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Thursday, June 3, 2010

a sweet morning in alexandria

Some images from an early morning walk in Alexandria featuring a visit to Buzz bakery/cafe, June flowers in bloom, and a breakfasting squirrel:
 
 
Incredible fresh strawberry tarts and banana chocolate bread pudding:
 
 
 
 
 
Nom nom....
 
Today's bento:
Along with roasted carrots, baby greens and sprouts we have furikake and mayo fish (inspired by versions in sherimiya's wonderful bentos) and bright citrus and kiwi slices...
I'm looking forward to the weekend...how about you guys?
 

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14 comments:

  1. tinyskilletJune 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    I love your walk photos. The cat looks so much like our neighbor's cat that is always at our house. I'll post a photo of him on my blog. The flowers are gorgeous!

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  2. tofugirlJune 3, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    More beautiful hydrangea photos please! And more kitty photos :D I enjoyed coming along on your walk! And yes, thank goodness for the weekend.

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  3. LexiJune 3, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Love the cheeky squirrel! And lovely fresh fruit in that bento!

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  4. BentobirdJune 3, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    Hi Lynsey! I'm amazed by our adoptive neighbor tabby situations...can't wait to see your special visitor :) Oh, and I'd love some of those perfect eggplants from "Wordless Wednesday"!

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  5. BentobirdJune 3, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    Hi Carol--yes indeed, I took new ones and will post soon. They are a favorite flower, to be sure! Thanks for encouraging my photo-taking and TGIF (well, almost), hope your weekend is relaxing and fun :)

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  6. BentobirdJune 3, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    Hi Lexi, thanks--I thought he was really cute, and as you say, "cheeky"...

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  7. AnonymousJune 3, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    Aw you're killing me! Beautiful bento and those strawberry tarts look amazing! So hungry right now! :)

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  8. BentobirdJune 4, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Hi Susan, yes we really need that food teleporter, don't we! Have a great weekend!

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  9. meganJune 4, 2010 at 8:30 AM

    haha that squirrel cracked me up... is he eating bird food?! i always love your flower images; when i am looking for a new laptop desktop image i'm totally stealing!

    mayo furikake fish sounds awesome! and the fruit is adding such a bright and pretty touch :-)

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  10. AnonymousJune 4, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    I'd love a weekend with your bentos & cat at the bakery you mentioned above!

    The squirrel can come too -- if it wants to ;)

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  11. UnknownJune 4, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Sigh-- all shots here are terrific and fascinating!! Especially, the fresh bento, strawberry tarts, adorable squirrel and kitty...ALL!! I'm too hungry to sleep, hehe.
    I'm looking forward to the weekend, too!

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  12. BentobirdJune 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    Hi megan! Yes, he was going for broke in the seed department--maybe I should add a couple of additional cute pics I took of him before and after this nosh ;) Are you a hydrangea fan too? It seems like every day around here a new variety is opening up...thanks so much for coming by and have a fun weekend!

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  13. BentobirdJune 4, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    Hi gnoegnoe--that sounds like a blast! Then we could take a long walk to burn off some calories, as I think it would be hard to stop at one berry tart, haha :)

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  14. BentobirdJune 4, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    Hi Izumi, what a lovely compliment...means so much to me, thank you! Have a super weekend with good food and relaxing times with family (and birdie?)!

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