Chopped

GREENERY: What once was a big bowl of green tomatoes is now several jars of spicy salsa!

We chopped up the greenies and wound up with about 12 cups of them.

We used a recipe found online, but changed a couple of things (adding salt and garlic, for instance).

While they didn't come to full fruition (so to speak), we're so happy to have saved the tomatoes we so lovingly raised from mere seeds last spring. It would have been a shame for them to wind up on the compost pile. Instead, they'll be going in omelettes and on nachos and tacos and such for weeks to come!

BRAIN TRAINING: We continue to really enjoy learning about psychology, thanks to, in effect, tagging along with college student CJ's psych 101 class.

This morning we watched an entertaining video about learning, or re-learning, to ride a bike.


HIDDEN HISTORY: Once of the Facebook groups I belong to is Seattle Vintage. It's a treasure trove of old photos and factoids about the Emerald City.

Today, someone posted a link to this video about the Seattle Underground by Geographics. It recounts the Great Seattle Fire, how "seamstresses" were an important part of the Seattle economy, the effect of the Klondike Gold Rush and the bubonic plague on Seattle, and more.