Easter egg bush

flower shadows

my new blue dress

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Art is the center of the real  world The magic gardens in pony town

Bro in p-town with a hair in her mouth

A lovely kitchen 

A thank you note from bob

Mosaic on stairs in west p-town- why not? 

As seen in pony town

Farmers market dahlia at work 

puss in bedroom not boots

Tree to plant in my orchard

I had this great apple via the farmers market at the park. It was a fabulous apple and I shall put it in the orchard:

Adams Pearmain is a an old-fashioned late dessert apple, one of the most popular varieties in Victorian England, probably originating from Norfolk. It has an attractive 'pearmain' shape.

This is a fairly dry apple - which is perhaps not regarded as a desirable attribute today. Inspite of this it is actually a very enjoyable apple, with a rich aromatic flavour which in apple terms is usually described as 'nutty' - a quality it shares with another popular Victorian apple, the Egremont Russet.

Although it had 'shelf appeal' for the Victorian housewife, its autumnal colouring is probably too subdued to compete with the bright young things of the modern supermarket shelves. Perhaps this is part of its appeal; it recalls a bygone era where subtlety of flavour was appreciated - a lovely apple to savour in front of an open fire on a cold winter's day.

Why I need to learn how to weld

To fabricate the screen,
artist Susan Woods sawed blackened-steel tube into segments, welded them together, and inserted rounds of
colored glass.

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chupi

no city no cry

dark bedroom via cucumbersome

A composted pair of pants

Dueling pianos

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color implosion

Marcel marceau

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp
Marcel is voiced (untreated & unenhanced) by a genius named Jenny Slate
Written by Jenny Slate + Dean Fleischer-Camp

portrait inspiration

maybe minus the tuna

I made this and it wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped. Could use more zest. Trying to incorporate more beans into my world.

2 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 T peperoncini juice (brine from the jar of peperoncini)
5 T extra-virgin olive oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 can (15.5 oz.) Cannellini beans (or use any type of white beans)
1 can (5 oz.) tuna packed in olive oil, drained (I love Tonno Genova Tuna in Olive Oil.)
4 large peperoncini peppers, drained, seeded, and chopped (about 2 T chopped peperoncini)
1/2 cup chopped parsley (or more)

Put the beans into a colander placed in the sink, rinse well with cold water (until no more foam appears) then let beans drain (or blot dry with paper towels if you're in a hurry!)

Whisk together the lemon juice, peperoncini juice, and olive oil, then add salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste. (I used a generous amount of pepper, but not much salt.) Combine the drained beans with 2 T of dressing and let marinate while you prep the other ingredients.

Drain olive oil from the tuna and discard. Wash parsley, spin dry or dry with paper towels, then finely chop. Drain peperoncini, remove seeds, and finely chop.

Mix the drained tuna, chopped parsley, and chopped peperoncini into the marinating beans and gently combine. Add additional dressing until the salad seems wet enough to you (I used about 3/4 of the dressing.) Season to taste with additional salt and fresh ground black pepper if desired, and serve.

This can be served room temperature or chilled. This salad will stay good in the refrigerator for a day or two, and would be great to take to work for a lunch salad.

I can think of a lot of other things you could add to this salad including diced red onion, chopped kalamata olives, chopped red bell pepper, or chopped cucumber. If anyone tries some of those variations, I'd love to hear how you liked them.

vogue

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more spoonfulls

chill and work

knit this, then lock it up

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As seen in pony town

my kitty

Let's spoon