Friday, July 30, 2010

title pic The glory of Mother Nature in June

Posted by Gabi on 12 June 08

This post is mostly just to record the beauty of Mother Nature in June- I hope to look back at the pictures when the Winter months inevitably come or even in the hotter months ahead when all of the blossoms have passed and we are wilting in the Sun. Right now I revel in the [...]

title pic To everything turn, turn, turn…Woodturning- a new passion!

Posted by Gabi on 6 April 08

  Rick is teaching me to wood-turn on a lathe. I’ve wanted to learn for several years now. We took a pottery class together last year and I loved that. This  has a similar “organic” feel. What I mean by organic is that the process feeds itself, you start out with one idea and things [...]

title pic A Tale of woe, a new fridge and Red Beans and Rice again!

Posted by Gabi on 12 February 08

 So there we were with this lovely pot of Red Beans and Rice- almost 4 quarts of it- and our fridge decided to take its last gasp. When we awoke the next morning the fridge temperature was in the balmy 65 degree zone.  I would have gladly taken 65F for the temperature in my house that morning- [...]

title pic Resolutions passed- and Breakfast the most important meals of the year.

Posted by Gabi on 2 January 08

Happy 2008! Rick and I spent a quiet holiday this year puttering around the house and spending what we jokingly refer to as “Pirate Time” – you know “ARRR and ARRR”. It’s been bitterly cold and snowy but we’ve been snug as can be in our own little bungalow. On Christmas we made our traditional Aebleskiver Christmas [...]