As the seasons turn

Dave catching a few rays on one of the last days of summer. Gary picks a 15 pound squash from the garden. It’s a Butternut Rogosa Violina Gioia. (The others were not this big.) And it was 46 degrees on the porch at 7:00 am this morning.

The boy of summer

School starts tomorrow! Here’s a shot of Dave and his new haircut.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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. […]