capitol celebration

Heading home bright and early Thursday morning, and this time I'll be staying right through the Fourth:

I'm so looking forward to all the festivities: barbecues and balloons,

sparklers and fireworks. Better stop puzzling and start packing!

a is for...

We're still mourning the end of asparagus season and my very favorite dinner, asparagus white pizza. But we seem to have lots of artichokes coming along in the next bed,

which makes me wonder if artichoke white pizza would be worth a go.

It'd be far more fiddly to prepare, but it just might tide us over till courgette white pizza time!