I didn’t mean to take a blog break, but it happened. I could push at least part of it off on the old ‘busy’ excuse, but the fact is, it’s been a hard couple of weeks here. Continue reading
Category: another day in the life
My version of Uncle Kevin’s Oyster Stew.
One of our holiday traditions is Uncle Kevin’s Oyster Stew. Years past, he’s always had a nice big pot of it simmering on the stove welcoming us when we arrive for Thanksgiving eve. This year found me in charge of the oyster stew, stemming out of our offer to bring some of Smiley’s oysters for the purpose of making said stew. Uncle Kevin is not the sort who cooks from recipes nor is he the sort of make the same thing exactly the same way twice, so there was some wiggle room in how I made it. He sent me a link to a recipe that he thinks his was based on once upon a time. I took a brief glance at it and then went about making oyster stew the way I’ve been making it for a few years now, based on his as I know it.
The real deal.
When I first sat down to write my previous post on the cookbooks Abigail passed along, I intended to mention, but mostly skip over the fiestaware pieces in the box of goodies. I’ve collected fiestaware for probably close to twenty years and we’ve used it as our every day ware since we were married, having received a good amount of it as wedding presents. Knowing this, Abigail thought I would enjoy having a few pieces that belonged to her grandmother. In addition to a sugar bowl and creamer set in yellow, there was a sauce boat, large bowl and a large spoon in what we thought was orange. Being a fan of orange, I was quite excited about my new dishes.
A Cookbook History Lesson.
Saturday of Oysterfest, Abigail brought a box of goodies for me that I promised to blog about later. Inside the box were a number of items that belonged to her grandmother that she thought I would enjoy. Old cookbooks and dishes, namely Fiesta ware, two things I seem to have a collection of.
Bringing my “A” Game.
My lack of presentation skills when it comes to the tasty food I make is no secret. For example, I will take these lovely feta/pickled eggplant/black olive crostini…
And serve them like this: Continue reading
Hanging in there.
I haven’t written much about motherhood here lately – Edie is at an age where I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to tell her story anymore. Also, she googles herself and this blog comes up and if she’s googling, then chances are her friends are googling and I definitely don’t want to post anything that’s embarrassing to her. Continue reading
The Best Weekend of the Year.
It has come to my attention that the practice of wandering around with camera in hand, trying to capture at least part of the magic that is Oysterfest has led some to believe that I know exactly what I’m going to write about here when we get home from Urbanna. Continue reading
Scenes from a weekend.
Side view
Selfie girls
Great pumpkin selfie
Two girls and a 501 pound pumpkin
Melons on the porch
Garden haul
Happy Lucky Combo
Chicken dancing
Chicken dancing
Dancing lederhosen
Roasting peppers
Sunday morning brunch
Late afternoon fall light
Checking the new lights for the man cave
Autumn yard
Part of a day’s work: jar of candied cintron melon, fermenting peppers and a peach pie
Modern love.
Another weekend, another wedding. I thought June was the high season for weddings, but as it turns out, so is September.
They did.
I got a message from my friend Winter last week, asking if I would come take pictures at her wedding. She was having a small ceremony on the property of the groom’s family and wanted someone who already knew at least part of the family to capture the day. Continue reading
Chicken Wire & Paper Flowers 