A Time and A Season

by | Sep 30, 2009 | Musings, Writing

Fall colors now dot the mountain view from my kitchen window. Each morning I wake to the crisp, clean smell of fall. The changing seasons signal a time for accounting in my own life, a time to reflect and set new goals. I’m grateful it comes four times a year...

Tomatillos

by | Sep 29, 2009 | Canning & Freezing, Kate's Kitchen

My sister came for a visit and brought these from her garden. I thought I’d add them to some of my salsa. I peeled off the husks, washed them and placed them in the blender. Then I stirred the puree into my salsa. This is also where I could have pureed the...

Flower Personalities

by | Sep 27, 2009 | Musings

We lost our tomatoes and peppers to freezing temperatures last Monday night and snow is in our forecast for Wednesday. I’ll soon be saying goodbye to all my flowers until spring. Columbine are among my favorite flowers. The blossoms appear soft and delicate, yet...

Snob Salsa

by | Sep 24, 2009 | Canning & Freezing, Kate's Kitchen

Salsa snobs. That’s what we are. From the moment we started making our own fresh salsa and then freezing it, we became salsa snobs. No longer could we get buy on bottled salsa from the store. Even my home-canned salsa was no match. It’s a life sentence, I...

Homemade Fun

by | Sep 23, 2009 | Farm & Family

Last Friday my oldest son went to play at a friend’s house. I pulled up to his friend’s house just in time to see a Lego man attached to a parachute launch into the air from his perch atop an old plastic film canister. My son’s friend sent a canister...