In addition to cooking crab cakes, and taking care of a tadpole, I’ve been busy reading the manual for our new camera, a Canon PowerShot A520. As proof, I offer this picture Ted took of me on the sofa, where I often spend late night attempts at reading and napping… Our 2000 vintage PowerShot S10 […]
Entries from April 2005
A new lens on life: Canon PowerShot A520
April 3rd, 2005 · 2 Comments
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Crab cakes and cobbler
April 3rd, 2005 · 3 Comments
For a special treat last night I made crab cakes and tartar sauce: served with baby potatoes, spinach salad, rustic bread and our current favorite white wine, Hofer’s Gruner Veltliner 2003. I bought two Dungeness crabs, cleaned, removing the meat and mixing it with bread crumbs, spices, egg and mayonnaise. Capers, pickles, parsley and scallions […]
Tags: food
The Flower Fairy strikes
April 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment
From KOMO’s news feed comes this Anderson Island story Knock, Knock. Who’s There? The Flower Fairy: Someone has delivered dozens of bouquets or potted plants over the past several weeks to residents of the island near Tacoma. They hear a late-night knock and answer the door to find a floral gift and a cheery handwritten […]
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The pagoda blooms again
April 1st, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: gardening
Swimming through the river
April 1st, 2005 · 2 Comments
Terri Schiavo’s death accentuates for me the fact that many people I know, from relatives to friends to bloggers, seem to be living in a season of loss. Yesterday on NPR I heard that Terri Schiavo’s parents didn’t have any funeral plans because they didn’t believe their daughter was going to die. Denial is one […]
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