suzette roberts

// Butter Chicken ('Never Saw this Easy Coming) :)

It was all over the 'net' (directly and indirectly), and in and out of our larger online group conversations... "If you're not too sure, and prone to be thinking-it-out more than you should be,  — go for the chicken." Chicken was it!, and I haven't wavered since. But with flipping that switch and indulging in so. much. chicken. came the desire for a flavourful variety of said weekly chicken and my mind soon reminisced on our loved summer picnic right around this time of the year at Harbourfront (which included indulging in some Butter Chicken for lunch). That weekend, I mentioned to my sister Jan, that with most likely missing our Harbourfront get-together this year, I was tempted to make the sauce from scratch...

// Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Moisturizer SPF 30

One of the perks of our sheltering-in-place over the past four months has been hands down, more youthful skin (ode to that 5 year old feeling :)), with our twice daily go-to face moisturizers on balancing rotation, restful sleep (afternoon naps included), and less outdoor pollution on our delicate skin...

// Market Moments in June

Hello Monday! This beautiful (and unusual) plant at our local market stopped me dead in my tracks this past weekend. It's my first new-to-me summer botanical find for the season, and I was so happy it had a tag with its official name... From the Atlas Collection, meet this two succulents in one Coral Cactus: Euphorbia lactea "Cristata", similar in appearance to our ocean coral. A real treat for thalassophiles. :) So lovely.

 

Have a fabulous first week of ♫ summer and safe travels. ~xx

Dinka - Hotel Summerville Chillout (Original Mix)

 

 

// Piña Colada Sherbet

Early last month, I started thinking about a frozen summer treat for our upcoming warmer weekends. We'd been hearing all sorts of wonderful thing about warmer weather and what it 'magically' could do to our current state of 'what on earth just happened in the world', and I'm hoping just as much too, that this sort of hot magic will give us the reprieve we've been desiring so — more okey dokey outdoors with our younger kids, and not just our backyards. But I do agree, and I'm sure you do too, our quiet backyards are a great start and a blessing. And because I wanted our little ones to have as much fun and refreshing celebration too, I went with a favourite non-alcoholic blend as we make a splash or two out back: 'The Classic Piña Colada', now slushed, to add some tropical beachy-ness to wherever our mood-sails take us, including right on our now green front lawns, sunscreen-slathered of course. Another weekend is on our heels and this time we get to say, "Hello Summer!", (Saturday, June 20th at 5:44 pm EDT). Here's to a little more ex-haling.

 

And a very happy Father's Day to our loving dads out there doing it and doing it, through the thicker and thinner things of it. We love you and appreciate every bit of you for always being there for us through the everydays and crazies of this world. :) ~xo

// The Tuesday Six, Plus...

The funny notes we find while doing more late spring cleaning aka desk drawer purging. Sheets and sheets of loose paper with loved pencil-scribbled quotes I've saved for years in a special middle drawer of little treasures. This one made me laugh so I chose it for today's post. And our eGreeting and eGiftcard for Mother's Day went so well last month (I even received pictures of purchases:)), we are following similar suit for our Father's Day this Sunday! A few ideas have been included at left and in this month's current below. Recent reads, finds, and loved links from around the web...

 

...  The sound of colleagues. :)

...  In praise of internal motivation. "It improves our overall wellbeing".

...  Get ready for seconds with this blueberry pie memory match.

...  A refreshing Father's Day gift idea... (more to the left).

...  The secret benefits of quarantine you didn't see coming.

...  And, leftover skillet chicken with these potatoes now on my radar.

 

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