Let's get this party started: [This was, originally, a Pandemic Project. We all spent the 2020 holiday season in isolation. I asked my immediate family members to contribute suggestions for movies, songs, recipes, memories, and even travel fantasies appropriate to the holidays, whatever your religious affliction. In the years since, the tradition has been maintained,... Continue Reading →
Silverbelle Stephanie
[Silverbelle Stephanie lives just up Gilead Brook Road from The Parsonage with her husband Brett. She's an artist and the world is her palette. She recently gave us a tour of their vegetable garden, an impressive display of over-abundance. The artwork is from her website. PS - It's all for sale. SB SM] Stephanie collecting... Continue Reading →
Sensuous Summer
Last day to send your "Best Feelings in the World" suggestions to SB SM! [This is a summer potpourri. I hope you are taking little time to watch the summer clouds drift by ... or to dangle the tootsies off the dock ... or to sit in the brook on that humid day ... or... Continue Reading →
Lunch Anyone?
[Silverbelle Sandy took some photos in the early morning mist which made the daylilies even more vibrant. For lunch I made a garlic scape pesto, embellished with green onion and raw peas, and a small glass of red wine. Life is good. SB SM] To make garlic scape pesto, take about a dozen scapes (the... Continue Reading →
Local News … Garden Update
[It's been a lovely spring. A bit on the dry side, but not so much that anything is burning up. On the vegetable front, I have had a difficult time getting seeds to germinate. The cause of this eludes me ... the dryness?, the seed source? (Baker Heirlooms), personal incompetence (most likely). The status as... Continue Reading →