weird vibes

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 this week has been weird! i am definitely a little burnt out and only having these kids for a week makes for a different vibe, so my teacher skills have been a lot more camp counselory and less educational...i am letting the kids play a lot, especially because i have a very high energy group (7 boys, 3 girls)

we have had some good camp moments though! today we had operation silkie, which was an effort to feed the silkie chickens (super cute fluffballs who just arrived last week) and involved a team of distractors to throw blackberries for the other chickens. we also did a scavenger hunt to make seed crackers in the garden and did a successful rainbow chard fritatta as well. milking is also now an ice cream operation bc apparently dotty the goat has famous ice cream. the tidepools are hermit crab central, the campers made a hermie community and then released them 

highlight of the camp week has been my JEE! she is super awesome, helpful, fun to talk to and overall great to have her as part of the group. going into senior year of high school and applying for college, what a weird space to be in...but fun to chat with her!

things are definitely quieter now that we only have 4 camp groups! the day feels different, much less walkie talkie time

in food news, i cooked on monday and made a massive amount of quinoa and lentils, which i used in a grain salad with roast broccoli and cumin. also made a large chard stir fry to use up leafy greens and young shallots (tops like leeks). we also did a ratatouille casserole thing with tomato zucchini and eggplant with sorrel pesto, and pb choco avocado pudding for dessert. all yum

food with camp, on monday we made sourdough crumpets which is a super duper easy way to use up sourdough discard: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/sourdough-crumpets-recipe

the dark is getting to me and this morning i snoozed 8 times and decided not to go on a morning run. but, went on a lovely evening hike with my coworker down in muir beach area. absolutely gorgeousssss the coast is a blessed place






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