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Fruity Herbal Silhouettes
While I do not look forward to summer’s end, one of the things I do like about this time of year is how the light shifts coming in through Steve’s kitchen window. It creates shadows that make me...
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Culinary Colors …
On a gray day in Somerville, a fun respite to quickly capture colors in the kitchen. Hope your day goes well. Oregano in Salt Greek Oregano Drying Lemon Thyme & Peppercorn Clementines Toasted...
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Stirring the Pot … Abstractly
An Interior Light in the Tulip I don’t think of myself as an “abstract” person but of late I have felt like exploring that side of myself, especially today when I know there are other things I should...
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Beauty in the Darkness
Ever have a period in your life when you’re feeling just a bit out of your routine, or as my fellow likes to say, “discombobulated?” Well, I’m certainly feeling that way at the moment. Not sure if...
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Culinary Abstractions
A few photos of herbs and flowers from the kitchen and the landlord’s garden. English parsley drying in the window. A bit of sage. A stalk of lavender to dress up the table.
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In the Kitchen
A short break in the kitchen with a few herbs, spices and small squares of Japanese paper.
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steve’s kitchen in autumn
I have written of Steve’s kitchen quite often and in various ways, from the dishes he prepares to the memories evoked by his simple act of making coffee. This autumn, I have found that even with that...
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images from a walk through ricky’s
Ricky’s Flower Market is a lovely shop in the heart of Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. When his door opens April-ish, then you know spring has arrived even if there’s still snow on the...
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“stroking lemons and lavender will not pay the bills”
That thought crossed my mind this morning as I did everything except the one thing I needed to be doing — write, write, write. But, eventually, I remembered that part of my creative process,...
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in a corner of the kitchen
mostly herbs like cuban oregano and lavender and then there’s the little fern
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a lavender light
I have a mouse in my house. Of course, most likely more than one at this time of year. But there’s at least one that I know of who likes to nibble at the herbs and other plants I have in various...
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a new experience …
My favorite flower shop, Ricky’s, has reopened, providing further evidence that Spring is truly here. He does not yet have his full array of herbs on display but he had enough to make me happy as I...
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unruly
Meanwhile, the scallions are a beautiful, unruly mess and the lemon thyme is creating great shadows on the bookcase. The fennel I nearly watered to death but I think I caught myself just in time....
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fennel green
I purchased the little pot of fennel as an experiment. Just to try growing something I’d never tried before. After an initial mishap involving watering (or lack thereof), the herb seems to be doing...
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oregano in the hallway and …
Some folks think I yearn for a big field to garden, but I don’t. I enjoy my few clay pots and random mugs filled with dirt, tucked in all sorts of corners and moved about as my whim and the sun does...
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winter growth
The instructions say to plant seeds in a shallow dish and move as needed for best light. Instructions I can follow! Not sure how I’m going to serve up this first little harvest. Maybe with slices of...
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cuban oregano
It is a gift that keeps giving. The herb with one hundred names. Oregano on steroids. My friend simply introduced it as cuban oregano when he handed me the little pot several years ago. It is a...
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