July 7, 2013

Emily and Ruth are coming!

To Spend the Week with Grandma and Grandpa 

Attend Summer Bible School &

The Church Camping weekend

 

     I am hoping to blog  each day to share with you our adventures together.  I am also considering starting a blog for Grandparents with helpful tips, reviews of books and articles on being a twenty-first century  Grandparent, recipes to make in the kitchen with your Grandchildren (tested of course of Emily, Ruth and James), and many many other things.  I am wanting your feedback on this new adventure I am thinking.

• Is is a good idea?
• Would you be interested in following such a blog?
• Are there topics you think would be of interest to reader?

     Now that I am finished with Graduate School (MSW) I miss doing research and so will welcome the opportunity to research topics of interest to Grandparents like myself.

     I will keep this blog going as a way to keep family and friends up-to-date on the comings and goings of the  Snyder family, and Grandchildren James, Emily and Ruth.

     Today has been very hot and humid in Ontario and has rained off and on.  Now 4:30 pm blue sky and sunshine has finally surfaced.  The weather report suggests that this will mean hotter temperatures and more humidity so Paul is setting up the portable air conditioner ready to run keeping the bedrooms cool for sleeping.

    To keep the heat out of the house Paul and I BBQ vegetables today - so what is so new about that you might say.  Well we realized that we like roasted radishes and that this was something we never had served to us as children or adults for that matter!

These are fresh radishes that we are growing in a container.  The radishes we had for lunch were much larger and from the store (well actually they were from Eric's Good Food Box) http://www.foodshare.net/good-food-box

Paul and I were introduced to roasted radishes in Georgetown South Carolina in 2010 at a small restaurant on the board walk called the  Big Tuna Restaurant.   http://bigtunarawbar.com/

Roasted radishes were on the menu and having never tried this we decided to live on the wild side - now for those of you who do not know us this is living wild.  Well they were sweet with great favour.  Since that time roasted radishes have become a regular vegetable at the Snyder house we cook them alone and mixed in with other root vegetables.  I would encourage you to try them!

The Snyder Fig Tree

     The other thing that Paul and I have decided to try is growing a fig tree.  We purchased a small Fig tree from Grant's Independent Grocery our neighbourhood grocery store in June of this year, 2013.  We intend to bring it inside during the winter months when the tree will be in the dormant stage.

  And today while we were out gardening we found fruit on the tree.

The other thing that we have started to grow are avocado trees (from seed of course).  Now that I stop and think about this - Are we attempting to relive our Hippie years - well I might be anyway not sure that Paul ever was a Hippie.

This seed is two month along it the germination process

Emily and Ruth are watching the progress of these seeds closely.  They have not quit developed a taste for avocado though.  Does anyone have a Grandchild friendly recipe?

Paul, Eric and Alexander are all avid recycle/reuse enthusiasts  and so we have put our small plastic Pom bottles to use.

 Now I wonder if there are any salads that take avocado and figs?  Well I must sign off now the girls will be arriving soon.

Grandma Snyder