The last of a delicious gift of homegrown tomatoes.
Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
the last of mary’s tomatoes
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, delicious gift, food, gardening, gifts, homegrown tomatoes, Photography, red, sunset, tomatoes on August 30, 2015| 1 Comment »
where the roses grew …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged family, food, food photography, gardening, Inspiration, memories, Photography, storytelling, tomatoes on August 18, 2015| 1 Comment »
There is an elderly woman who lives in my childhood home in Virginia. My brother tells me that she loves to grow tomatoes like some people grow wildflowers. In every available space, as a border to the porch, in the spots where the roses and hydrangeas grew, all now tomatoes. While wonderful to see such eccentric growth, it was also hard for my brother to see. There was a part of him that wanted the old yard back, the flower beds and vegetable garden and the swathe of green grass just big enough for children to run about with clothes lines arching above. He wanted the fence line back that separated our property from the neighbor’s, a wire fence covered in honeysuckle and milkweed and edged with wild mint. And he wanted the trees, the maple, the plum and that short-lived apricot.
All had been gone for near two decades but in that moment, of seeing those tomatoes, he fiercely wanted it all back and with it the parents now deceased and the siblings spread far and wide. “You alright, Daddy?” his son asked. He looked down at his five-year old who was sprouting up like an oak. “Yes, son. Daddy was just remembering. Remind me to tell you about the seeds I planted in this place.” The son nodded and then said, “Okay, but can we go to the playground first?” My brother laughed, tickled his son, and let the past fade knowing it would never disappear. “Yes, son, let’s go. We must have our priorities.”
peeking over fences
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gardening, inspirating, nature, Photography on July 13, 2015| 1 Comment »
red tipped
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gardening, green, Inspiration, nature, Photography, red, white, yellow on June 18, 2015| 6 Comments »
a few flowers from the weekend
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, urban landscape on June 15, 2015| 3 Comments »
one can almost forget the 108 inches of snow …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, calm, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, spring on April 13, 2015| 1 Comment »
… when you walk through Ricky’s Flower Market. Spring has arrived (even if another flake or two might fall before month’s end). I love my indoor gardening but I do appreciate wandering through this outdoor market. A simple way of finding calm. 😉
green in winter
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged gardening, green, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, posters, sprouts, wall art on January 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Two new posters available in my Zazzle shop. Just click on the image for more information on availability. The first image is of spicy cress sprouting in a shell I found on Revere Beach. The second image is of clover, a “weed” I recently learned is edible, so in a little clay pot it now grows next to my other herbs.
winter growth
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, cress, food, food photography, gardening, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, microgreens, nature, Photography, plants, simplicity on December 29, 2014| 2 Comments »
The instructions say to plant seeds in a shallow dish and move as needed for best light. Instructions I can follow! Not sure how I’m going to serve up this first little harvest. Maybe with slices of avocado and tomatoes on toasted bread rubbed with garlic. Theoretically, this cress is a spicy herb. We shall see. I’m not sure that I grow enough at a time to benefit from the nutritional value, but the simple act of planting a few seeds in a bit of dirt and watching the sprouts rise in the sun, that’s worth the effort alone.
one window, many views
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, city gardening, colors, gardening, glass, impressions, Inspiration, musings, nature, Photography, reflection, Somerville, storytelling, trees, urban landscape, windows on November 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The tree I photograph most often through the rippled window is dead. The greenery and blooms captured throughout the seasons are mostly from vines like forsythia, ivy and something holly-like. With each storm, more of the tree falls to the ground, whole branches and bits of bark.
For safety’s sake, at some point soon, whoever owns that particular piece of ground will have to chop that tree down. The woodpeckers will certainly miss their perch and the insects that they dine upon will miss their home. The vines I suspect will continue to thrive.
Even cut off at the base, they always seem to come back, finding new objects to drape upon. And the moss is ever present.
Adjacent is the neighbor’s garden. He did quite well his first season with a multi-tiered, lush affair of eggplant and kale, tomatoes and cauliflower.
I expect he grew potatoes, too, like me. And I know for sure I saw the green beans climbing up their strings.
As December looms, all that’s left are the relics of dark greens and tomatoes that I guess the city rabbits and city squirrels couldn’t figure out how to get.
There is the chain link fence but that doesn’t prevent his cat from getting out so I’d think that wouldn’t prevent other animals from getting in. If I do my local Open Studios next year, perhaps I will focus on prints of scenes through the rippled glass.
One window, many views. We’ll see. Ideas are easy. It is the follow-through that’s hard. FYI, these are untouched photos of views in this early morning’s light.
p.s. there was a second harvest
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, potatoes, potted plant on November 28, 2014| 1 Comment »
I returned from Ireland to my potted plant of potatoes. A second crop. Sitting in the bay window, with so much sun, the greenery was still vibrant but I figured it was time to look beneath the soil. Eventually the little potatoes were gently scrubbed and tossed into a frying pan with some meat drippings. After a fork full, my dinner companion uttered, “Mmmmm. Creamy.” Next year, I’m going to work with a bigger pot. 😉 Have a good Friday.
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