You say "cortado," I say "delicious"

Sunday morning was a late one, and by late, I mean that we slept in quite late after Saturday's barbeque fiesta.

At 10:30 am or so, Ted and I cruised down the hill on his scooter to the local bakery, but not before stopping for some coffee.  I opted for my favorite, a cortado, which is half way between a macchiato and a cappuccino.  It was delicious and exactly what I needed.

Stopping at this small bakery reminded me of our piso on Calle Andrés Mellado in Madrid, which was located on top of a bakery.  Every morning we would wake up to the smell of fresh baked bread and pastries.  I wonder if they could pipe that in to a residence, like Cinnabon or Auntie Anne's does at the mall.  I miss that smell.

After that, it was back home to grill up some burgers (and "botifarra," or fresh sausage) that we had bought at the market, because clearly, we hadn't had enough meat at the bbq.

I went paleo-style with no bun, while Ted and Olga opted for Full American.  Even Nika got in on the action!

The majority of the afternoon was spent relaxing, and this was certainly an ideal setting for doing just that.

But, Sunday wasn't 100% leisure (and, those burgers weren't 100% grass-fed, but still tasty).  There was some work to be done.  It was time to go to the hen house and collect the eggs.  

As Ted explained, it is important to collect the eggs each day, because if that doesn't happen, the hens think that they are going to hatch, and the maternal instinct kicks in.  Things just get ugly from there.

As the hens lay on their roost (we did a roll call and all ten were present), Ted and his helpers harvested the eggs.  But the little ones, Leo and Ria, were there for more than just that; they were in hunting mode.

Sometimes a stray field mouse will be hiding under the hay bale and the dogs will pounce.  They came up empty-pawed this Sunday, but clearly not for a lack of effort and preparedness.

Pretty worn out, we sat around and chatted, watched a bit of an NBA playoff game that Ted was able to stream on his computer, and headed to bed at a reasonable hour.  After all, Monday was a school day for Nika :).