Category Food preparation and preserving

Evening

September 28, 2005 · by · in Airplanes, Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Merilee, Orchards/fruit trees, Packer, Ronnie, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · 2 Comments

Bedtime. … The air wafting through the porch screens is cool-warm, with the scent of rain. My fingers smell of bruised mint leaves, picked from the herb garden beside the stoop not twenty minutes ago.

Peaches

September 16, 2005 · by · in Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, garden produce, Orchards/fruit trees · Leave a comment

Of course, the best peach treat is a fuzzy, yellow and pink orb, picked fresh from the tree, so ripe it drops into your hand at a touch, so full of sweet juice that when you bite into it, you have to lean out, mouth over the ground.

Threads

September 15, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Birds, Celebrations, Cheyenne, compost, Decorative plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Jasmine, Lotty, Meat, Native plants, Noah, Packer, Paintings/Mixed media, Plants in Ordinary, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, Sculpture, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · Leave a comment

As we left, Lotty and I strung a garland of wild asters and daisies across the door, to be removed only by the bride and groom on the morrow, when they enter to spend their first night in their new home.

Waterfall

September 14, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Edible plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, Food preparation and preserving, James, Noah, Packer, Ronnie, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · 2 Comments

Across the meadow, and round a huge outcrop of granite, we heard the upper falls before we saw them–two high ribbons, one far above the other, glistening water cascading down a sharp escarpment.

Run

June 16, 2005 · by · in Birds, Community structures, Edible plants, Eloise, Food preparation and preserving, Merilee, Ordinary landscape features/design, Ordinary water features, Ralph, Work practices · 2 Comments

Ralph’s eyes are soft, his smile gentle, reflecting my own. Making my way through the herb garden to the kitchen, I stop to pluck a bit of lemon thyme and crush it against my nose.