Our kids have flown the coop this week, abandoning Neil and I in New Jersey, while they go off on separate adventure. We’ve been at loose ends a bit with our nest temporarily empty. It seems that I eat an overabundance of junk food when the house is too quiet, while Neil throws himself into decluttering. I ask you, which of these methods of coping is more enjoyable? 😀
Read More: TWiP: Abandoned in New Jersey
I can highly recommend baking berry scones and playing music from the early 1990’s in a favorite old apron during your lunch hour. If you’d like to try it, too, you can have my recipe and my playlist. I’m keeping the apron, though 😜
Read More: A Scone Recipe and an Early 90’s Playlist
I picked up my fancy camera more than usual, which I think is probably a good thing. Having a hefty device in my hands, looking through a viewfinder, being intentional about focus… it’s a different experience than phone photography usually is.
Read More: TWiP: Bubbles, Berries, and Bum Buds
Got two cups of summer berries? Put them in some muffins! These are whole grain, dairy free, and low sodium, so they are a healthy breakfast option, but they taste really good, too.
Read More: Summer Berry Muffins 2.0
This week we’ve more than made up for last year’s lack of wineberries. Not only did we pick them in our own yard, but Neil and I took a few buckets over to the office building where I work, and we picked berries there around the perimeter of the parking lot. Twice!
Read More: TWiP: Wineberrypalooza
My mind and my photography have been on two tracks this week: berries and knitting.
Read More: TWiP: of Berries and Knitting
What’s better than a scoop of fruit crisp in the summer? Your own personalized ramekin of fruit crisp in the summer!
Read More: Individual Fruit Crisps
You realize just how worth-the-effort it is to squirrel away summer fruit, when you are breathing in the smell of a June farmer’s market on the last day of January.
Read More: Summer in Winter
This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, low-sodium, and (even after all of that) really quite good. You can use raspberries if you can’t get wineberries.
Read More: Wineberry Crisp 2.0, now healthified
Wineberries grow wild in my yard, and maybe yours too, if you’re in eastern North America. It’s picking time, and I’ve got photos and a mini-roundup of recipes and information to share.
Read More: It’s Wineberry Season!
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