fall is really moving in, though the weather remains in denial (sunny, 70s, and dry here in NE ohio). but look what drifted down into my colander while i was picking tomatoes today—isn’t that beautiful? a little nudge from mother nature warning me to enjoy the last of the produce with relish. usually the oak […]
strangely, all our thistle plants are lacking flowers this fall; i can’t figure out if something ate them (they’re supposed to be delicious) or if david went around and nipped them off. it actually sounds like something he would do . . and not talk about. cindy wrote me: I believe one of the Scot […]
well, part of it anyway. james was so on target about the weight it’s a little scary. there was enough there for a pasta sauce chock-a-block with chunks of it, plus the same amount again to freeze. it made a delectable dinner dish for our private birthday celebration. sautéed in butter and garlice, with wine […]
remember the Yarnia. doesn’t she look happy?? you would never know she spends about 16 hours a day trying to make the contractors behave so she can get her shop open. “that glow” HAS to be coming form all the gorgeous yarn she’s packin’. knitters in the area, beware; there will be no resisting it. […]