Want to see what's going on in everyone's kitchens? Stop over at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial to see Celia's kitchen and find links to many more.One of the things that I love about reading people's In My Kitchen posts is that so much of people's lives are reflected in what is going on in …
Tag: summer
summer reading
I have been reading a lot of posts lately about summer's end. It doesn't feel much like summer is ending here, and in truth the heat will not abate until late September, but we may have rain before then, which will mark a great shift. Summer here is hot and bone dry, and all thoughts …
Bye bye, baby
A couple of days ago, Kaya woke early, at about 6. I had things to do, so I carried him on my back in the baby carrier while I did some chores and got breakfast together. He fell back asleep, lulled by the constant movement and by being so close (he's going through a clingy …
Fill-in-the-blank cake
When we first moved down here, we brought along with us two scraggly little lavender plants. They were so small and insignificant that we planted them together, side by side, in front of the house. Four years later, they have cascaded down the hill, a formidable hedge of silver and purple. Ali doesn't like to …
Steamrollered
The week started off full of promise and ticked merrily along. We went marketing on Monday and I found some nice green Summer apples (or at least that's what they're called here). On Tuesday I juiced them with the steam juicer, thinking I would make them into jelly the following day, but I had forgotten …