Fibermania

The End of Annoyance

This is our yard light. It goes on automatically and glares, not glows, into our lives and prevents us from having sweet darkness. It is so bright that it almost obscures the stars. Since we chose to live in the faroutwayaway country, we want to see the stars at night. And have a candlelight dinner on the porch, or in the dining room for that matter, but even when the drapes are closed, that d*mn light intrudes.

So when I was paying my electric bill online, I notices a Contact Us page, and I asked if this light could be turned off (we pay for this annoyance!) and they sent out MY HERO yesterday.

It took less than five minutes to remove!

I am so happy.

We had a wonderful sunset dinner** with candles on the porch.

And then retired to have a bonfire. These last two pictures are from Dave's Coolpix 5600 which has a super duper flash, making nighttime look like day.

**Our dinner was Vermicelli with Basil-Garlic butter

This is so good I have to share.

I made a mistake and bought unsalted butter, so of course I had to use it for this basil butter. One stick of unsalted butter, two cloves of garlic, a handful of basil leaves, no stems, and a half teaspoon of kosher salt. And as a second thought a few gluggs of EVOO. Whirl in the processor.

Use this to top pasta or bread or potato soup or whatever! I did sprinkle parmesan cheese on it when I put it on our pasta. Deeelicious!

What makes me happy about this is that I can freeze this without the rest of the pesto ingredients and add them fresh at the time of use. No parmesan or nuts in this mix and yet the flavor was superb, and the basil stayed green.