lemon tree blooming

8-31-2020 Mon. 


 DINNER --- leftovers:  green peas, yellow chives, pork, tong-hao leaves, rice 

the lemon tree blooming 

 shapes and shades in the garden 

•    the season  is moving forward  

BBQin' in the rain

7-04-2019 Thu.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | watermelon 
DINNER ---  salsa and tortilla chips | beer |  BBQ:  shrimp,  sweet bell pepper, zucchini, mushroom, chicken, corn | water melon 

red blue and white 

• different mood with rain. 

cheese from Vermont

6-15-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | toast | fruit } cheese 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  steamed crabs | tea
DINNER ---  steamed manila clams | sauteed fresh peas with garlic scape 

• the cheese from Vermont wrapped in birch bark has a hint of berries 

garden dinner

6-14-2019 Fri. 


DINNER ---  Italian burrata cheese, tomato, basil, avocado | Spanish jamon Serrano |  chorizo | German cured beef | goat cheese from Perigord, France | zucchini fritters | baguette | cocktail 

• day is longer,   garden is growing well, bunny is hanging out,  fireflies are showing off in the dusk . a stressful week is left behind, before another one starts again. 

garden flower collection

6-06-2019 Thu. 


 DINNER ---  scrambled eggs with sausage and cilantro  |  sauteed cabbage, celery , shiitake, and Chinese yam | rice 

• more flowers in the garden than food in in the fridge 

white summer

6-04-2019 Tue. 


 DINNER ---  sauteed dandelion | Thai curry squid, celery and summer gourd  | rice 

summer swamp magnolia 

• our collection of three kinds of magnolia, light purple ( American Jane) early spring, egg white ( Koran mountain ) late spring ,  and  sweet scent white (  mid-atlantic swamp magnolia ) early summer . 

summer morning lotus

8-11-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | home baked bread | cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---  home baked bread | sauteed corn with chili and shallot |  sauteed fresh peas with canton sausage | scrambled eggs with yellow chive 

 aquatic garden