Lady K's Southern Emporium

"Lady K's Southern Emporium," -that is the name of my blog if Max were in charge. He suggested the name last night when we were eating dinner. I had made crepes for the first time since coming to AL on an electric range. A challenge, but they turned out nicely. It really is hard to screw up something with such a high butter content which of course Henry loved. Crepes seem to bring out Max's creative side.

We have had a few nice, clouldy below 90 days here. We might even go for a walk this evening, I think there is the potential that I might not even sweat but more likely I will sweat but just not enough that I will have to change my outfit.

I finished by first Sookie Stackhouse mystery. I should have know the television show is different from the books, Sookie is smarter in the books and Mrs. Harris ( I would put her somewhere between Jennifer Meyer (low end) and Octavia Butler (high end) does a fine job writing about small town dynamics not really mentioned in the tv series. Sadly, Godric in the book was a disgusting, horrible vampire. Hmm.

On Thursdays there is a farmers' market that is held near the Auburn University Animal Studies building. We have gone a few times. Henry is particularly fond of a goat cheese sold there. And last week we bought some delicious eggs and signed up for boiler chickens that will be ready in August, which we will have to drive to pick up. Max told me they will be dead and cleaned when we pick them, I have this small fear they will not be and what will we do with three chickens? We bought tomatoes grown in the "Alabama dirt" yesterday. We had unknowingly purchased a pint of tomatoes from another grower that were disappointingly hydroponic. As I work from home, these kinds of outings are both a high point and a low point, the former because I get a chance to talk to people in the flesh, and the latter because I will inevitably make a fool of myself. Grrr. We happened to run into the new co-op unit co-leader and his wife and their children. Immediately, I thought, could this be possible- a couple with kids, that watches the Daily Show (code for liberal?) , just moved to Auburn a week ago, doesn't know anybody either...I feel like I screwed up the opportunity to make friends, I am not sure if it was the hot sun or my genuine ability to screw up first encounters, but I think I should have said the things I said differently or not said them. Mmm.

I guess there is John John and Herry on Hulu to watch with Henry...having adult friends in Auburn might be a low probability event.