Honest, I’m not trying to rush the seasons, but here is a limited time offer. Just use the code SHARE10 at checkout and you can get $10 off your purchase of the book, Summer Colors. Click on the above image for a sneak preview of the beauty I found one summer in New England. Offer ends March 31st. There’s also a nifty little book about a hidden gem of a park. See what you think. 😉
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I can’t yet see the words but I feel them, somewhere, somehow, embodied in this apple with its lovely leaf. Yes, a weight of hidden words. I hope to find them before the month’s end, to glimpse their fragile figures before they disappear into the ether. Or at least before the apple disappears inside me.
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Those were the words that came to mind this morning as I saw the light fill this flower. Hope your day goes well. 😉
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Simply two eggs, slightly beaten. Pour into hot, well-buttered frying pan. Fold over. Lightly brown on each side. Touch to make sure center of egg is as firm (or as soft) you prefer. Slide onto plate. Sprinkle with a few fresh chopped herbs. Yum. A good way to start St. Paddy’s Day. 😉
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… what a beautiful color!
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I do not like bananas.
I do not like them green or gold.
I do not like them hot or cold.
I do not like them with pretty brown spots.
I do not like them cut into pots.
I do not like them sliced thick or thin,
not even when placed in a bright shiny tin.
Eat a banana that looks like gourmet abstract art?
No, my dear Sam.
I’d rather eat my wheat bread with ham.
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I have a friend who loves to make a gin and tonic cocktail of sorts, and he loves to eat moro, or blood, oranges. One day I asked him why not try adding blood oranges to the recipe. This is what he came up with. Not rocket science he would say, but oh so very delicious with or without alcohol.
Blood Orange Cocktail
1-2 moro (blood) oranges
sparkling water
limeade (something all natural with no added sugar)
gin*
Juice the oranges, retaining a bit of the pulp. Split the juice and pulp between 2 chilled glasses. Add gin (or not*) to taste. Top off the drink with sparkling water and limeade. If you want to be completely over the top, add some sliced limes just before serving. 😉
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As I entered the store, my intent was clear, to purchase a basil plant for a couple of bucks. I then expected to go home and plant the basil in a bigger pot and watch it grow indoors throughout the spring. I searched and then did find the basil … tucked way in the back of the store … a single plant that didn’t look so good. My eyes then fell upon the tray of cacti. The fuzzy fellow blossoming pink was a bit more than a couple of bucks, but I think that he was worth it.
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A few folks have asked so here it is: a view of the black radish next to the more commonly seen red radishes. I picked up my first one simply as something new to photograph. I had no idea how it would taste or how to prepare it. When I mentioned this to a friend of Russian ancestry, she shared some of her family’s recipes. Tastes a little bitter but the carrots and red onion add sweetness. Very high in Vitamin C and full of other good stuff. Just what’s needed as we await the next snowstorm. 😉
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