we ran him off twice from the seed feeder and finally brought it inside. he sat in this pose while we stood at the window and didn't move for the longest time. we think he is taking lesson from the scrub jay!
December 31, 2010
December 24, 2010
christmas eve
lovely ... to the eye and the tongue!
enjoying the candle light
local bread, shrimp, salad greens and wine ... pacific northwest christmas eve
December 6, 2010
December 1, 2010
Beans
Airing out the dried beans from the Matt & Cyn Farm. Last fall we purchased a few heirloom beans at the closing of the market and they were fantastic compared what we can purchase locally at the co-op. This winter we stocked up on about 12 different varieties. The cannellini I cooked up a few weeks ago were the best we have had in years. The day we purchased these they had just threshed the last of their crops the day before and recommended we allow the beans to"breath" before storing them. Here they are with there lids off after airing for a week out on the kitchen counter.
Butterscotch Calypso
Hidatsa Shield Figure
Pueblo
Yellow Indian Woman
Borletti
Snowcap
Rio Zape
Cranberry
Hutterite
Amethyst
Cannellini
Pinto
Good Mother Stallard
November 26, 2010
Thanksgiving Bird Count
Anna's Hummingbird - 1
Western Scrub Jay - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 4
House Finch - 4
Very few birds this year. In the past there would of been the Yellow-rumped Warbler and the Chestnut-backed Chickadee. The treat today is a beautiful Varied Thrush coming and going at the seed feeder.
November 23, 2010
November 19, 2010
osage, walnut and cherry
holiday market/local wood carver ~ french rolling pin is osage wood, the others are walnut and cherry wood. sanded them a bit more with 600 grit sanding paper and tiny bit of oil
November 15, 2010
November 10, 2010
soup
soaked french lentils, shallots, carrots and spanish chorizo
last 10 minutes added beet greens
served with local sourdough/garlic/cheese bread
October 27, 2010
October 19, 2010
warm light
garlic is planted ~ early italian, dujansky and german porcelain.
this morning seeded beds with chard, kale, mustard and chrysanthemum greens. over wintered the beds with buckwheat. the gift of northeast wind creates clear skies and warm afternoon light.
October 15, 2010
October 12, 2010
October 8, 2010
herriot grace walnut spreading knife
our older and trusty spreading knife (mostly for nut butters) ~ along side a new and beautiful HG walnut spreading knife. thank you nikole and lance
October 5, 2010
October 2, 2010
September 25, 2010
September 22, 2010
favorite color
Red!
This is "heinz" roma tomato, reduced down to = 1 quart. I surely thought I had 2 quarts when I filled the pot. Next year we'll plant more paste tomatoes for sure.
This last weekend we had two days of heavy rain. Rain and cooler temperatures has shifted us into harvest mode, instead of picking what is needed for a meal .
This sauce will top our aubergine parmesan (eggplants from garden also)
September 17, 2010
applesauce
9 quarts total - sweetened with a wee bit of sugar and lemon. its great for fall/winter breakfast with greek yogurt
September 16, 2010
August 29, 2010
August 14, 2010
The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
July 16, 2010
zen riddle
ten thousand things
all in this breath
if you see through this world and let go of it
this is wisdom
if you see through it, but don't let it go
that's just "talking Zen"
ten thousand things
all in this breath
grasping hold of emptiness
there's really nothing to say
ten thousand things
all in this breath
why are people in this world so busy?
just for this one breath
they say "busy busy, mine mine ... "
busy a whole lifetime for "Me"
when this breath is cut off
you let go of the whole universe
why not let go from the start?
grasping hold of emptiness
you want to talk about "real"
show me one thing that is real
there's nothing real from the start
every day, morning to night, gathering things
big and small, valuables, money, name and recognition
gathering it all up into your lap
like you're holding the golden key
busy your whole life for nothing
acting like a thief
why not put all the energy to liberation?
put this mind to the Path
everyone in the world is controlled by this
shed this control and then you'll be free, content, liberated
though there are words to speak, none of these are real
talking and talk, like flowers falling from heaven
its all worthless.
there is really nothing to say
if you think what you are grasping is real
there's no good in that
you can't take it with you
(from documentary "Amongst White Clouds")
July 13, 2010
June 30, 2010
June 2, 2010
May 25, 2010
May 12, 2010
May 11, 2010
beet hummus
15 oz can chickpeas
2 cloves garlic
salt
1 tbsp. olive oil
3 small pickled beets (roasted and then pickled in balsamic vinegar and liquid from roasting pan)
3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar/liquid from beets
after taste testing and comparing to my traditional hummus I add 2 tbsp. of tahini to add a little zip and slightly thicken it
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