Waterhill and Cinco de Mayo

This past Sunday was the Waterhill Music Festival, where residents of the Waterhill neighborhood in Ann Arbor play music on their porches while everyone else walks around and enjoys the music of their talented neighbors. Before the festival we headed over to a friend's house for an amazing breakfast of crepes with cream, fresh fruit and bacon. It was probably one of the best meals I've ever eaten.

For the rest of the afternoon we wandered from house to house trying to listen to as many musicians as possible. We got to hear sets from some great bands like Appleseed Collective, Charlie Slick, Wire in the Woods and Floodlights with guests from Lindsey Lou and the Flatbellies, and Los Gatos. Afterwords we all headed over to Nick's house for a cinco de mayo party.

Wire in the Woods and Floodlights with guests from Lindsey Lou and the Flatbellies

 Sunday was also cinco de mayo and that means salsa! I took this oppertunity to use up some of my tomatoes from Green Things Farm that I canned last August.

Usually I roast all of the ingredients before mixing them but this time I decided to saute them instead and see if it made much of a difference. It didn't taste that much different to me, and it was faster to saute them so I think I'll stick with this method. The salsa didn't actually end up getting eaten on cinco de mayo so we ate it last night with some mojitos that we made with mint from our garden. yummy.

Everything is blooming and growing including my little projects. I've been re-growing some green onions from some old bulbs in the kitchen window. It's nice to add a touch of greenery and life to the house.

Outside I planted a ton of basil seeds in a container about a week ago. They are just starting to sprout and there are so many of them! When they get a little bigger I'm going to thin them out, but for now its nice to see them all poking up out of the soil. Growing things is so satisfying. Amelia likes to help me water them in the morning while she plays among the mint. She hasn't found the catnip yet, but that will probably change soon.