Wild hops from Dell Road
About 3 gallons of fragrant, beautiful buds. I love lupulin!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
our daily
There were several artisan bread groups representing at Common Ground this year - I came home really inspired to bake all of my own bread from now on. I made this loaf of oatmeal-flax-sunflower bread. Make your own! It is so much fresher and better and full of the goodness from your hands.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
harvest
The last of the garden - cukes, peppers and tomatoes
A cart full of squash and peppers
Of course I did, and you like that I did
Friday, September 28, 2012
Belfast, Maine
I had some exceptional beer in charming Belfast, Maine at the coolest little spot I had been to pretty much all year. Three Tides raw bar & restaurant looked like a pop-up venue: gravel floor, trash picked mismatched/perfectly matched furniture, completely constructed on a small port-side lot. They strung up vintage lamps, had an outdoor fireplace and boules bowling lane, perfect jazz music and a gigantic pile of oyster shells as a display (below). I sort of captured the pinky marina ambiance from my table in the photo above - it was a magical place
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Common Ground Fair 2012
Thank you for the link Dahlia!
Strolling accordion group
My teacher John at their booth at the farmer's market
A wheel of Little Falls Farm cheese
squash teepee
beautiful dyed wool for sale
hello sweet ox
buckets o' pickles (*note their 'swicy' flavor, a sweet-spicy mix)
Unity, Maine sky study
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
the magic of Little Falls Farm
John & Mary's cheese cave full of their aged goat's milk tommes
greenhouse overflowing with peppers
happy pigs
duck tractor and chickens
the neat wood pile - we saw a porcupine out there one evening
fetch obsessed wonder dog Jack, the border collie
beautiful web
Goat stud Bucko lookin' good - check out his pompa-horn
the Matriarch of the herd, #10
Sweet lady goat Oreo
hello girls
John brews mead, and had a carboy of traditional metheglin fermenting, an old British nutmeg and cinnamon recipe
Kirby, the insanely cute and sweet mini-donkey
morning glory
farm cat Kitty
...with the smell of sweet annie fresh in my head
Maine is my second home, a place I feel a deep connection to. I apprenticed at Little Falls Farm when I was learning cheese making, and just spent a great long weekend there
A view from Mary's garden - the purple flower is amranth
sunny morning at Little Falls
The beautiful new entrance to their house
Thursday, September 20, 2012
stinky update
My experimental stinky cheeses are coming along nicely - I started my Little Piros wheels a few weeks ago, and here they are today - they smell like bacon.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
RIP trusty blue
The carcass of my beloved '94 Pathfinder. I got in a wreck last week - I'm banged up but OK. Man, I'll miss my car - she had just flipped 250K miles.
When you hit a cheese maker's car, it bleeds milk. I had just picked up 40 gallons right before the 16 year old driver pulled into oncoming traffic. US31 and I were covered in milk.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
wow: George & Donna
This is one of my favorite songs ever. Note: pleather suit, mink epaulettes and sweet graphics. Said I wanna know... if whatchu feel is real.
perfect. But a true dem no know and ting!
George Johnson and Donna Reid are the same person.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
pickle OCD
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| bread & butts |
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| a ton of hot dog relish |
Dear Sue,
I used to think your blog was interesting, but now all you write about is making pickles and it's boring.
Love,
You
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
that's entertainment
My Dad told me that my Hungarian Grandma used to enjoy professional wrestling on TV when he was growing up in Detroit. I had never heard that family lore before.
Grandma
Sky Low Low