Years ago, when my eldest was still little and my youngest not yet born, I was in Sydney on business when I saw this in a shop window as I was walking back to my hotel from a dinner. I ran in between meetings the next day to buy him and have him shipped home. Sometime after I left the shop, someone tied a handwritten manila tag on his leg. It didn't say "sold" or "Mtnrdredux" or anything you might expect. It said "this horse is going to New York" ... as if he were going on a trip! I loved the tag and kept it on him, until one day a helpful cleaning person snipped it off and threw it out. 😞 The whole family loves him. My SS has twins now, and we look forward to them using it when they visit!

^^^Thank you, eld6161. I typically slice the eggplant, place them on paper towels to absorb some of the moisture in the eggplant. Afterwards, salt, pepper, garlic them, dip in bread crumbs or panko and pan fry. My sister makes her own sauce, so I always have it on hand. Put some of her sauce in the baking pan, arrange the eggplant, sauce on top with grated mozzarella and bake. This one was exceptionally good, as I picked the eggplant when it was fairly small, so the finished product was a winner.

Calzone and gnocchi lunch, in Siena

Oh, another green! The green lamp in our guest room. I’ve added an old, family silver New Mexican bolo around the neck of it. I found this cool lampshade at a gallery in Santa Fe. It works really well in our Southwestern guest room, I think.