Photo Hunt–“Electric”
At Outz’s near Tallahassee they have an extensive toilet garden. Here is the one with the electric fountain.
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Fig Tart
Publix had figs on sale this week and they were beautiful! Not local, they are long gone, but I just couldn’t resist them. So I made the Fig Tart recipe from Gina de Palma’s “Dolce Italiano”. And the amazing thing … Continue reading →
Photo Hunt– “Ripples”
Afew ripples in the St. Marks River, near Tallahassee.
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Love this classic potato salad. It comes from Sandi, of the Whistle Stop Cafe, in Irondale, Alabama. I made it exactly like the recipe except, I used only about a quarter of an onion, chopped fine. Southern Mustard Potato Salad … Continue reading →
Taking Kathryn back to school
Everything went very smoothly in Jacksonville. Kathryn acted like she knew exactly what to do–well, she did. What a difference a year makes! J.U. is home to her now. Ken was a real macho dude taking apart her bunk bed … Continue reading →
Salad Samplers–Cous Cous
When our son Josh was a little boy, sooo many years ago, he always asked for “cous”. I think he thought we were talking baby talk by saying it twice. Anyway, I haven’t made it very often in recent years … Continue reading →
Photo Hunt– “Low”
When you get down “low” you can see the huge variety in this little square of sedum plants. These are all quite tiny. There are about 400 kinds of sedum in the Northern Hemishphere (thanks to Wiki). These were planted … Continue reading →
Last Day in California
We woke up to a very thick fog. As we drove the short distance to visit our dear friend Carole, we couldn’t even see the street signs. While we were there, however, the fog burned off and we could enjoy … Continue reading →
San Francisco
Started out the day lazily–coffee and conversation. It’s very chilly here. It was completely foggy until around 1:00 in the afternoon with temps in the 50’s. We drove into the city around that time to go to the Richard Avedon … Continue reading →
Moving On
We got up early in the lovely little guest studio–it really is perfect, Pat. I rode with Amy to see Jaden’s school; he showed me around dutifully before going off to play. The rest of us went to walk around … Continue reading →