We live in a two story townhouse, and in lieu of a backyard we have a lovely atrium. Most of the windows for our house are built around the atrium and it’s the center point of our loves all year round. On nice days during the spring and fall, and after dark during the summer, I love nothing more than to share a glass of wine with friends in the atrium. We eat dinner out there quite a bit, too. And the kitty cats enjoy lounging on the warm bricks, rolling around and rubbing their bodies on the ground, and getting acquainted with whatever plants I’ve managed to keep alive. It’s a great space.
When we moved into our place almost a year ago, my in-laws gave us their old patio furniture so we’d have something to sit on outside. Since the offer on the house had been accepted (and the inspection completed), I’d hunted around for patio furniture I liked, but to no avail. As we moved in, we decided the dollars we’d allocated to purchasing new furniture were better used refinishing the hardwood floors and painting the walls.* So we took up my in-law’s generous offer to have their well maintained and little used 20-year-old patio furniture. (They’ve got good taste.) My mother-in-law offered to refinish it first, but we happened to have a truck for just one day and I hated the idea of making a senior citizen crawl around and paint something when I’m perfectly capable of doing it myself.
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I love the look of lentils, especially a mix of red (coral), yellow and brown lentils with beautiful green split peas. The mixture reminds me of confetti.
See. I think you can even throw it at people like confetti without it hurting too much. Of course, then you can’t eat those lentils which is a definite drawback.
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