Nothing is more welcomed on Mendenhall than the first day of Spring. My backyard tulips are beginning to bloom and they soon will be cut for arrangements inside. This morning I took several photos of flowers blooming on Mendenhall Street. I’ll share them this week.

In addition to enjoying the sunshine this weekend, we also enjoyed the “supermoon!” With a bigger and brighter than usual moon on Saturday, I thought there was no better excuse to invite a couple of friends to enjoy a meal underneath it. I made a combination of Cuban and Mexican dishes – from carnitas to black beans and rice. This meal was not only delicious – but it was a bargain! Less than $30 paid for a meal for four people plus plenty of leftovers to last me through the week. Recipes to come… until then, enjoy this weather.