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Yum… Tuna
Posted on | April 29, 2008 | No Comments
Despite incremental progress on the green shawl, I have no new knitting photos today. I do, however, have a photo of the most fabulous tuna salad I have ever eaten, bar none. I found the recipe on Serious Eats and printed it out on the strength of the reader comments. Otherwise, I have to admit, [...]
Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain…
Posted on | April 28, 2008 | No Comments
My husband was invited to a conference in Cabo last week, and spouses were encouraged to join the attendees. Never one to turn up my nose at a free mini-vacation, I had my passport in hand and my bag packed within seconds of reading the invite. I even did some uncharacteristically girly fussing over appropriate [...]
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Posted on | April 27, 2008 | No Comments
I go out of town for three days (but more about that later) and come back to find a veritable rosefest taking over the garden. There’s this: And this: And something I’ve been waiting for, these Zepherine Drouhin climbers winding their way up and around the trellis by the back door. They have the most [...]
FO Doubled
Posted on | April 23, 2008 | No Comments
Hallelujah and pass the clamatis! Although these were planted last year, this is their first bloom season. Well worth the wait they were, too. The second FO (although requiring no less effort on my part) is this cropped cardi (From an old summer issue of Vogue Knitting magazine) with lace trim, for which I used [...]
One Tomato, Two Tomato, Three Tomato, Four!
Posted on | April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment
Make that twelve tomatoes. Which was not my intention this year. I planned to cut back. Really I did. After growing nine different tomato plants last summer, I restrained myself at the nursery early this week and purchased only seven seedlings, and that was supposed to be the end of it. Then my husband said [...]
Finito!
Posted on | April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
My Swallowtail Shawl in Sundara’s magnificent Fingering Silky Merino yarn (colorway: Autumn Rose from her lovely Seasons Club) finally makes its debut here: How anybody could complete this project in a single day is beyond me unless she made it doll-sized. Of course I did size mine up a bit, but not that much. There [...]
This Bud’s For You
Posted on | April 11, 2008 | No Comments
There’s a riot of budding out there. A little tour around the neonatal wing of the garden is in order, don’t you think? There’s this: And this, looking disturbingly deformed: And lots of these on the big Meyer Lemon tree: Finally, some knitting news! My Swallowtail shawl is on the blocking board! Here’s a detail [...]
Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head
Posted on | April 10, 2008 | No Comments
Except this:There are several (well, to be precise: three) more ancillary babies. Much smaller than Godzillartichoke here, but undoubtedly just as tasty. And we are having them with dinner tonight because Ms. Instant Gratification can’t bear the thought of waiting another day. Another of the giant bearded irises unfurled its ruffled petals into the warmth [...]
First Brat, First Rose
Posted on | April 9, 2008 | No Comments
It’s official. While out combatting the aphid population explosion, I discovered the first rose in bloom. Although there are hundreds of buds, this is the first actual bloom, but darn the luck it is not a fragrant specimen. Beautiful but vapid. An empty suit, you might say. But oh, what a suit! While out there [...]
The Faster I Pedal, The Slower I Seem to Go
Posted on | April 8, 2008 | No Comments
Spent the entire bloody day running errands… and almost none in the garden. Trolling around the grounds for a few precious minutes this afternoon, I noticed new encroachments of aphids on some of the roses where none had ventured as late as the weekend. Aargh! It seems to be a losing battle, but I won’t [...]