Much Ado About Beans

On Tuesday, I threw some beans on the stove while I was running off to work, leaving a cute sign for Ryan to turn them off when he left for work. He worked from home, and forgot until he started sniffing a strange smell in the air. Burned, charred beans. He said he went downstairs and found it smoky.
Now, we are trying to get the smell out. It smells to me like we have come off of a smoking binge. We have ionizers going, baking soda and vinegar out...hoping all traces go away soon.
(Ryan did point out we could also have cool volcanos all over our house with the baking soda and vinegar!)
Any hints?

Garden News

My corn really is high as an elephant's eye.

And I decided to do something about part of our weed patch in the front beds. I was drawn into a local nursery and loved all the bright colors. I'm crossing my fingers these are all clay-loving plants.

I Made It...

Greetings from Silverton, Colorado!

Memorial day weekend we were out to Durango

for a little bike race for Ryan. Alyssa and I made it past the

cutoff and over the mountain with the kiddos in the back

showing a little brotherly love.

He did the Durango-Silverton Iron Horse citizens race

(timed only by the individual bikers) in 4 hours and 29 minutes.

Excellent for this flatlander. :-)

He was glad to bike with Ron and glad he made it over the mountain!

We watched Barry in a criterion in downtown Durango on Sunday. These guys are flying.

You can see Barry on the front row at the starting line in a blue jersey.

Someone said this looks like Ryan and me. She looks interested in the criterion.

Sunday night we went out to the Bar-D for the dinner and music. Brae loved the train.