Frost, Friends & Cherimoyas

...last night i was yawning by 9:15pm and decided to officially call it a night at 10. of course that resulted in a 4:30am wake up in which no amount sheep could get me back to sleep. i sent a text message to a friend who tilden and i usually meet weekly for early morning walks around lake balboa and sure enough she was awake and preparing to go. because of the heavy rains, it had been a couple of weeks since we'd seen each other, so i was thrilled to turn something bad [the fact that i was up at what was now 5am] into something good [spending time with sally & molly].

between my broken coffee machine, the frost on the ground, the ice on my car, and the fog on the streets - its a miracle that i made it the 1.5miles to the park and roughly on time. but our walk was great as usual... sally is such a nice and interesting person, we find ourselves laughing more often then not and the dogs enjoy each others company as well. molly is very forward when it comes to professing her love for tilden.. but my boy on the other hand prefers a little game of hard to get - and he's so good at it. they're adorable tho - and after all this time we've yet to get a picture of them together. [makes a mental note to do that soon]

sunday isn't our normal walking day, although i wouldnt be opposed to it. after our walk we headed around the corner to the one generation / encino farmers market. its embarrassing that i live so close and this was my first time there. its really a lovely market... a bit narrow and not nearly enough samples, but the produce selection is pretty impressive. another shocker that came about... my introduction to a fruit called cherimoya. being such a fruit snob [i basically roll my eyes @ apples & bananas] and a dessert lover [many compare this fruit to custard], AND a vegan - i couldnt believe that i had only now come to try one of these miraculous fruits. sally was nice enough to buy one for me and i didn't even make it back to my truck before tearing it open to try it. google it... everything they say, its true!! it may not be my favorite fruit... but its ranking high up there next to persimmons.