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
