Soup's On!

Monday night at the BBQ for the executive for photo club, I indulged in a half cup of coffee. Oh yeah, not a good thing. I got home about 11pm, totally wired and awake. Rather than lay in bed and toss and turn, I grabbed my camera gear and headed out to a nearby village that used to be THE commerce site for shipping goods and people down the river.

Standing off the highway on a wide shoulder overlooking the river, a 20' drop to the boulders below reminds me not to get too close to the edge. The full moon is incredibly bright, reflecting off the river and making the shadows seem even darker.

As I was shooting, my tripod set up for a long exposure, a motorhome rumbled by, very close to the edge of the road. At the time, I thought, hey bud - you're awfully close. Once he'd passed me, I didn't think any more of it. A short time later I heard an odd 'pop' and a crash. My first thought was that it was a car accident, but not metal on metal. Again, I didn't really think any more about it.

Eventually, I got into my car, parked down the shoulder on a pull out, and headed home. I passed the motorhome that looked like it was parked on the side of the road until I reached the front end that was very obviously hanging over the ditch at an odd angle. No one was about, so I phoned the local RCMP, realizing that was the crash that I'd heard.

I have no idea what happened. The guy might have blown a tire or fallen asleep at the wheel.

After two hours sleep, I was, once again, up and out to the same area to take more photos in the early morning light. The motorhome was gone, and the light was absolutely perfect for taking photos. Numerous photos later of the setting moon, the speed boats on the river zooming past a watching heron on a piling, and hours later, I was headed back home.

The cooler weather is a welcome respite from the intense heat and forest fires we're in the throes of currently. The recent rain has helped to curb the forest fire near me, thank goodness, and has me craving hot soup rather than cold salads. As yesterday was too nice a day to spend making soup, and a late morning rain today increased that hankering for something warm, today was soup-making day.

A quick trip into town to get my oil and coolant changed and purchase some chicken breasts for the soup, and to buy a zucchini and I was ready! As a side note, I have three zucchini plants and not one of them has a zucchini ready at this time! Thus, I had to purchase one for zoodles.

I've just had a bowl of my home-made Chicken Zoodle soup and it's delicious, as usual! What makes the soup, Imo, are the zoodles and fresh dill. Mmmm mmm! I added some of the frozen zoodles I'd had in the freezer, and there's no difference between those and the ones I cut today. I love the olive oil drizzled over the top of the soup and the fresh lemon squeezed into it. Between that and the fresh dill - YUM!

I'd bought all kinds of veggies on Monday for juicing to try to get more iron into my system, and have, as yet, to juice any of them. Dinner will include some kind of iron-rich juice - and maybe just another bowl of this delicious soup before I freeze some of it.

Next up to make, carrot ginger soup.

Soup's on!