Merry Christmas
Today was a lovely, slow day. We had plans to walk around the city, but it ended up being a little too rainy for that. We managed to get in some nice walks during breaks in the rain. This afternoon, we decided to make Kimchi Soup for dinner, but didn't have all the ingredients, so this is what we ended up doing. Started with turkey stock and added fish sauce and tamari to make it tasty. Had lots of quite sour kimchi from the last batch. Used some of that and some extra kimchi liquid. We didn't have tofu, so we used some cooked cannellini beans. Since we didn't have pork belly, we made pork meatballs with LOTS of ginger, garlic, Jimmy Nardello peppers, and shallots. Then we added some mustard greens to bump up the vegetables and mellow the intensity. It was delicious! Just the right thing for a cold, rainy day. After dinner, we checked the weather, and it said light rain for the next hour. About halfway through our walk, a torrential downpour started, so we got soaked. The streets were rivers, the sidewalks were rivers, the gutters were full. IT WAS SO FUN. What a great day.
I hope all of you are having a wonderful day and know that you are loved.
Today, the daylength was 13 minutes longer!
Sunrise: 7:23 | Sunset: 4:56
Also, we are now at 99% of normal rainfall here in SF for this time of year. (great news) We have more rain on the way tomorrow, and it looks like more in the New Year also!
Sending oodles of love,
Tawnia
Bird List - 19 species today
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Gull
Red-masked Parakeet
Black Phoebe
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler