Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
a flower along commonwealth avenue
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston Back Bay, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on July 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
the vacant lot is now a garden
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, gardening, green, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, urban landscape, vacant lot on July 9, 2014| 2 Comments »
For the past few years, through the rippled glass, I have most often photographed a nearby vacant lot where dandelions would grow rampant.
But in time all things change.
In late spring, a new neighbor moved in and he has turned the field into a garden.
It is quite lush with green mounds of this, green hills of that and …
probably green peas spiraling up a new terrace made of string.
When the wind blows just right, I can catch a glimpse of gold squash blossoms.
more food images from the week
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, cooking, creativity, flavors, food, food photography, gardening, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, recipes, textures on July 6, 2014| 2 Comments »
An impromptu dinner salad: two tomatoes sliced, topped with chopped red onion and fresh basil leaves, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Filling for a 3-egg omelet: chopped smoked salmon, gruyere cheese, tiny bit of red onion, and an assortment of chopped herbs (parsley, chervil and whatever else caught the chef’s eyes).
A quick breakfast: a few slices of bread, buttered and then toasted, served with a handful of fresh raspberries. Coffee and cream on the side. Overall, a yummy week, I must say.
p.s. Thanks to all for the potato recipes. In the end, they were cooked with some butter and garlic and sprinkled with herbs. You never know what the future holds, but if I do grow potatoes next year, I have my eyes on a bigger pot. 😉
and we have potatoes!
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, potatoes, vegetables on July 4, 2014| 4 Comments »
You can read the backstory on my indoor potato growing experiment here. Not exactly a bumper crop, but what fun!
from small beginnings …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged food, gardening, green monster, humor, Inspiration, nature, Photography, potato crop, potatoes, tall windows on June 1, 2014| 5 Comments »
Earlier this spring, I found a little potato sprouting in the pantry drawer. I cut up the potato and planted the sprouts in a big green pot on a table next to several tall windows. Lots of light shines down even through the widening leaves of the oak tree outside. No high hopes for a great potato crop but I did have a wee hope to see just a bit of green poke through the soil. Guess what?
I have in my midst what one friend described as “a lovely green monster” that any moment now is going to shout, “Feed me!”
Are actual potatoes growing beneath the dark soil? Will I grow my first potato crop ever in a big green pot sitting on a sun-drenched table in Somerville, MA? Stay tuned, my friends, stay tuned. 😉
a short walk through ricky’s on memorial day
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, light, memorial day, neighborhood, Photography, ricky's flower's market, shadow, Somerville, union square on May 26, 2014| 4 Comments »
a spring walk through ricky’s
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, Ricky's Flower Market, Somerville, walking on April 13, 2014| 2 Comments »
unruly
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, gardening, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography on April 6, 2014| 1 Comment »
Meanwhile, the scallions are a beautiful, unruly mess and the lemon thyme is creating great shadows on the bookcase.
The fennel I nearly watered to death but I think I caught myself just in time. We’ll see. 😉
red onions and white potatoes
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, food, gardening, indoor gardening, Inspiration, onions, Photography, potatoes, red onion, spring, sprouts on April 6, 2014| 5 Comments »
An unexpected find in the pantry drawer this morning. Tucked in the back, a small red onion and a few small potatoes had sprouted. My father used to treasure such finds at this time of year.
He’d claim them from my mother and save to plant in the vegetable garden. I consulted with my brothers who paid much better attention that I to the details of planting vegetables that have gone to seed.
I’m going to tuck these sprouts into some dirt in some big pots I have in the house. I don’t expect I’ll get much of a crop but it will be fun to see what does happen. Stay tuned … 😉
a lovely transformation
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged botany, calla lily, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, transformation on June 13, 2013| 3 Comments »
Today the calla lily looks like this.
And just a few days ago it looked like this …
How cool is that? 😉
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