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Some pictures in detail of the invading zucchini plant in our backyard.
I am always astounded when I see how large the flowers are when open (in the mornings).


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This evening, faced with two bunches of rapidly wrinkling passionfruit, I hunted around for a recipe. I didn't quite feel like a passionfruit tart, and shortbreads didn't use up quite enough at a go. What I really wanted, I suppose, was a passionfruit mousse cake, one of those things that you ever only get at classy bakeries with expensive arty ( Read more... )

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This was our veggie garden, many months ago.


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Saturday. Big Wet sneezes. General air of low grade misery. Blame it on allergies.

Sunday. Mucus mucus everywhere! Require afternoon nap. Use up entire box of aloe vera tissues. Cook up a luscious veggie and bean stew thing. Unable to taste it.

Monday. Overnight, the mucus has turned a yellowish-green. Very fashionable. Yellow is very in! Wake up ( Read more... )

I just wanted to write the recipe down for the salad I had for lunch today (and yesterday) so that I don't forget it. I didn't take a photo or anything, because I didn't think to do so, but it was really good. So, for posterity ( Read more... )

One of the unexpected joys of our new house has been the fig tree, which was surprisingly prolific last summer considering its dead-like scabrous condition during winter when we first moved in. Perhaps it overheard me saying that we should cut it down because of said dead-like appearance, and made a special effort to show us that it was still alive ( Read more... )