Month: July 2012

garden

Patio Update

Greg we have dug 60,000 pounds — or 30 tons, if you like — of dirt out of our back yard. It’s all in our driveway at the moment. Once the pit was dug, we also realized that the ground in […]

recipes

Recipe: Rote Grütze

A currant pudding, the recipe for which I found in this month’s issue of Martha Stewart Living. How fortuitous, considering we just harvested exactly six cups of currants!  As you can probably tell from the name, it’s a German dish. […]

restaurants

Saturday Night at Wasabi

Well, she made it. I was surprised, but with only a little whimpering and a little rocking to sleep, Samantha made it through a supper of several courses of sushi. Yes, we sat down pretty early, but still! Tasha and […]

cooking

Sour Cherry Galette

Well, it’s been tough to find time do a lot of baking. So this year, looks we’ll have just one sour cherry pie. And even that isn’t up to its usual standards. I’ve cheated and used puff pastry. The only […]

family

Apricots for Breakfast

Related posts: Breakfast: Apricots and Blueberrys from the Garden Recipe: Chicken Salad with Curry, Pecans and Dried Apricots George Mendes’ Arroz de Pato, or Duck Paella with Chorizo, Apricots and Olives Garden Update: Blueberries, Apricots, Daisies

biking, outings

Happy Independence Day!

We had a lovely day to celebrate our nation’s birthday. Boo came up and we went for a long bike ride. Then we had some burgers at the Filing Station (yes, again) and watched a little tennis. Then Greg and […]

outings

Concert in the Park

For our first picnic and concert of the 2012 season, Samantha fared very well indeed. It helps that other people love to take care of her. Thanks Kris! The menu was simple: chicken (Tom’s was excellent so we didn’t even […]