 1 operation, 1 titanium rod, 8 screws, 6 casts and a moon boot!).... still not at 100%, but so much better than being laid up on the couch waiting for others to feed me.....

Now I hope to be back on bento track....  I have 2 weeks of school holidays to get the bits and pieces sorted, do baking and cooking and start a habit....  While my holidays are busy, I hope to get my lunches sorted for good!

This morning I cleaned out my bento drawer.... and moved the overflow into the cupboard.  This should make things much easier to find and get sorted.  And yes- this is my definition of sorted!  I have the bento's and other larger containers in the cupboard, with small containers and bits and pieces in the drawer.

The drawer- sort of chaotic, but at least I can now rummage for the small things.

The cupboard- relatively sorted... bento's in baggies, tuperware, salad thingies...

A friend of mine has chickens on her farm, and recently gave me a bunch of bantum eggs.  These are currently boiling in preparation for tomorrow.... what will go with them..... I'm not sure yet... but the plan is in motion.