Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Edgar Sawtelle, Not Ordinary
Monday, January 12, 2009
Snow Day and Monday


Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Knitting and Beans
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The World is My Oyster

Oysters are a revered food at our house. I am still basking in the culinary afterglow of our new year's day oyster pie. Years ago I worked at the restaurant Harpoon Louie's in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Their specialty was an oyster pie which I had never heard of before I worked there. Man, was that good. I googled a recipe and after sorting through a bunch found the one that seemed most like I remembered. It is the recipe of the Waterman House & Gardens in Rockland, Maine and can be found at About.com where I got it. The recipe calls for a single pie crust baked over the filling which is placed in a 2 quart dish. I felt like my 2 quart pyrex baking dish wasn't dignified enough for the pie so I searched and found the deep pie dish by Emile Henry pictured here at the local kitchen store. I altered the recipe in one way and that was by using a bottom crust as well as a top. I am a big fan of pie crust. I bake the bottom crust first, then add the cooked filling and bake with the top crust. This is a really delicious meal. We ate all but one piece, which was still delicious the next day when we divvied it up as an appetizer before dinner. It will be hard to wait another year to have this again.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Aspen Stand Watercolor

Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year. New Blog.
Well it's the first day of 2009 so thought I would give this a shot. I have been trying to figure out how to create the blog page and it looks like it will be a work in progress. The photograph in the header is of the view from my window. I am very fortunate to live surrounded by such beauty. Below is one of the paintings from my 2008 collection. The original is hanging in Pinewood Cabin, our little guest cottage. My intent is to use this blog as an outlet for my thoughts and creations. My house is overrun with paintings I can't let go of, books I'd like to talk about, and half done knitting projects among other things. Additional hobbies include traveling with my rugged outdoorsman husband and kids, gardening, my three cats, and tennis. All of these topics, and I'm sure I'll come up with more. will be up for discussion. Because I have run out of wall space in my house and the cabin, it is time to try to find a market for my paintings. Look for features associated with that endeavor as well. Happy new year everyone.
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