i actually have a fairly full schedule of events this weekend. and am looking forward to all of them.
tonight is dinner at the Browns. friends are in from the east coast, Des Moines and the Ozarks. drinks to begin with. am wondering what cherry margaritas or daiquiris would taste like....have made a favorite pesto torte (made with my southwest pesto) to bring as an appetizer.
a big storm just blew in out of nowhere. thunder. lightning. pouring down rain (when it rains...). wind. and more thunder. don't ya just love em!
tomorrow is my usual saturday with Joe. pitchers of cold Fat Tire at Springstreet. don't ya just love em!!
sunday Neighbor Dan and Cherie are having a summer solstice sweat at Blue Heron Orchard. it's been a number of years since i have been in a sweat lodge. i use to regularly participate in a sweat during May Day activities at Sand Hill Community, an old commune from the early 70s that has survived and thrived. i am hoping to see some old aquaintances sunday. for my contribution to sunday's meal i think i have decided on sauteed garlic scapes. i have been on the web checking out recipes. looks easy enough and, as you can see, i have plenty of scapes to choose from.
will exit now as severe storm warnings are out and supposed to be here in 12 minutes!
well - i am on satellite for tv and the internet. and when storms like this blow up from the southwest i lose reception. so everything is unplugged and my laptop shows i have 3 hr and 37 min of battery life left. i can't post or add an image until i regain my satellite reception. so what to talk about...
lots of good reading of late. a dear friend sent me a book to read. i saved it for yesterday. after dropping my truck off around 11:30 to have my rear window replaced i walked to the Greek restaurant for lunch. began reading until i was served my Greek salad and spinach pie - scrumptious! then i strolled down to the riverfront and found a shaded park bench to continue this wonderful book until they called and told me my truck was ready. came to a good place to temporarily stop reading and then a short hike up the hill. a quick stop at Springstreet for a couple bottles of Newcastle and then home.
"hello cats. i bet you are hungry".
also i am in a one-sided penpal relationship. she writes. i read. works great because, as you can see, i do not enjoy writing. my penpal keeps me quasi-uptodate on her life, her thoughts, her plans. always letters and cards worth reading many times.
the storm has past. will try to post now. it's been fun. - gigi
Geez, social flutterby...
ReplyDeleteThis is nice. I so enjoy reading about your day. Seems to be a slower pace; sounds like heaven.
I think I have 'scapes' in my back garden. Have grown them for years, more for their aesthetic 'twisties', than eating. the friend that gave them to me called them Egyptian garlic. Mine have a fatter, more hollow stem, tho.
Glad the window got fixed with all your rain...and, I bet, mosquitoes! What is the book you are reading? The author? You never mentioned...
The penpal idea is a great way to feed that hungry mailbox. And satisfy the cats...
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ReplyDeletelarkspur - no that is not buckwheat. just regular garden grass and weeds. i do have buckwheat growing on an old garden spot in town. really does a great job on weed control, + the other benefits.
ReplyDeletei hope the scapes taste as good as they look. have never tried them before. will experiment tomorrow b4 actually taking them to share.
Sand Hill is intriguing. about an hour NW of here. an ag community that produces and sells molasses, horseradish, etc. plus the members each have their own talents to make their own money - piano lessons for example. a few years ago another community, Dancing Rabbit, and not far from Sand Hill, came into being. i haven't visited there yet but have met residents at social gatherings and work parties. i really enjoy talking and interacting with these people.
anon - if you have scapes you just might have garlic hiding below the surface. the scapes are beautiful but should be snipped off because a lot of the energy for developing the garlic bulbs is transferred into the forming of the garlic scapes, not unlike onions going to seed.
no mosquitoes here yet. but i hardly ever have any land on me. if one bothers me i know all others around are getting eaten alive. lucky me.
the book, the author...uh - my mind is off in a different direction. okay, this is unnaturally forward of me but i was thinking - maybe you should come check out the sweetcorn stand. you won't be disappointed. we could talk about the book... gotta go
larkspur - woke up this morning thinking about Sandhill. got a cup of coffee and googled.
ReplyDeleteif you haven't found it yet, or even looked, search for sandhillfarm.org. in the lefthand column on the home page, towards the bottom, click photos. think you might enjoy some of these shots.
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ReplyDeletelarkspur - don't know if you caught it or not but also a picture of buckwheat growing in their garden.
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ReplyDeleteyou don't have to recognize it. under the picture it reads "buckwheat".
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