On my way up to the garden yesterday, I had just crossed the (now dry) river bed when I ran into traffic:I didn't have time to do much in the garden, just a little watering, harvesting lettuce (which at this point we have to eat as fast as we can before it all bolts. I …
Month: May 2012
What’s up
A little while back, the amazing Celi at the Kitchen's Garden wrote this post about what's what in her garden. And in her typically generous manner, she invited us to show her what we her readers are up to. It's not all that grand and I shot these with my iPod because I hadn't found …
Other people’s letters
(bees drunk on last year's lotus) Perhaps because I grew up writing and receiving letters, and because I became (and remain) completely obsessed with mail, I love to read books of writers' letters. Isak Dinesen's letters written while she was in Kenya and Janet Flanner's letters from Paris are among my favorites. A letter is …
smells and squeaks
The garden is full of scents! A honeysuckle that we planted in the outdoor kitchen is in full bloom, and the scent of it wafts about, making kitchen work positively dreamy. As I worked on lunch, Ali wandered over with a flower from the white peony. It's got a scent that reminds me of lily …
Have your roses and drink them too
I was talking to my mother as I weighed the sugar to add to the rose sherbet. We will be visiting her in NY in a month, so there always seems to be plenty to talk about. "Okay," I said, "the sugar is weighed and I can add it with the water." "Are you going …
