new plants for hummingbird, a vintage book about herbs

7-22--28-2024

DINNERS ---  Northern Chinese chive pockets | Shanghai style wine and soy braised short ribs with star anise | sauteed roma beans | steamed xiao long bao | bitter melon and baby squid | silken tofu with thousand-year cured egg | mango and passion fruit cake 

WInery wine tasting --- Boxwood WInery VA , wine, cheese and bread  board 

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new addition to  garden 

mostly for hummingbirds who visit daily

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a book about herbs 

first edition  published eighty years ago 

food from Italy and Spain

7-15--21-2024 

DINNERS --- pasta with radicchio and zucchini and mushroom | prosciutto de parma | don bocarte anchoas del cantabrico |  burrata with basil and tomato | pizza margherita | pizza artichoke hearts | fresh corn porridge | baked whole bronzino  

*** National Portrait Gallery visit ***

for the performance of Moveius Comtemp. Dance 

 

• first time injury in ballet chaine turns, a cautionary call.
  

a summer feast for friends

7-08--14-2024

DINNER --- (for friends from Taipei)  guacamole and rye crackers | beer || gazpacho | burrata, tomato, basil with mint infused vinegar and olive oil | pickled cauliflower, carrots, lemon, olives with fresh Sichuan pepper corn |cava ||  Syrian style eggplant relish with tomato, red onion, garlic, lemon juice, pine nuts, spices and fresh herbs | red wine | broiled prawns | broiled Korean style beef short ribs | red wine ||  ice cream with nectarine and cherries 

BREAKFAST --- (for friends from Taipei)  espresso | baguette | French and Italian cheese plate | croissant | raspberries and blueberries  | watermelon 

COOKING ---  silken tofu and thousand-year-cured duck egg | stir-fried chive flowers and cured tofu | sauteed Taiwan silk gourd with tofu skin rolls and beech mushroom | manila clams with silken tofu and green onion | BBQ corn | BBQ chicken wings 

OUTING --- Shepherdstown WV, American Contemporary Theater Festival 

GARDENING --- an inventory of deep summer flowers 

after the storm

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Shepherdstown

Hypnocoffee  Roastery is long gone 

inside  Rock Hill Creamery 

Marinoff Theater 

waiting for the show to start 

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绿肥红瘦

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in the garden 

the first success from seeds to flowers 

(seeds collected in Seattle last fall )

bee balm over 5 feet tall 

fennel for flowers 

transplant from neighborhood sidewalk 

bee visit