Amber Waves of Grain

I finished the corn field for my toy farm last night and here's the farmer, posing with his corn. When I think of the line "amber waves of grain" from America the Beautiful I usually think of wheat, not corn. However, the only corn song that I could think of is Jimmy Cracked Corn and I Don't Care, which I have never enjoyed, so today we will remember that corn is also a grain (I think) and part of those "amber waves of grain." Abby thought that the corn looked like flowers. Hopefully when the whole thing is assembled, you will easily know that it is corn. I'm rather impressed with my corn. I also made a tree. To me this tree looks a little like the trees in "The Lorax," but a round tree is the only way that I could think through a tree. Again, notice the tiny cows.


Last night I also made the best sandwich in the world for dinner. I know that is a really big statement, but it was that good. I made a Pan Bagna, which my cookbook says translates to "bathed bread." As I only know about 12 words of French and Bagna isn't one of them, I'll have to take the cookbook's word for it. The other name is a Provencal Tuna and Vegetable Sandwich. It has goat cheese, fresh tuna steaks, olives, arugula*, tomatoes, basil and a dressing made from olive oil, red wine vinegar and garlic. It was so pretty that I took a picture of it. After you make the sandwich, you wrap it up in plastic wrap and squish it with canned goods for 6 hours. Nick took the res of it for lunch today--I wish that I had more. Tonight is "top your own baked potato" night, which isn't as exciting, but is still tasty.

I'm working on Farm Assembly now. More pictures will come when that is done...





*Which I wish we called "Rocket" like the British do. Eating something called "Rocket" on your sandwich is way cooler, although "arugula" is a fun word to say.