Being in the countryside, with a lot of empty land around us, you would think that there would be a lot of peace and quiet all the time, especially in the very early mornings as the sun is just rising. But you can’t imagine the awful barnyard noises I was ignoring while taking these pictures!…
Month: April 2018
Coconut Chicken Curry
It’s been a very cool, wet spring but now the days are longer and hot, and at noon the sun feels too bright and strong. I’ve been waking early again, going out in the cool, misty mornings, enjoying the gentle and almost alpine air to work in, and spending the bright, hot part of the…
Chicken, Chickpea, and Spinach Stew
The past two days have brought us grey skies and pouring, drizzling, sprinkling, thundering rain. Rain making a puddle out of the patio, pooling in old buckets, pattering and rattling on the roofs, and pinging like chimes on the pile of junk under the eves of the barn. Last night between rains the sky flashed…
A Dance of Flowers
The flowers we started from seeds last fall have slowly, slowly begun to bloom. Clothilde helped me, with that rambunctious activity that the age of five years old inspires, sow the seeds on the raised beds prepared with compost and soil. In the end I had no idea what got planted where, and by now…
Deviled Easter Eggs 2 Different Ways
Everything gets so very eggy post Easter. As Rosie remarked, “It’s so much funner to dye the eggs than eat them! ” After long months in the darkness of winter with no fresh eggs, the first precious, warm, new-laid eggs are beautiful protein-rich gifts of spring, the bright yolks golden as the orb of the…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 