It isn’t often that many of the things in which I’m interested, collide in such a way that easily wraps up into one tidy and squeaky clean post (local food, sustainable farming, garden updates, etc). In our house, the advent of each major familial holiday is spent pouring over cookbooks and old archived blog posts in an effort to come up with plans for the next big meal. Of course, the variables aren’t always that expansive—Thanksgiving is obviously turkey, and Christmas is usually a ham of sorts, but lately Easter has become the experimental holiday. Last year, after reading through a post by Anita at Married…with Dinner, we tried Judy Rodger’s (Zuni Café) Mock Porchetta. This year, again, I decided to go in a different direction.

The River Cottage Meat Book

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Not food or garden-related, but nonetheless an important new addition to the household.

Ava

Meet Ava.  Our new German Shorthair Pointer puppy—eight weeks old and as wobbly as they come.  She’s finding her own though in the new surroundings and adjusting much better than we had ever anticipated, especially after having come from a big family with ten other siblings.

Doing what she currently does best.

We can’t thank Contrary Creek Kennels enough for the fantastic starter weeks they gave Ava.  We’re doing our best to take up where they left off in giving her a great home with plenty of love, excercise, and attention.  I’m definitely looking forward to getting in spending some quality time with her while quail and duck hunting.