food, photography and my creative life
It has, frankly, been too damn hot and sunny and un-Vancouver like to have my oven on this summer. We went the entire month of July without a drop of rain – that’s the first time on record that’s happened. That’s why this blog has been so recipe free lately. I’m not turning on the oven just for a blog post and I spend my
Tucked away in the depths of my garden are 6 very healthy raspberry canes that produce an inordinate amount of fruit. They’re like the rabbits of the berry world. They would happily take over the entire yard if they were allowed (they’re most definitely not!). Basically what this means is, I wind up picking a whole bucket load of fruit every second day. I used
O. M. G. I know what you’re thinking… could she actually be posting a recipe post??? Like I said, O. M. G, I know! Crazy, wild wacky stuff. [pinit] I have to tell you, I actually made these 3 weeks ago. They’re long gone. In fact, there are no cookies in this house. No baked goods of any kind except for a loaf of bread
I feel like I’m mourning the end of summer when it didn’t even really arrive. While it has just started to be consistently sunny outside and the temperatures have managed to be over 20 degrees C during the daytime, I’ve noticed that the evening light has that watery quality that comes with the end of summer. It’s crisp and cool out. We haven’t had one
I have 5 raspberry canes in the very back of my garden. Now, that doesn’t sound like a lot but, they produce a huge amount of fruit. Way more than I can deal with. So far, I’ve made two batches of jam, frozen a huge bag for winter smoothies, made two batches of muffins, given three containers of fruit away and eaten fresh raspberries on
I'm a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, traveler, dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast among a million other things. The full bio...
