From Garden to Table

My sister in California is enjoying the bounty of her garden this year.  I am quite pleased with the produce in our own grocery stores at this time of year at great prices.  Peaches, watermelon, berries, cherries, zucchini, peppers....all so fresh and delicious.

basil, parsley, cucumber, carrots, tomatoes

watermelon, squash

My sister used some of the tomatoes for her own tomato sauce that she paired with her meatballs. From garden to table as we would say, surely one of life's real pleasures!

grated asiago

Scribble Picnic - Buttoned

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic! This week's theme is 'Buttoned' and here is my interpretation of it done on heavy white paper (8 1/2" x 11") coloured with permanent markers.

Moose or Reindeer

This is one of the photos my sister who lives in Florida shared from her recent Baltic Cruise trip. This is from her Helsinki Finland stop. Would you eat moose and or reindeer? I would pass for now.  I can't even get my mind around rabbit.

On fighting iron deficiency

I came across this inspiring article about a week ago and wanted to share it with you.  A young Canadian volunteer in an African refugee camp pondered long term solutions to the world's problems, being deeply affected by the suffering he experienced there.  He started his company  'Lucky Iron Fish' 5 years ago.  He developed a cast iron fish boiled in water for 10 minutes a day to give users a low dose of iron.  It is good for 5 years.  Now 29 years old, he has won humanitarian and social entrepreneur awards.  Iron deficiency affects 2 billion people, a third of the world.

We are on the Civic holiday long weekend, many people have today,  Monday off.

Cake Pops

Daughter L made some cake pops the other day because she wanted to. We ate some and she gave some away to her friends. They were delicious, tasted like little bites of birthday cake on mini ice cream cones. 

After forming her crumbled cake mixture into rounded balls, she dipped the edges of the mini cones into melted white chocolate.  Then she stuck the cake balls onto the cones and lay them upside down so the balls would bind to the cone.  Next, she dipped the newly formed cake pops into more of the melted white chocolate and turned them right side up to decorate them with sprinkles.  Once the cake pops were hardened, it was time to wrap some of them into little gifts.  I hope that makes sense.

A lucky senior

Pathway

This is a photo of a pathway that I took recently and am thinking about painting it.

I ran into the mom of one of my daughter's friends the other day at the grocery store.  We had a nice chat.  I asked how her dad was faring, since her mom had passed away several years ago.   He is still living on his own at 92.  However, they have made some changes.  They moved him downstairs so he can live on one floor and minimize his trips upstairs and thus his risk of falling.  She is such a good daughter.  She spoke of taking him with the family on a cottage getaway up north for a week.  She encouraged him to eat steak and more meat that week, as he loves barbecued food.  His regular diet is now quite plain and simple.  This organized lady thought of moving his summer clothes downstairs and is very attentive.  Her other siblings are at a very busy time in their lives and she understands that.  He is a lucky senior.

Paint Party Friday - Coneflower

It's time for Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday! This 'Coneflower' piece is based on a photo I took a few weeks ago, done with my permanent markers and watercolour pencils. It is a greeting card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").