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Mmm, summer.
Eric got a chicken from the Amish folks at the farmer's market yesterday. So today I made roast chicken. It wasn't my first time roasting a chicken, but it may as well have been because I had no idea...
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Improv hanging pan rack
We had a huge problem finding space for our cookware and getting it all organized. Our kitchen is pretty spacious but somehow the pans were all cluttered up in the cabinets. We needed more space to...
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Nicole from Making it Lovely posted a link to the coolest chicken coop that I've ever seen. The most amazing chicken coop.Alicia from Posie Gets Cozy posted photos of her visit to the Clackamas Country...
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Zucchini fritters
Zucchini fritters with dijon-mayoAfter making zucchini-ganoush last week, I wanted to make zucchini fritters too. We still have tons of zucchini in the garden. Feeling munchy for a late-night snack...
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Planting Fall Lettuce
I'm so excited about Fall lettuce! This is the first year that I've gotten around to it, but Fall seems like the perfect time for lettuce. You don't have to worry about frost when planting, 'cause it's...
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Black bean, yellow squash & pumpkin seed tacos
Yum! I was starving last night and we had some meat (delicious local ground beef from Pat and Ellie's shop Local) in the freezer, but I couldn't wait. Plus I had a shredded yellow (crookneck) squash in...
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Eric in front of his brugmansias
Aren't they gorgeous? They're growing like crazy this year. Brugmansia, also known as Angel's Trumpets, have amazing flowers and this intoxicatingly delicious smell. Anthropologie actually has an...
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Eric & Julian
I took this photo to prove to the lovely ladies at xoJane that it is indeed possible to rock a fanny pack! We're at Boyd & Julie's in this pic, and you can see the camper where we spent our wedding...
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Shedd Aquarium
Oh, how I wish that I had time to sit down and properly write some posts! But teaching is getting crazy, Julian is wigglier than ever, and we had a weekend packed with events to celebrate my...
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Mushrooming
One of our fallen sugar maples had oyster mushrooms! A ton of oyster mushrooms! Well, about 10lbs so far, actually. Eric made some Asian style rice noodles with some of them and we traded 4lbs to Ellie...
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Chikaming
Chikaming Nature Preserve is my new favorite place to take Gilda for a walk. What a gorgeous spot! And it's so close-by; just a few miles north of Three Oaks. The paths are really well maintained - it...
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Two Wine Recommendations
Eric and his dad have a winery here in Southwest Michigan. So we end up drinking a lot of wine - a lot of their wine, to be sure, but also a lot of other wines that we try for comparison. Their wine is...
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Gilda is. A punk rocker.
Gil-da is. A punk rocker. Gilda is a punk rocker now-ow-ow. Yes, I dyed Gilda's eyebrows pink. I was eating a beet the other day and thinking about how I could use beet juice as a dye. It's the best...
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Fall Harvest
It's almost time for Harvest at the vineyard! I always think of it with a capital H because it's such a major happening around here. Harvest is so exciting - all the work that went into the vineyard...
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1/2 Marathon Training
Two of my friends from college and I are walking a half marathon in Chicago at the end of October. I've trained by doing a bunch of 4 and 5 mile walks, but I hadn't yet done any longer walks until this...
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Indian Summer
It's something like 75F out and Julian and I are hangin' in the hammock. Eric and our friend Marc are doing yardwork and Gilda is chewing on sticks. Bliss!
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Fungus among us
Check out this amazing tooth fungus that Eric found in the yard, growing on a tree that fell down in the recent crazy winds. I think it may have been a locust. The spore print was ivory/creamy but very...
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Dutch Baby
I've been wanting to make a Dutch Baby pancake for ages - ever since they hit the blogs a couple of years ago. But somehow I never got around to it until a few days ago. I only have whole wheat flour...
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Fungus among us
I've been finding these mushrooms every once in a while out in the woods. They're called Shaggy Manes or Coprinus comatus and they're pretty tasty. They grow on the ground - the ones I've found were...
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Harvest party!
Our friends at Middlebrook farm and Local New Buffalo are having a harvest party at the farm tonight. I made apple pies for the occasion. The other one says, MB. Silly a bit, but I feel like making a...
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Bringing in the Harvest
My friend Mark carrying in a lug of Chardonnay grapes at the vineyard. It's Harvest time and my guys are working like crazy. Eric, his dad and our friend Mark are working almost nonstop to pick the...
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Homemade hummus, falafel ...
... And broccoli/cauliflower/golden raisin/walnut/chestnut salad with cilantro/lemon/sunflower butter dressing. Oh, and pickled onions with star anise.
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