has a whole new meaning. A few weeks ago I tried a delivery service for milk, apple and orange juices, organic fruits and vegetables and applewood smoked bacon. When we had guests I doubled some orders for the week, they got tacked on to my standing order. When I removed them, my entire standing order was removed and has not been the same since. When we have guests we’d like to add to our regular order for the week and then revert to the basic order.
Either I’m messing up, their website is messed up or they want to trap people into huge standing accounts they can’t possibly eat. I’d prefer the former.
That said, we had a delivery at the back door this morning, a dead mouse. The ermine/stoat got one and Zoe scared him through the window and he dropped it for a few moments. I didn’t want to clean it up off the deck so tried to get our dog off the window (totally closed) without success and he claimed and brought his kill somewhere on the property. At least it’s not where I can see it or have to clean it up.
I’ve been remiss for a couple of days because of a nasty flu. Sorry. This morning I opened the slider in our bedroom and heard the cranes at 6:12 this morning. They’re here, but hidden because the grasses are so high. I miss seeing these beautiful killers, whoops, creatures. It seems that everything we see is a carnivore out here.
I’m awaiting another kind of food delivery, had dinner planned from frig and freezer and countertop tomatoes but Jim wants Mexican so I’m going to try a plain quesadilla and see if my compromised constitution can take it. Enjoy your evening and whatever you do, don’t catch this crud from folks in the office! Cheers, Dee
Cooking with Dee 
Would I be remiss to welcome you to country life? Sometimes it has everything to do with the food chain. Still we try to protect our young goats from being eaten prematurely and don’t appreciate the overabundance of Mexican buzzards ready for any opportunity to clean up. At least the stoat got a mouse, not Zoe.