runny rogue

a special treat to see this little snail crossing the path. usually it's too hot by now to see one in action during the day. but it was a warm, overcast day with a little rain that turned into a down pour. love the translucency of its body.

the ice cream walk

holy radish

what a treat to find this mutant radish! I think two grew together.

flea circus came to town

the tent wrapped house puts on a show.

ballooon afternoon

a moment of quiet as the sun came in the front window, casting the shadow of one of my favorite found chairs.  

feet first

shoes and upside down balloons.

the radishes are coming, the radishes are coming!

planted just before it got cold, tumbled by the squirrels and forgotten by us. they're finally growing into an edible size, even the ones I thinned and replanted. I love it when seeds work, despite us humans planting them at the wrong-ish time and not watering them. Look how long the tap root is! 

cioppino, where have you been all of my life?

i made cioppino, a seafood stew, with friends and it was so delicious. It was the first time I had eaten it and now I'm afraid, I'm hooked. It has fennel bulb in it which I don't normally like but it blended into a fuller, non-anise flavor that was great. And of course the inclusion of crab had me from the start. -I love eating crabs, even if they're not blue crabs.

surprisingly the dish originated in San Francisco but it really reminds me of a dish my Portuguese roommate used to make.

sweet slippers

after much frustration with tracing bitty baby's foot I helped to make these little slippers for her. they look a little more like sandals but that's okay in paper foot ware.

strange beauty

It's a little hairy, definitely dirt laden and a super strange, pokey form. Little red seeds fall out and I'm finding them all over town. I think these are magnolia pods and very likable.