This weekend it has started to feel like fall around here; there have been a series of rainy days and the air is cool, even when the sun shines. The changing season and the start of a new school year remind me of my own good fortune as I get ready to return to work [...]
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Harvest
Posted in food, garden, Portland on September 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Picking and pickling peppers
Posted in food, garden on August 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Today I decided it was finally time to pick some of the peppers that are ripening on the deck. Even after I picked all of the ripe ones there are still a few more out there that are not quite ready yet. After picking a selection of ripe peppers (we have jalapeno, cayenne, and a [...]
In the front
Posted in garden, wildlife on August 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Even though I see it every time I come home, for some reason I don’t usually think of the front of my house as something worth photographing. The roses are lovely and so are the other flowers. It wasn’t until this morning, when I went out to get the paper and realized that the roses [...]
