I super deeply love The Pony track and Play Arena.  It has made all the difference in this year being wonderful.  I love my life, I love Ollie, I love my work and I have a unique hobby, Pony Play, that I love.  It feeds my spirit with joy.

Western Day was 5 events:  Trail Race, Western Pleasure, Barrel Race, Pole Bending and Stake Race.

My Pony, Speckles won the Queen’s Cup Race – Barrel Racing.  Racing with an Arabian is a challenge.

My go to is Oatmeal, with no added sugar, no brown sugar, not maple syrup, zero , zip, nata on the added sugar.  Cinnamon, yes;  Pecans (a handful), yes (walnuts are okay), dried cherries, yes.

The sugar is on the dried cherries. 23 grams of added sugar for Mariani Dried Fruit, Premium Cherries.  I’ve tried no sugar added cherries, not my jam.

My understanding of life is that it is balances, informed decisions.  The oatmeal is rich in fiber, which promotes fullness, eases the insulin response, and benefits gut health. It’s also a source of vitamins B and E, and minerals such as magnesium no matter what style of oatmeal.

French toast the way Grandma made it with butter melted on and Cinnamon sugar, that is cake.  Should you never have cake?  No.  Don’t be silly, life without cake – bah.  It is an indolence, decadent.  I am on occasion decadent.

In season, and currently craving avocado.  On toast?  no.  I do this horrid thing of cutting them open , throwing out the pit, pouring no sugar added ketchup on and eating them with a spoon.  That is how my Grandmother ate them.  Evidently, not everything my Grandmother taught me is posh.  I like it that way. 

Avocados are high in fat. But it’s monounsaturated fat, which is a “good” fat that helps lower bad cholesterol, as long as you eat them in moderation.  A serving is 1/3 of an avocado.  I have never eaten one third, I eat the whole fruit, maybe half if I am sharing.  One ounce is 50 calories, therefore, one avocado is 300 – 350 claories.

Avocados offer nearly 20 vitamins and minerals. So in a 100-gram serving, you get:

485 milligrams of potassium
81 micrograms of folate
0.257 milligrams of vitamin B6
10 milligrams of vitamin C
2.07 milligrams of vitamin E

Both oatmeal and avocados make you feel full and not hungry for longer.  Therefore, if I am portion controlling, watching those calories before a photo shoot, Guess what I am eating?

Just sayin’.  You welcome.  Happy Summer Solstice! 

A Cabaret butter cracker with 100% peanut butter (nothing else) smeared over and a spoonful of lingonberry jam is an incredible treat.  I am also indulging in lemon sorbet and mango sorbet.

Waiting for the next Outlander Season, although I have read the books.  I watch Louis and Superman on The CW.  I like Ghosts (comedy, interesting they are doing an American Bob Newhart comedy influenced version of a BBC program), the new Star Trek live action shows (Discovery, Strange New Worlds), Obi-Wan, Gentleman Jack, Halo was incredible, waiting on next Yellowstone Season, loved 1883, Dune, Spiderman No Way Home, Downtown Abby, Amazing Grace, The Swordsman (closed caption – seriously, check out this film), loved the new Ghostbusters movie, and awaiting Top Gun Maverick.

Currently into Garden Spritzer Chandon and my usual full body smooth reds.