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A star is born, again
Our boy Dave on the way to the Bourbon Area Community Theater’s production of Nell of the Ozarks. Dave played a revenuer – disguised as a pirate.
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Only 2 things that money can’t buy…
true love and homegrown tomatoes. These are heirloom, with a few Celebrities (the ones that look like grocery store tomatoes) tossed in. The cherry tomatoes are Sun Gold, the giants are Cherokee Purple and Black Krim. The green ones are green zebra and a couple of green tomatoes that just broke off. The big one…
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Sunday sunny Sunday
After 6 months of procrastination, I thought I’d finally upload a photo of the living room furniture. And I threw in a couple of flower beds for good measure. Here’s the back porch. The big green plants (angles trumpet, perrenial sunflower, obedience plant) in this bed are covered with buds. And yes, those windows upstairs…
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Pain à l’ancienne
Today I made pain à l’ancienne from the Bread Bakers Apprentice. It’s very tasty and easier than ciabatta, once you get the hang of it. Check out that crumb!
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And that’s when I first saw the bear
He was a Kodiak lookin’ fella’. About nineteen feet tall. (Thanks, Jimmy Buffet) We saw a bear – that looked just like this guy – right before we got out of the car for our first hiking trip in Colorado. Kris and Ruth Ann chased the bear to see if they could get a photo.…
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Rocky Mountain High-king
Dave on the edge – of Mount Sopris Ruth Ann hiking up the path Dori and I at the lakes – elevation 10260. It took us 2 hours and 15 minutes to get here. And only an hour and a half to get back down. (I was the slowpoke.)
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Garden of eatin’
Our 7 raised beds contain, from left to right: squash, corn (was lettuce and greens), tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, more tomatoes, herbs, and strawberries and asparagus. Up until a couple of weeks ago, we had a pretty green lawn of annual rye. We planted it to hold the soil in place while our buffalo grass…