Wordless Wednesday

With all ingredients from the garden plus the whole grain pasta...this is a slice of heaven...mmmmmmm!!

IT'S TOO DARN HOT!!!

It's simply too hot outside...normally, we would be running to the beach, or even to our old neighbors delicious pool, but it's just too darn hot. My tolerance to deal with it, is running very low. The AC feels good, I've got plenty of food. Last night I made a fabulous whole wheat pasta dish w/ all the ingredients from the garden...it will see a repeat performance tonight. It's just too darn hot!!

Wordless Wednesday

"King of Infinite Space"

Watercolor, 8.5 x 11 inches; printed area is about 6"x8" with a fine border

Christy DeKoning, 2010

Riding the Wave....

This simple pencil drawing I did, is from the archives. Cruising along on the wave called 'life'.

Good Pickings!!

And, they are here. The tomatoes are becoming ripe and I can literally see the life in them. The Greek oregano dries so well and, happily, I already have a jar full! Even though the Japanese beetles are having a field day with my basil, there is still plenty for the picking and I have begun to bag the leaves and put them in the freezer. I'm still using last years' haul!!!

Let us remember it is just mid-July...I'm going to have a ton of tomatoes!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Farm raised oysters at the new Matunuck Oyster Bar in South Kingston, R.I.

Are these not gorgeous...have already made a card(of the shells), will post once the sun comes back!

First Bloom

We planted a number of Hostas in the front of the house 3 summers ago, and with patience on the front burner when it comes to gardening, I was thrilled to not only see how full they had become this year, but, alas, they have given us their first strong and beautiful blooms!!!

Wordless Wednesday

We're on vacation this week...running back to the ocean in this heat wave!!

Happy 4th of July!!

'When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.'

In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.
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