The Blues Ain't Nothin' But Some Pain - Shirley Scott Vocal and Organ

A ray in the rain

http://open.spotify.com/track/01qGkwae6ScrL73Qhr1mEx

Apple Orchard in the Spring

Ivan Rijhoff

new moon

78% cacao

Serendipity find on a shelf with jars of sauerkraut in the discount/grocery variety store, $2, a deal. Tucked away in my pantry and forgotten about, found again with sweet serendipity, just when needed the most. Hadn't read the beautiful description before buying, just that it was reasonably sourced, and contained no milk. It is.. all of that and then some...delicious.

.25¢ Madonna

Delicate flowers

This, bottle of red

Given to me the beginning of April. Opened for a soiree with my sister dear sister D., long time coming, last Friday eve, but not poured. She brought champagne, we drank it. Used a few splashes for cooking through the week, finally poured a glass. It's delightfully rich, and not too sweet, with a berry tart ..easy to drink but sufficiently complex table wine. Thank you, my friend Lisa, for gifting me with a nice way to wind down my night. This night.

Ceylon, fine tea blended in France

One of the two last remaining green glass cups and saucers. Both saucers chipped, but still a treat to drink my tea from.

Rainy day

Billie Holiday-Detour Ahead (Live): http://youtu.be/KDO-O5GnTr8

The bluebirds, once again lighting my way

The yarrow came back

And oh, what a muffin!
Rice, millet, potato, quinoa, corn, whole.oats;egg, oil,  turbinado, flax, xanthan, et al.

It looks like chocolate but it's not

Bananas, morello cherries, orange,kale. Cider vinegar and morello's light syrup.. divinity in a glass

Almost ready to Blend

Potatoes and coffee

Icy cold runoff from the mountain, a springtime creek.

Spring

Banana cherry drink & a wavering attention span

On the frigidaire

Quelling my sweet tooth

These are toothy, with a base of whole oats, oat flour, almond butter, and apricot/pear/squash puree, etc.
I am satisfied.

grilled red onion, chopped pickled garlic, avocado. Wish I had a few chops of red ripe tomato.

To St. Patrick!

Made with a gf home mixed flour and starch combo, flax meal, dairy free butter substitute, almond milk, egg. I think I may have accidentally  put in a tad too much xanthan..but, it is still tasty and a mostly successful Irish soda bread.

Not my dad's hash

After my mom died this was one of my dad's favorite meals to prepare. Made with ground beef or sometimes pork and or veal and I am certain canned vegetables.. even canned potatoes. I don't know why but my dad loved those little round canned potatoes. Reasonably quick; as long as it took to cook up some ground meat and throw vegetables in a pan with mustard and ketchup and sometimes chili sauce.
This concoction isn't far from that truth. Frozen peas and corn. Fresh potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic. And where his was mostly ground meat this is mostly vegetable. Tomato paste, Polish mustard, cayenne pepper, assorted green herbs and celery seed. A shot of Red Rooster at the table.

The last of the buckwheat cakes, thinned with almond milk to almost crepe

East in the mirror

The night of the howling wind

Mini buckwheat and rice griddle cakes, dark morello cherries, maple drizz

Simple grains, as simple as possible

Cooked white grits mixed with beaten egg, three cloves of thinly sliced garlic, cayenne, and a pinch of fresh oregano. Re-fried in bacon fat. Drizzle of maple syrup at the plate.

Open

About food

Oat, rice, flax, hazelnut,
raisin, cranberry, strawberry jam

Cabbage and potatoes, garlic, garlic,garlic, smoked paprika et al;

Lizards on ice

Opened

Hard boiled eggs, and toast with jam

Altar

Dessert

dark chocolate chips & amaretto

No sobs, no sighs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6NtiTcM738&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fried chicken, The Secret

Gluten free finely ground crumbs/flour coating and coconut oil.. & the patience to stay with them, turning prudently yet efficiently. Nice legs ya got there  :)

Red wine stains, act I

The original full glass, my supper a french bread pizza with not a stitch of real french bread, nor a smidgen of creamy fesh mozzerella. The bread from Three Bakers here in PA made this the satisfying and delicious, best pizza I have had since having to ditch the gluten,
& sadly  sadly  sadly give up dairy
:'(   It held up to olive oil, sliced garlic, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, spinach and daiya provolone slices. Absolutely, give it a try. With any of your favorite toppings. Ahhhhhhhh

Swallow of wine

A swallow of wine left in the glass on the table from last night, I took it and set the glass down here. Came back a few minutes later and snapped a few, the red wine stain drips on the glass, in the light....

Do you see the eye?

2001

Marushka

dark my mother, dark she was
dark as night 
dark as sky eclipse at day 
I think she
smiled & pierced the air around with light
infused with merriment 
that only dark of night could penetrate
& only dark & light assimilate the wish of both 
to consummate, the struggle
oh, the need so great
the light, ecstatic laughs
the dark, a weight
the night
so dark
my mother light.
dark mother, dark.
dark mother ,bright.
my mother was