From her lovely garden in Brooklyn. These that weren’t eaten on the road back to Boston were sliced up with some cucumbers and celery and tossed with oil and vinegar. Good stuff! 🙂
Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’
from my cousin’s garden
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, family, food photography, gardening, gifts, Inspiration, Photography, red, tomatoes on August 27, 2017| 1 Comment »
just tomatoes
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Uncategorized, tagged colors, food photography, Photography, tomatoes on January 20, 2017| 2 Comments »
mary’s tomatoes
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, red, tomatoes on July 12, 2016| 2 Comments »
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.”
simply reds in the kitchen
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, red onions, simplicity, tomatoes, vegetables on May 20, 2015| 3 Comments »
dubbed the orphaned tomato plant …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged black and white, food, food photography, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, tomatoes on May 14, 2015| 2 Comments »
… I consider it a gift. It will soon be planted in a big pot and set to rest on the hallway table next to the container of potatoes. The potatoes will stay indoors, as they always have, but as this plant gets bigger, I’ll take the landlord up on his offer and take it downstairs to the outdoor garden. I’ve grown tomatoes outdoors once before in the city … quite successfully … and then had a major falling out with my local squirrels. We’ll see what happens this time.