Breakfast in the Sunshine

I started another part-time job last Tuesday. As always, the first week at a new job was very stressful for me, not knowing what to do and how to do things right, worrying a lot and getting confused a lot..... I was so happily relieved Friday night that the first hectic week was finally over. This morning I woke up and decided to give myself a reward for surviving the rough week. Yes, I deserve a breakfast with blueberry pancakes. When I have time, I make buttermilk pancake mix following the recipe in Recipe Source and store in a large jar (from the famous 100-yen shop again.) This is very convenient. When I wake up with a craving for pancakes, all I have to do is mix some water and vegetable oil (I often omit the egg). If I want something different, I can just throw in some leftover bananas or apples, raisins, yogurt, etc…. This morning I used my favorite kind of canned blueberries for the pancakes. This makes the pancakes rather dark (or sometimes very dark), but these small blueberries in not-too-sweet syrup are very good in pancakes and muffins, so I love to use them. My favorite blueberry pancakes The pancakes actually looked better than this photo. Honestly. I mean it. And the taste was Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……….. soooooo good!! When things get a bit tough, nice breakfast in the sunshine does relieve my anguish. I’m glad that I chose to live in this apartment where I can enjoy the sunshine (and also enjoy watching my herbs enjoying the sunshine). It sure helps. ---------- BTW, if you are an American Major League Baseball fan and happened to be an Ichiro fan, why don't you join me for this?