April 2012
22 posts
Loafies tonight!!! I’m bursting with fruit flavor!
Despite the fact that I was practically shitting my pants beforehand, and I was so nervous my hands were shaking, I ACED MY FINAL!!! This was the final for the first quarter of class and I’m so so so glad it’s over. Now, I can relax. Somebody give me a big fat gold star!
:::image courtesy of sdakotabirds.com:::
So, I’m at the kitchen sink just now and one of the things I love the most is watching the birds at the feeders while I do my thing. We get mostly sparrows and mourning doves, chickadees and wrens, titmice and cardinals…the usual northeastern variety. But I saw this bird fly in, spend some time in the tree and then slowly move toward the...
I so desperately want to install a pathway from my front porch to my back yard. This is something I’ve been pining for and researching for quite some time. So many ideas and endless options. I love to let my gardens just do their thing. I weed, mulch, and carefully trim the borders, but the plants in their beds are allowed to grow wild, lush and full, ultimately granting me the cottage...
Folks, I have to tell you…
Right now, if you head to your nearest Target store and take a peek in their dollar bins (the first place I go every time I hit any Target store), you’ll find these adorable ceramic planters in the sweetest of spring and summer colors. I grabbed as many as I could find (only leaving the yellow ones behind because they were smaller) in haste and brought...
In honor of Earth Day…
…I bought a composter!!!
:::lilac blooms, windy day:::
:::deadheading:::
I’m volunteering again this year for the fifth annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes charity event this Saturday. I’ve given up trying to persuade my male friends to throw on a pair of heels and strut their stuff…two years in a row for them was plenty. So, seeing as how I love to attend anyway, and I want to help Aunt Sandy out (she’s one of the coordinators, and proceeds go...
We’re in desperate need of rain around these parts. Badly. Every time the forecast looked like it might even just sprinkle, we’ve barely gotten a few drops. I’m worried about my plants, discouraged by my grassless, dry, barren back lawn (though the front lawn looks a little jungleish), scared shitless by these flash fire warnings (we’re that dry) and just want the...
This:
and this:
never get old.
Oops.
I don’t know what the deal is here but regardless of whether we buy our onions at the farmers’ market or the regular old grocery store, they’ve been sprouting within a few days of purchase. I’m storing them in a cool, dark corner of my kitchen just like I always have. I know the farmers’ market onions are probably leftovers from last year’s crop and...
With the only exception being Deepak Chopra’s book about coincidence that I mentioned a few posts ago, I’ve noticed that my main preference in reading lately falls into two categories:
* Books about food - preparation, growth and harvest, responsible and sustainable shopping and eating, and poetic novels written by people who genuinely love to eat.
and
* Books about folks who...
Haha, finally captured on film…er…memory card! There were loads of “couples” all over the lawn this morning. Disgustingly great, isn’t it?
Sunday morning is my favorite time of the week.
I look forward to the delivery of the newspaper with so much anticipation, and when it finally arrives (more like when I hear the tell-tale “thunk” sound of the paper hitting the front porch), I tear into it like a rabid animal and immediately dive head-first into the crossword section.
This morning’s puzzle was simple and...
:::almost apple blossoms:::
An old friend is visiting us for the weekend, and of course, weekend guests automatically constitute an excuse for pampering (read: carbs), no?
I’ve got a fresh batch of salted caramel ice cream (the house favorite) in the fridge ready for churning, and a fresh batch of dark chocolate brownies chilling in the freezer for incorporating later.
Also on the menu: The best strip...
Happy Easter everyone!
:::One of Ben’s customers is responsible for the madness here. I couldn’t resist sharing this shot with you. It makes me laugh every time I see it. It also makes me realize that I will own Boston Terriers until the day I die. I dig.:::
Oh god, if you have the chance, make yourself a batch of this blueberry sauce…
…here’s the recipe:
Fresh Blueberry Sauce:
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (3 oranges)
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
4 half-pints fresh blueberries
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Combine the orange juice, sugar, and cornstarch in a medium...
Olive and I woke up really, really early this morning and decided to watch the sun come up. The pansies looked so pretty in the light.
Yup, it’s that time of year again…
(:::photo originates from here::)
I’ve filed this one away in the to-do list of my dreams. One of my goals for this house is to install a privacy fence around the entire perimeter of our back yard for obvious reasons, but fencing can be so tacky sometimes, no? I love the idea of building our own, and this photo is a gorgeous example of what can be done with your very own hands (google...
