Here's a quick recap of what I've been up to since my last post in early September:
Trying out the VRE station that's five minutes from our house for a day of commuting to meetings in DC - infinitely preferable to navigating traffic!
The VRE doesn't run on weekends, so the station does double duty as the home of our local farmers' market - great local produce and flowers.
Unpacking and renovating continue - at a slower pace now that we're nearing completion on both. Here's a shot of my very old slow cooker (a wedding present) cooking its first-ever batch of Disruptive Bolognese using a mix of farmers' market ground beef and turkey (a resounding hit!). In the background is the recently installed backsplash, the last major piece of work in the (now-complete) kitchen.
Thoroughly enjoying my first proper North American autumn in a very long time with some festive front-door decoration...
...as well as the view from our new window seat - Miss B and I agree this lamppost is like a bit of Narnia on our doorstep...
...and having this view a few steps from our front door is pretty nice too!
When we can tear ourselves away from nesting, we're enjoying having DC close by for fun as well as work - it's kind of amazing to see these iconic buildings pop up in the distance as you wander the city.
And, last but not least - a new recipe to share as I re-deploy a time-honored strategy suggested many years ago by my English friend E: "make friends with cake". In this instance a batch of cinnamon sugar scones, which I brought to share at a coffee morning recruiting parent volunteers at Miss B's new school. I met a few people, and signed myself up for a few things - another rootlet put forward into our new community.
