There is still snow in the backyard—the front yard is even worse—but today, sunny and windy, it felt as though spring might finally be on its way. It seemed to me that the clothesline was at last getting enough sun, and I took a chance and hung laundry on the line.
Few things cheer me up more than seeing laundry flap in the wind. Encouraged, I took some pictures, threw the ball for 
the dog, and clipped some prickly canes growing in a straggly bunch at the edge of my lawn.
By the end of the day, all the laundry had dried, and feeling festive, I decided to make bean burgers from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. Another success! So good that we’ll try grilling some of those bean burgers this summer.
Notes From the Hinterland 
Love the look of laundry on the line! 🙂 Yay Spring!! And glad you tried the bean burgers and liked them – I thought they had a great taste!
Those bean burgers are terrific! We will be making them often. Also, Mark Bittman suggested they can be breaded then baked with tomato sauce and cheese. Sounds good, doesn’t it? What we will do in the future is make burgers more than we need so that we can have other meals with the leftovers.
Great photos!!! Coincidentally, black bean burgers with roasted tomato salsa(thanks to Muir Glen) are on my menu for early next week!! Great minds…….!
I love Muir Glen! And bean burgers are fast becoming a favorite in our house, especially now that we are “mostly vegetarian.” Yes, great minds think alike 😉