Monday, August 15, 2011

More Snow




We have snow in Wellington and not just on the hills. Dennis and I are spending the day in the lounge near the woodburner. I will drive once it warms up and the roads aren't icy. The amount of snow is nothing compared to Chicago; however, salt and plows are scarce here and are for the mountain roads.

Last night, Monday, it was snowing and we also had thunder and lightning. Pretty cool and pretty unusual. This is a once in decades event here.

Photos are of our street, car and bushes.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Pizza


I made Pizza for 17 people this weekend. It was at a student hostel for Victoria University that is run by our friends Graeme and Rosemary. I brought over 3 Kilos of dough and made the equivalent of 4 Lou's 14" Deep Dish Pizzas.

Here I am with a 16-inch-er Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza.


I had plenty of help from the students with making the pizza. And all of them came out well (with the exception of a slight burn of one of them.)

Next time I will pay more attention to the sauce and spice it a day or two ahead of time. While it was good it was not what I remembered from my days at Lou's.


Football/Soccer Season















Dennis' team, Zoom, won today 4-0. They have had a great season and have won all but two games. Next week is their last game. Here are a couple of great shots a teammate's father took and sent to us.