Not much going on...

     Not much has been going on lately. The robins are grown and gone and Homestead Days are over, so we've just been doing e. coli testing and various other tasks around the park. I did want to share some pictures and a recipe with you!
     Today, Chelsi and I did e. coli testing in the mud. I had a brilliant idea! Let's use Jesse's wading pants. I called them "plastic pants" and Rob laughed pretty hard at that. We got down and dirty...

     We know how to make our dirty jobs pretty fun. Walking back up the bank to the car was the hardest part because Chelsi had me laughing so hard. It was a pretty fun day. After e. coli testing, we did butterfly monitoring. We found a new butterfly we've never seen before! That is the picture at the beginning of the post. I also got to see a little nymph from Cub Creek. It had three tails that looked like feathers and I enjoyed watching him swim around!


     I also wanted to share a recipe that I used to make dinner last night. It was weird... but it tasted really good! This recipe serves 6, but I only used 2 medium scorn squash.

3 medium acorn squash
2/3 cup melted butter
2/3 cup maple syrup

Wash squash
Cut in half
Remove stringy part and seeds
Sprinkle with salt
Place, cut side down, in greased baking dish
Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes
Meanwhile, combine butter and syrup
Turn squash over and fill with the syrup mixture
Bake 30 minutes more or until tender.

     I got the recipe out of a "three ingredient" cookbook that a friend of my grandmother gave to my mother. I was really nervous and hesitant about this odd trio, but it turned out really, really delicious! All of us ate all of our squash. I can't wait to try my next weird recipe!