More cucumbers to pickle today…trying to make the most of the cucumber harvest and the pickling spices at home. A new recipe to try…hoping that they will turn out to be tasty. Between the cucumbers and yesterday’s chicken broth – I have washed, used and rewashed every large pot in…
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Green foliage, flowers, trees
627 – Food Weekend
Off to the market early this morning. We return home with our shopping cart overflowing with farmer’s goodness and flowers in hand. One hour at the market – 2 hours cleaning and preparing everything for storing… Back to making a chicken broth… Nice to have dinner at C+C’s before we…
618 – The Eve of Matie’s Birthday
C+C arrive in town just in time to celebrate the eve of my mate’s birthday! Dinner at Blowfish is delicious, in spite of challenges in the dining experience… To the Drake afterwards to catch a set of Raoul + the Big Time. Grateful today for time to catch up and…
614 – Fun times
Delighted that S+J can stay another day… brunch in the market, a cycle to Wellington and then to beer… The day is filled with adventures that carry into the afternoon and evening… Grateful today for the ease and flow that naturally occur in time spent with S+J, and all the…
613 – Gray Skies to Blue
Ready with fresh fruit delicious cheeses and snacks from the market, we go out for a sail with S+J. Out on the water, the city becomes dark as a storm passes through. Our captain keeps us on the edge of the storm and the skies are blue when we return…