The Good Lemon

Sometimes, getting a lemon is a good thing.

Hogging the Bed

Auntie's Zucchini Relish

Checkmate

One Hail of a Storm

Salts of the Earth

Sunshine and Lollipops

Portrait of Goodness in Red and Yellow

Lazy Day Polenta

We love polenta, but on some days I have neither time nor energy for all that stirring. Baked polenta is the tasty answer - from start to finish it's done in the oven, and all in one dish.

To serve 2 or 3: (I have adapted this recipe from Paula Wolfert's The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen)


3 1/2 - 4 cups water (use less for firmer polenta, more for softer)

1 cup cornmeal (organic, medium stoneground works very well, regular yellow cornmeal, too)

1 TLBSP olive oil

1 scant tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil 8 x 8 baking dish. Put all ingredients into the baking dish and stir well (stir very well to avoid overly salty areas). Bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let it rest for minimum 10 minutes. It has to set up or will be a bit soft.

I find it works best if I let it cool completely, then cut into squares which can be grilled or heated in the oven. I love this recipe; no endless stirring. It tastes great and has a lovely texture.

Paired with some briefly sauteed tomatoes and sausage and a nice Gamay, and there's a tasty, easy, supper.

Nectarines of the Gods

The Maple Leaf Forever

No, no - I said the maple leaf FOREVER!!!!!

Sunshine Agent Orange

Left-Handed Joe

Heavy Metal for Faces

The Ant Says, "Yum"

Good Morning, Good Morning To You

The Log Driver's Ashtray

Pleases smokers completely:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck&feature=player_embedded

No Wind, No Rain

The Tree of Good and Apple

Bread Basket

Cool, Cool Kitty

Good and Corny

Water Stones

Bark, Bark

Berry Nice

Don't Ask; I Don't Know

Dining Out

Sitting Deck

Blue Skies Frowning at Me

Fortunate Cookie

Nice Light on Greenery

Hot Tin Rooster on a Roof

Teddy Bear's Library

(with cool suit knit by "Grandma"!)

Dinner Parts

Good stuff - thyme, grilled tortillas, tomatoes

Evening Streetscape

Lamplight

The light isn't always from the bulb.

Life Is...

a bowl of cherries

Royal Purple

Truly regal -

no crown required -

The Wall

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall," wrote Frost in his poem "Mending Wall," and perhaps he wouldn't approve of contemporary interlocking stones that thwart the elves wanting to throw down every wall.

But they sure make building any wall easier. My husband built this in a morning.

Maybe the elves will like the flowers.