tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-259027902024-02-07T13:37:23.463-08:00bell street journalMichele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-22241436449125077342014-12-24T07:52:00.001-08:002014-12-24T07:53:55.676-08:00December 24th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's <i>that</i> day, the day little children dream of, yearn for, even ache for. It's Christmas Eve! I used to be all a-quiver on the 24th, from the instant I opened my eyes to the last conscious moment before giving myself over to sleep. The sheer anticipation of the day was palatable. <br />
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Now, these many years later, I am not in such a state of excitement and anticipation, but still....this day is special to me and my family. It's special to many people, many families. <br />
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No matter what your beliefs, no matter what your special holidays, please accept my wish for a happy and healthy 2015 for you and your family. As the northern hemisphere moves, slowly, out of the long darkness marked by the Winter Solstice, and into the light, may that light fill us all, everyone, with peace, tolerance and understanding.</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-32197609731024665352014-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:002014-12-20T21:27:53.571-08:00500th Post!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just happened to glance at the right place on the Blogger dashboard this afternoon and saw that I had already posted 499 times. That's a lot, it seems to me, and the 500th, while not of much note to anyone but myself, needed to be mentioned. <br />
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Christmas is almost upon us and there are signs of it everywhere. My little town on Puget Sound even has a Christmas trolley on the weekends. I plan to ride on it tomorrow. Not too sure why I feel compelled to do so, but I do and so I will. <br />
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John and I met the other day for our monthly "show and tell." We met in an round robin last year and discovered we have a love of art in common and we like to get together and talk about making art if we can't actually get together and make art. </div>
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Nonie and I went to see <i>A Christmas Story</i> last week and they had this wonderful photo op bunny suit in the lobby. Nonie couldn't resist. I'm glad she didn't. I can see that this snapshot is going to be one of my favorite photos of Christmas 2014.</div>
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In honor of my starting Spanish classes this past autumn I made Mexican butter cookies, decorated with sugar crystals in the colors of the Mexican flag. They are delicious and will be a staple of my holiday baking from now on.<br />
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I hope your Holiday is gearing up to be wonderful. I wish all of you the very best, now and for all of 2015.<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-38665804610722851732014-12-18T20:38:00.002-08:002014-12-19T07:46:45.165-08:00Christmas Pears<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I was small, my parents and I always traveled to my maternal grandmother's house to spend Christmas with Nana and my Aunt Anne, Uncle Ed and my four cousins, who lived in the same small town as Nana. Going to Nana's for Christmas was always the highlight of my year. Way back then, long before the freeways of today, it was a <i>very</i> long drive to Mt. Vernon, in northern Washington state, from our house in a tiny little town near Tacoma. We set out just after breakfast and drove and drove and drove. It seemed to take <i>years</i> to get to Nana's big, white three story house. <br />
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The house was always beautifully decorated and the piece de resistance was the giant (at least to me!) Christmas tree in the high-ceiling living room, dripping with ornaments, lights and tinsel. Delicious smells wafted from the big kitchen, so big it even had a comfy wicker armchair just by the door to the big cold pantry*. There was always something cooking on the large old stove and dishes and silverware were set out in the butler's pantry that was situated between the kitchen and the formal dining room. That kitchen seemed as big as my whole house. <br />
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My aunt and uncle and their four wonderfully rowdy children always came for dinner on Christmas Eve. Sometimes my mother's younger brother and his family were there, too, all the way from Pennsylvania. We would all sit at the round oak table in the dining room and be fed Nana's Christmas Eve feast. Course after course, every mouthful delicious, would be presented. We ate and ate and ate. And then we all ate some more when the steamed "plum" pudding with hard sauce was brought to the table. The pudding was actually a carrot pudding, I discovered many years later, but it was truly delectable and we looked forward to it all year long.<br />
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After the feast we repaired to the living room for the opening of our gifts. It was controlled bedlam---loud, joyous, chaotic and<i> magic.</i><br />
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<i> </i>And late on Christmas Eve I would be given my stocking to hang on the fireplace and carted off to bed. And once I was watered, tucked in, storied and kissed good night, I would tell myself I was going to listen really, really hard, no matter how long it took, so that <i>this</i> year I would hear Santa land on the roof and plummet the three stories to the hearth where he would stuff my stocking full and leave a few gifts for me under the tree. (And my Pennsylvania cousins, too, if they were there that year.) And I <i>always</i> fell asleep within seconds of the light being turned off and the door closing.<br />
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Very early on Christmas morning I would wake up, creep mouse-like down the grand staircase, past the big Palladium window on the landing, and scurry into the living room to find my stocking. And it never disappointed. Santa would have been there and he was always very, very generous. Lots of wonderful treats would be within. <br />
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I would carry (drag?) my stocking back up the stairs to the corner room with it's high double bed and old-fashioned (even then) chenille bedspread that was my traditional bedroom when visiting Nana, and I would look at each and every treasure, play with some, eat some, adore them all.<br />
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And then....the very best, the most special part of Christmas would happen!<br />
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The door to my room would quietly open a crack and my Daddy's head would appear around the door. He's say, "Ready to come with me?" And I'd leap off the bed, the stocking and the toys forgotten. I'd jump into my clothes and shoes as fast as ever I could and race down to the kitchen, this time by the back stairs. There Dad would be waiting in the wicker chair. I'd skid to a stop in front of him and he'd slowly rise up and head to the cold pantry. Once inside we would look over all of Nana's home canned fruits and pick the perfect quart jar of Bartlett pears. It had to be stuffed with perfect pear halves. It had to <i>speak</i> to us....<br />
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We would carry that quart of pears to the counter by the sink, open it up and eat every pear half, sweet and full of late summer goodness, with forks. Dripping the syrup on the counter, and probably in my case, all down the front of my shirt, we'd eat them all. Once the pears were finished, very bit, we'd take turns drinking all the syrup from the jar, until it, too, was empty.<br />
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And then Daddy would take me by the hand and walk me the three blocks to the only cafe that was open in town on Christmas morning, and we'd order pancakes and Daddy would read the comics to me from his newspaper.<br />
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The real meal, though, was always the pears---Nana's home canned Bartlett pears. Christmas in a jar.<br />
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Pears are now a memory made tangible. If I pick up a pear I am immediately transported back in time, to Nana's kitchen, Christmas morning, with Daddy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The cold pantry at Nana's was a room with a big, screened window that had no glass and let in the cold, crisp and mostly really damp air of a Washington winter. In the cold pantry Nana stored her homemade preserves, pies, pantry items like flour and sugar and all sorts of wonderful foodstuffs.</span></div>
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To all my family and friends in these United States, I wish you a most happy and delicious Thanksgiving 2014. <br />
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I am, truly, thankful for each of you. Family and Friends....such simple words, so fraught with emotion. I am blessed. I have wonderful people in my life, both blood relatives and those I have chosen as family because they live in my heart. I have love and happiness and health and <i>fun</i>. I get to create with paint and paper, needle and thread, and I am always thrilled to cook and bake and preserve. <br />
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<i>I am grateful. </i> And I am awed by the bounty in my life. Thank you, everyone, for these precious and bountiful blessings.<br />
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Grace by Mary Oliver<br />
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I don't want you to just sit down at the table.<br />
I don't want you to just eat and be content.<br />
I want you to walk out into the fields<br />
Where the water is shining and the rice has risen.<br />
I want you to stand there far from this white tablecloth.<br />
I want you to fill your hands with mud, like a blessing.<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-19737959425602066382014-11-24T20:55:00.000-08:002014-11-24T20:55:02.555-08:00Candied Kumquats Anyone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While I was shopping this afternoon for turkey parts to make stock ahead of cooking my turkey this upcoming weekend, I ran into the first of the fresh kumquats. I love candied kumquats. They are a surprising addition to pound cake and the syrup can beused to make an icing. Kumquats are citrus-y and quite different from oranges and tangerines and add a delicious and unexpected taste to winter baking.<br />
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It's an easy process to candy them and one I enjoy. A nice way to spend a rainy and windy late November afternoon.<br />
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I got four half pints from a little over a pound of kumquats. I'll take a jar to my daughter-in-law on Thursday when we celebrate Thanksgiving with our son and his family. On Friday I'll buy a sale turkey and roast it up at the cabin, for sandwiches and soup for the freezer. I really love Thanksgiving week. It's full of good smells, anticipation and turkey! <br />
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I hope your Thanksgiving, if indeed you celebrate that special day, is full of family and friends, good feasting and most of all, thanks for all our blessings.</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-88888948713602985912014-11-14T01:10:00.000-08:002014-11-14T01:15:29.333-08:00Visual Journal Pages In Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been taking a mixed media class from my friend <a href="http://artjuvenation.blogspot.com/2014/11/marion-librarian.html?showComment=1415954041080#c3982928969679717168">John Arbuckle</a>. I've been working on multiple spreads in a couple of different visual journals, and having so much fun! John makes each week's class exciting and interesting, and he has shared so many techniques that I find I just <i>have</i> to experiment with different ideas.<br />
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I think the above spread is done. But maybe not? Not sure. <br />
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This one, below, is in my <i>Like a Nomad </i>journal that I started in a class I took from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Orly-Avineri/e/B00J4LC626/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1">Orly Avineri</a> last summer. I thought it was done. And then I kept working on it and adding little bits and pieces. Never say never, I guess!<br />
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The spread below is <i>not</i> done. It's a good start, but that's it. Just a start. It incorporates several techniques John had us don in our class. <br />
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This spread (above) keeps evolving. I have no idea where it might end up. Or if this is the end. I am just letting the pages pull me along---no big plans, just letting things evolve. It's very freeing to work this way and I am really enjoying myself.<br />
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I started this spread quite a while ago but just finished it (I think!) the other day. It has actual "weaving" done with sari ribbon, cotton pearl thread, velvet ribbon and bias tape. This is in my <i>Like a Nomad</i> journal.<br />
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I have just started on this spread, but so far I like the colors and the patterns. I seem to be on a circle cycle, I have noticed.<br />
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And finally, this is a sign I spotted at a favorite local restaurant, <a href="http://www.fiveedmonds.com/">FIVE</a>. I love it!</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-10052318229710528542014-11-06T14:45:00.000-08:002014-11-09T15:30:13.986-08:00Having Fun with Visual Journaling and Collage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I took a one night, really fun class at the <a href="http://www.schack.org/classes/default/">Schack</a> with my friend Susan the other night. The class was called Playful Acrylics and Collage and was taught by Jean McLam. This was <i><b>not</b></i> an evening of serious art creation but rather one of recharging the batteries and just playing....throwing some paint around, cutting/tearing out images from magazines and gluing them down. I had a <i>great</i> time.<br />
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There were no beginners in this class, just a like-minded group of women who were looking for an evening of making art and playing with art supplies. Jean was a most encouraging, supportive and very well organized instructor. She provided ALL the supplies and gave us just enough instruction for us to go off and do our own thing. A perfect evening. There was even wine for those that wanted it!</div>
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Meanwhile, in another on-going mixed media class I am taking, brilliantly taught by <a href="http://artjuvenation.blogspot.com/">John Arbuckl</a>e, I've been doing a little work in one of the visual journals I'm working in right now. Nothing here is completed, just works in progress. I am having such fun in this class, too. I really needed to have this artistic outlet to balance the struggle I am having in my beginning Spanish class. The old brain is slow and it's <i>hard </i>to learn a new language. Trying to learn a little Spanish is very rewarding, but it's work. Art is play. Together they create a nice balance to my week.<br />
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It started out as one fine autumn day here today, Columbus Day 2014. There was blue sky, and balmy temperatures, a stiff breeze and lots of color from changing leaves. It was beautiful. The weather deteriorated over the course of the day and by evening it was spitting rain, but for most of the day, it was perfect.</div>
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I have the house decorated for Halloween. I love Halloween! I loved it as a child and I love it now. And it's not just the idea of candy, it's the spookiness and all the black, the witches, spiders, pumpkins, ghosts and skeletons. <br />
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I have started a collection of glass pumpkins. I like that I can use them through Thanksgiving and they are cute and pretty easy to store.<br />
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I also seem to be collecting spiders. There are spiders galore outdoors, all over my yard, in fact, but the ones I am actively collecting are faux. I <i>do not</i> encourage real spiders to reside in the house. </div>
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The merchants in town seem to all be sporting scarecrows outside their establishments. Here are three that I collected snapshots of this morning. They are all pretty cute, I have to say. <br />
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I am taking beginning (and I do mean beginning!) Spanish at Edmonds Community College. I studied German and French in school, all those many decades ago, and while Spanish is similar to French, my old brain is finding this pretty heavy going. Tonight we started having to conjugate verbs, something I have been dreading since the classes began four weeks ago. (We only meet once a week....)</div>
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My friend, Susan, and I are taking a six week <a href="http://www.campusce.net/edmondsarts/course/course.aspx?C=459&pc=47&mc=50&sc=">mixed media class</a> from another of my friends, <a href="http://artjuvenation.blogspot.com/">John Arbuckle.</a> We had our first class last night. It was <i>great</i>!<br />
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It's a really fun class and all the participants seem to be enthusiastic and talented. We are lucky to have John as our instructor as he is a very talented artist and a gifted teacher. He promised us 20 techniques to use in mixed media work and I think he gave us more than that last night alone. Imagine how <i>much</i> he'll share with us over the next five weeks.</div>
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We created a printing block with a piece of cardboard from a cereal box and some fun foam from the craft store. Not sure what the exact name of the product is but it's a plastic foam sheet with peel off sticky backing. We cut our sheets into whatever shapes we wanted and then stuck the pieces down onto our cardboard. You then use the created 'plate' to print with by brayer-ing on paint. It worked like a charm. I've read of this technique but I can't remember ever actually trying it out before.</div>
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This is the print I did with my 'plate.' I really like the effect and I think we got a lot of design for minimal work. I <i>will </i>be using this technique again.</div>
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After we created the printed spread we used stencils and layers of paint to create a background that we'll be able to build a collage onto in later classes. This was a simple reductive use of a stencil. I am always surprised at how effective it is.</div>
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This morning I finally got around to filling my new watercolor box with paint. I've had the box for a couple of months now but sheer inertia kept me from filling the half pans with the watercolor paint I had on hand. I need a few more colors to completely fill the box, so I got those ordered today, too.</div>
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I did a color chart to include in the box so I know exactly what colors I have in there and where they are located. I have more empty half pans, so I can customize the box to suit me. If I am traveling and want a particular color palate I can make it so. The watercolor box is well made and has a thumb ring, removable half pans and a lot of mixing space. If you are looking for a box for your watercolors I found mine <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Empty-Metal-Watercolour-Box-will/dp/B006FHOO90/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1413007638&sr=8-35&keywords=watercolor+palette" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">here</a></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div>
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-27569886510206309402014-10-07T17:14:00.000-07:002014-10-07T17:14:30.767-07:00Free Spiders to Good Homes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'd noticed that there seem to be a lot of spiders this year. I keep walking into their webs and doing the spider-web-in-my-face dance. You know the one....you flail your arms around and brush at your hair madly and jump up and down, often moaning softly? That dance. Been doing it a lot lately.</div>
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This morning I discovered that my yard is just covered in webs. In each one sits the builder, looking perky. Waiting for something to fly by. You could almost call them stalkers...<br />
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There was enough moisture in the air, from the fog that we've had all day long, to coat each bit of web with little water drops, making the webs quite beautiful.<br />
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Beautiful they might be, but jeez...I hate walking into a web. Just hate it!<br />
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If you should have any need of some quite hefty spiders, please let me know. I have a plethora and would be glad to share with you. Halloween is coming, after all!</div>
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I took a friend into downtown Seattle this afternoon to a medical appointment. The doctor was on the 8th floor of an office building and when we walked out of the elevator and into the reception area, this was the view we saw. It was a spectacular day here in the Pacific Northwest and the view out to the north stopped me cold. It was beautiful...and unexpected.<br />
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I had quite a wait for my friend and to amuse myself I tried to do a little watercolor of part of the view. I only had a very, <i>very</i> small pad of paper; it measured only 2 by 3 inches. I am not much of an urban sketcher, as you can certainly tell from the result, but I passed the time happily looking out of the window, enjoying the view.<br />
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Don't you carry your watercolor paints, a water brush and a small pad of watercolor paper around with you? No? Huh. Well, I do!<br />
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I was just enthralled with how clear it was and how far I could see. I took these photos with my phone and on a whim I ran this one through my Waterlogue app. I love the result!<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-87191665601579123042014-10-05T10:39:00.001-07:002014-10-05T10:39:12.125-07:00Last Farmers' Market of the Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday was the last Farmers' Market of the year, here in Edmonds. I love the market and I especially love that I can walk out my front door, cross the sidewalk, and I'm <i>there</i>. It's right in front of my house and I love that. I will miss it and it seems a long, long time until next May, when it will return.</div>
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Autumn is my favorite season and the fall colors of the leaves and the jewel-tones of the zinnias and dahlias never cease to delight me. The sky is such a pretty blue on nice days. We used to call the warm, sunny days with crisp, cool nights "Indian Summer," but I am thinking that might not still be considered an acceptable term? I mean no disrespect---that's just what it was called when I was growing up and I know of no other term to describe those glory days of October.<br />
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The abundance of produce at the market was astounding. The colors of the peppers and the tomatoes were so bright they almost hurt your eyes.<br />
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Even the garlic was beautiful!<br />
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I watched my son's girls last night so he and his wife could have an evening out with friends. The Girls and I had a fun time, as always. We worked on an art project that I plan to turn into a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law, so I can't share it here....yet. I love spending time with the Grands!<br />
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Aren't they <i>adorable</i>?</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-67962385634695159112014-09-30T05:34:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:34:12.589-07:00Oaxaca Journal--Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover of my journal---portrait is one I did from a photo I found online and can't find again to give photo credit. I'm sorry!</td></tr>
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I always try to incorporate a map of where I traveled into my travel journal. I love maps and any excuse to use one is leaped on.</div>
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Detail of a painting my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Covarrubias">Miguel Covarrubias</a> is in the bottom right corner in the above photo. One of our painting assignments was to do a painting of our own based on Sr. Covarubias' work.</div>
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The very graphic Day of the Dead lady in the above photo was from a free handout that was everywhere in Oaxaca. I loved this graphic and was thrilled when I discovered that inside the booklet was a big, fold-out poster with both Frida Kahlo and Coco Channel by artist <a href="http://bradleytheodore.com/">Bradley Theodore</a>. I love this poster!</div>
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I didn't post photos of the pages where I just inserted printouts from the trip and other written material I wanted to keep. Not very interesting to look at, but good reading and things I want to keep for reference.<br />
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This journal was fun to do! Since I started shooting with a Nikon D7100 I can no longer use my little travel-friendly Zinc printers, as the Nikon digital files are too large for these small printers to use. Sad, but I just pick the photos I want to insert later and make note of them in the journal as I am working on it on the trip and add the printed-at-home-after-returning photos later. Cumbersome maybe, but effective.<br />
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I know some of you, Dear Readers, like to see my travel journals. So, here is the first half of my journal from Oaxaca. If journals, whether travel or whatever, bore you, you will want to skip this and the next blog post. </div>
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I really think these photos are self explanatory. I'll save you endless verbiage and just post the photos!<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-38700614475191019082014-09-25T23:13:00.003-07:002014-09-25T23:13:59.353-07:00Paint Oaxaca!!! Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the most interesting experiences we had<a href="http://seasonsofmyheart.com/cookingschool/"> in Oaxaca was the afternoon we spent at Chef Susana Trilling's </a>Seasons of the Heart Cooking School outside the village of Etla, about 8 miles from Oaxaca.<br />
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We were at the school for a long time. You don't just whip out a traditional mole! There are many steps, all important, and lots of slow simmering and endless stirring. The delectable meal we created was well worth the effort!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my cooking partner, Laura Herrera, stirring the mole, and stirring the mole, and stirring the mole....</td></tr>
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I found the whole time at Susana's beautiful school kitchen (and dining room) to be a feast for all the senses. Even the view out the front door to the surrounding countryside, the <i>campo</i>, was stunning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even in a traditional Mexican cocina you'll find rice wine vinegar!</td></tr>
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The vivid pink walls were the perfect foil for setting off the handmade Mexican tile that covered all the counter tops and even made this braid of garlic look like art.<br />
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All the produce was luscious. It was a delight to work with the raw ingredients for our dishes.<br />
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Chef Susana Trilling is on the left and the lady on the right is a local cheese maker. She makes cheese every day with 350 liters of milk! She made the whole process look so easy and her queso fresco was delicious.<br />
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For the yellow mole that my cooking partner and I made we roasted the tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic and peppers on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comal_(cookware)"><i>com</i>a<i>l</i></a> (flat clay plate in photo below) over a wood fire. It was fun and the flavors imparted important to achieve the true flavor of an Oaxacan <a href="http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/brothy-oaxacan-yellow-mole/">yellow mole</a>. As Chef Susana told us, "Smoke is an ingredient in our cuisine."<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-82003108804253041052014-09-24T22:34:00.000-07:002014-09-24T22:34:04.025-07:00Paint Oaxaca!!!---Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our warm, colorful, comfortable and even centrally located in the Old Town section of Oaxaca was <a href="http://lasbugambilias.com/">Casa de Las Bugambilias</a>.<br />
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I can't write about this wonderful B & B without gushing. Really, I can't. Each room was unique and exceedingly comfortable. The whole place is chock full of wonderful original art work, like the examples above. Every day I discovered another treasure hidden here and there. It was a feast for the eyes.<br />
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And speaking of feasts.....the breakfasts were to die for! Every morning we started off with a gorgeous plate of fresh fruit and two different freshly prepared juice choices. Then the main course would be served. Every day it was a different entree. My favorite was the morning we had the tamale with black bean filling, delicately seasoned with an avocado leaf. But there was not a morning when breakfast failed to delight.<br />
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Not only was the food marvelous, but each day we had a new, lovely and colorful table-scape. There were napkin confections, fresh flowers, different dishes and a variety of jewel-toned goblets for the juices. Every detail had been thought about carefully and every detail was perfect.<br />
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You can see how I "suffered" in the photo above.....<br />
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Up on the roof there was a lovely patio where we were wined and dined on our first night, with a spectacular view towards Santo Domingo.<br />
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Several times during our stay a woman would appear with handicrafts for our shopping delight. One morning it was aprons with floral embroidery.....<br />
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.....and another day we had an amazing kaleidoscope of hand and machine embroidered blouses from which to choose. These items were truly beautiful and very fairly priced.<br />
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The lady responsible for the whole shebang was so beautiful. And just as lovely as she looks. <br />
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Sra. Cabrera and her staff provided the best and friendliest service throughout our stay. To them all a big, grateful muchas gracias. They all deserve angel wings!<br />
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If you are going to be staying in Oaxaca, I can<i> highly</i> recommend the Las Bugambilias! Whole heartedly.</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-40953551281034327492014-09-23T15:01:00.000-07:002014-09-23T15:17:55.453-07:00Paint Oaxaca!!! Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I recently returned from a stupendous week in Oaxaca, Mexico with the <a href="http://judywise.blogspot.com/2013/12/paint-oaxaca.html">Paint Oaxaca!</a> group, led by <a href="http://kathievezzani.com/">Kathie Vezzani</a> and Ana Elena Martinez. The teachers were <a href="http://www.judywise.com/">Judy Wise</a> and <a href="http://joyouslybecoming.typepad.com/">Katie Kendrick</a>, with a special afternoon's class from our "guest artist," <a href="http://karencole.blogspot.com/">Karen Cole</a>, who was also a member of the group.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Santo_Domingo_de_Guzm%C3%A1n_(Oaxaca)">Facade of Santo Domingo de Guzman, Oaxaca</a></td></tr>
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We spend our time making art----painting, making copper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repouss%C3%A9_and_chasing">r<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">epoussé</span></a> frames, sewing cases to hold out art, making bead and fabric necklaces, cooking, laughing, eating delectable meals, sightseeing, and on and on----and having a wonderful time. We made new friendships. We deepened existing friendships. We learned and shared and were filled up with the beauty of the people of Oaxaca and the lovely landscapes. And Mexican art, food and music are just the best!<br />
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One of the unexpected perks of any Mexican visit, to my mind, is stumbling onto a parade or celebration. We saw several of theses colorful, loud, exciting gatherings during out time in Oaxaca. Each one was splendid and happy. I have no idea what they were celebrating and that didn't matter one whit---I was happy to be part of the audience and share in the fun.<br />
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I loved seeing all the lush planters and pots that decorate the streets, shops and homes of Oaxaca. It was the rainy season during out time there, but I will not complain about warm rain. We did get caught in a few gully washers, but wading home with your umbrella clutched tightly in hand, was fun and an adventure in and of itself. A little water does not daunt someone from the Pacific Northwest!<br />
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In upcoming days I'll post more photos from my wonderful time in Mexico. I like this trip so much I have signed on for one in Mexico City in March. And I just had my first Spanish language class last night. (And oh my goodness, I am <i>not</i> a natural at speaking Spanish. This is going to be quite a workout for this old brain!)<br />
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I had a lovely two day holiday in Iceland. It was not supposed to be so short, but my traveling companion became ill and, after an over night hospital stay and a day to organize an early return, we flew home. What I saw in Iceland was gorgeous! It is a beautiful country, full of lovely, friendly people, expansive vistas, volcanoes, steam vents, waterfalls, Icelandic horses, sheep and lots of baby lambs, beautiful rugged coastlines and fjords and a Viking history so strong you can taste it.</div>
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In my very short visit I saw fields of lupine and buttercups. It was breathtaking. The waterfalls, each more lovely than the last, are <i>everywhere</i>. No matter where I pointed my camera I got wonderful shots.<br />
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Our bus driver was Olaf, and he was a gentle man and a gentleman. Lots of smiles, great driving and a pleasant demeanor. I liked him a lot.<br />
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Icelandic poppies were blooming. I can't say I was surprised to see Icelandic poppies in Iceland, but it still gave me a real thrill. I grow them in my garden, too.<br />
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Boiling hot water bubbles up from the underground all over the country. And I do mean boiling hot water! It struck me as rather unnerving to see steam vents releasing clouds of foggy steam in random fields, here and there. Not a sight I am used to!<br />
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There are large numbers of the small, sturdy Icelandic horses. They are a more common pet in Reykjavik than cats or dogs!<br />
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There are beautiful little churches everywhere.<br />
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And the coastline is picturesque and pristine.<br />
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There are snug little harbors....<br />
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....and cozy little farmsteads with glacier-topped mountains behind them....<br />
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....and fields of wildflowers. It is so <i>beautiful</i>.<br />
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And the lupines. Fields and flows and drifts and clumps of blue, blue lupine blooming joyously all over the country in June. I can't <i>wait</i> to be able to return to finish my visit. <br />
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When I returned home to face the medical issues with my dear sister-in-law, Nonie, at that already stressful time, my hard drive crashed. I've just gotten my computer back and reloaded all my files and photos and programs and music and that took <i>days</i>. It was, as I said, <i>unfortunate</i>.<br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-39986301128916041472014-06-13T00:17:00.000-07:002014-06-13T00:17:07.221-07:00Baby Hummers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been monitoring the nest outside my bedroom window. There was Mama, Mrs. Anna Hummer, sitting away on the nest. The Portuguese Laurel is in bloom now and it makes a lovely screen for the nest.<br />
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Mrs. Anna doesn't like me paying attention to her or her nest. If I bird can give you the stink eye, Mrs. Anna is giving it to me!<br />
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And then, several days ago....little beaks point up out of the nest and no Mama. She was off gathering nectar for her little ones. There are just two, I think, as I have never seen more than two beaks.<br />
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The little ones are still small enough that the most I can spy from my vantage point is the very top of their little fuzzy heads and their sharp little beaks. I haven't been able to get a good shot of them being fed, unfortunately.<br />
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Mrs. Anna comes and goes, comes and goes, comes and goes. She must be exhausted but her babies seem to be thriving. She's a good mother.<br />
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I am leaving on a trip to Iceland tomorrow. My husband will be monitoring the little ones and their devoted mother, but he is unlikely to post any photos. Too bad for us all! I would like progress reports but that won't happen! I hope they are still in the nest when I return.</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-15998100615974036062014-06-07T23:23:00.001-07:002014-06-07T23:23:18.625-07:00Edmonds Arts Festival is Next Weekend!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Next weekend is the <a href="http://www.edmondsartsfestival.com/">Edmonds Arts Festival</a>, Father's Day weekend, June 13th through the 15th. Every year the Festival gets better and better and I know that this year's edition will not disappoint. There really is something for just about anyone. Besides three galleries full of juried art (paintings, prints, drawings, photography, glass, jewelry, sculpture, woodwork, ceramics, enamel work and on and on), the Festival offers a variety of art vendors. You can find everything from paintings, photographs, music, culinary products, leather goods, glass and ceramic wares, clothing, sculpture....the list is varied and extensive.<br />
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For those of us who volunteer our time to make the Festival happen, and the entire "show" is a volunteer run enterprise, this week before is <i>exciting</i>. Yesterday and today the artists who were juried into our three galleries delivered their art to the Frances Anderson Center (700 Main Street in downtown Edmonds -- directions and parking information <i><a href="http://www.edmondsartsfestival.com/directions-parking/">here</a></i>), where we hold the Festival each year.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eve and Barbara, two of our faithful volunteers, were waiting for more art to be delivered to the main gallery. Without volunteers such as these two, long time repeat helpers, the Festival would be impossible to operate. There are over 500 individual job shifts each year, each filled with amazing volunteers who give generously of their time and energy, to bring this special event to fruition.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary and Alice, two more volunteers, who checked in photography for us this year.</td></tr>
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Edmonds is blessed with a remarkable group of civic-minded people who give and give and <i>give</i> of their time, volunteering for a myriad of events throughout the year. This charming couple, Margaret and Mike, not only volunteer for the Festival but also for the Historical Museum and who knows what other organizations are grateful for their generous help? I know that they have been regular volunteers for longer than I have been involved with the Festival, well over ten years.<br />
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We even had specialized volunteers who spend countless hours each year hanging the show in a very short period of time. They make all the remarkable artwork look even better by displaying it carefully though out the galleries.<br />
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Where ever you go next weekend at the Festival, you will see an army of smiling, helpful blue-shirted volunteers who will be happy to direct you to the Kids' Create area, the food vendors, art vendors both above the Library on the Plaza and on the field. They will point you towards the main stage for a wide variety of live entertainment all weekend long. They will show you the way to the beer and wine garden, where you can sit and enjoy an adult beverage. Don't miss the Festival Store with fun and practical items for sale, including this year's poster by David Marty. Come see the <i>outstanding </i>artwork of children in the Edmonds School District boundaries in the lower level of the Anderson Center.<br />
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Hours are Friday and Saturday, June 13th & 14, 10 AM to 8 PM, and from 10 AM to 6 PM on Father's Day, June 15th. This remarkable event is free. Please come spend some time with us---have something to eat, listen to some great music or watch some dancing, take your children to the Kids' Create area and let them participate in the special projects designed for young artists. Please take a stroll through the Juried Galleries and the Student Art areas and see the creativity and variety of the art on display. And please remember, should you decide to make a purchase, you will be helping to fund scholarships in the arts, public art and art programs in local schools. We'd love to share all the fun of the Festival with<u><b> <i>you</i>!</b></u><br />
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Please check the website, <a href="http://www.edmondsartsfestival.com/">Edmonds Arts Festival</a> for more information. City law prohibits any animals except certified service dogs from the Frances Anderson Center grounds.</div>
Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-60786726629682687242014-06-06T12:14:00.000-07:002014-06-06T12:20:18.569-07:00Summer Grilling Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">I've been to</span><a href="http://thepantryseattle.com/" style="text-align: left;"> The Pantry at Delancey</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for another class. This one was taught by Chef Kari Brunson, co-owner of </span><a href="http://www.juiceboxseattle.com/" style="text-align: left;">The Juice Box</a><span style="text-align: left;"> in Seattle. Again, I was <i>not</i> disappointed!</span></div>
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Kari had us cooking over an apple wood fire and besides all the fun we had doing "camp cooking," the flavor of the smoke imparted to the food was lovely. I had never grilled with apple wood before. I will be looking for a source to use at home as I really like the taste.<br />
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We grilled burgers that we ground from three types of beef---chuck, brisket and short ribs. My-oh- my, they were tasty! Each burger was 8 ounces. I would have thought that a bit much, but it turned out to be a perfect size when cooked. We actually weighed each one as we made the patties. It makes for easier grilling as you know that each patty is the same size and will take (approximately) the same amount of time to cook.<br />
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Also on the menu were grilled pork chops with stone fruits, also grilled. The pork chops were brined first and then had a delicious spicy rub slathered on them. They were <i><u>the best</u></i> pork chops I have ever eaten. <i>Ever</i>. <br />
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The appetizer was grilled watermelon with sea salt and cayenne pepper sprinkled on, to taste. I would never have thought of grilling watermelon, but it was delicious. And lo! The cayenne was an unexpected but lovely flavor amp for the melon. It worked very well!<br />
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It's the 1st of June and, remarkably, the sun is shining and the temperature is balmy and it's my perfect idea of a summer day. The garden is a total riot of color and bloom. Mrs. Anna Hummer is still sitting on her nest, still glaring at me every time I stand at the window and peer out at her in the Portuguese Laurel. There's a breeze. To top it all off, it's <i>Sunday</i>!<br />
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Even though it's the weekend, I have things I should be doing. I <i>should</i> be ironing. I <i>should</i> be working on my two canvases for my online painting course. I <i>should</i> be unloading the dishwasher and washing the kitchen floor and all that sort of thing. What I <i>did </i>was hang out on the front lawn and do bad sketches and worse water coloring jobs of my glorious poppies. And I don't care a hoot if you think them amateurish or silly or anything. I got to hang out, in the sun (in the Seattle area, fer Heaven's sake!) on the first day of June with my poppies. That's a good enough reason for me to do bad sketches and worse watercolors of those suspect sketches.<br />
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The way the sunlight glows through a poppy petal is pure magic. It's summer in a glow and a color and it just emits joy.<br />
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Yesterday, at the local Farmers' Market, local veggies were abundant. And beautiful.<br />
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I bought a couple of bunches of these baby Walla Walla Sweet onions and a bunch of garlic chives and asparagus. I made a pot of delicious soup. And homemade <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/homemade-creme-fraiche-recipe.html">creme fraiche</a> to go on top, with garlic chive blossoms and asparagus tips. It is <i>gooooooood</i>.</div>
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Some little lady who is very near and dear to my heart turned THREE. Oh, it was a glorious event. There were cupcakes and jumpy houses and the whole shebang was a <a href="http://yogabbagabba.com/v15/">Yo Gabba Gabba</a> themed thrill. And there were cupcakes! (And I didn't get to go....sadly. But my darling brother-in-law, <a href="http://www.donwhitebread.com/Don_Whitebread_Photography/Home.html">Don Whitebread</a>, sent me photos!)<br />
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Even my new solar powered garden lanterns are working like a dream and cast a soft, mysterious light throughout the garden. This one is hanging in a <a href="http://www.mendocinomaples.com/green-palmate-japanese-maples/full-moon-maple">New Moon Japanese maple</a> and it is especially delightful with the maple leaves surrounding it. <br />
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Michele R. Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016541751604349458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25902790.post-25355494288323584432014-05-31T15:13:00.000-07:002014-05-31T15:13:55.592-07:00The Calf & Kid Cheese Pairing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you are going to be inside, I can't think of a more lovely way to spend a few hours on a sunny and beautiful Seattle Friday than to attend a cheese pairing by <a href="http://calfandkid.com/">The Calf and Kid</a> at <a href="http://thepantryatdelancey.com/">The Pantry at Delancey</a>.</div>
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Our first bite was a wonderful fresh Chèvre from <a href="http://yarmuthfarms.com/wheretobuy.html">Yarmouth Farms</a> in Darrington, Washington. This cheese was really good. I gather that it is not widely available as it is mostly snapped up by local restaurants. I can certainly see why!</div>
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I liked both of these a lot, but especially the Bucheron. I thought it had more zing than the Buche, but I would not turn down a nice slice of either of these goat's milk cheeses. <br />
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<li>Dinah's Cheese -- <a href="http://www.kurtwoodfarms.com/">Kurtwood Farms</a>, Vashon Island, Washington</li>
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Hands down, Dinah's Cheese was <i>divine</i>! It's gooey and delicious and rich and one of the very best cheeses I have ever sampled. I will be finding some of this to have at home and hoard and nibble and croon over, like the cheese miser I fear I might be turning into! The French camembert was just cheese. Decent cheese, but just cheese. Dinah's Cheese is something much more special. </div>
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<li>Manchego -- Esperanza del Castillo DOP from La Mancha Spain</li>
<li>Queso de Oveja -- <a href="http://www.blacksheepcreamery.com/index.asp">Black Sheep Creamery</a> from Adna, Washington</li>
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Both of these sheep's milk cheeses were delicious. The Waashington cheese was, to my taste, a little more 'gamey', which I like. If pressed, the Queso de Oveja was my favorite.<br />
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<li>Red Hawk -- Cowgirl Creamery from Tomales Bay, California</li>
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These are very delicious washed rind cow's milk soft cheeses. The Here L'Equis is washed with beer and I could really taste the beer. I think I actually liked it a tad better than the Red Hawk. I will admit to being a big, <i>big</i> fan of Cowgirl Creamery and I was really surprised to find the Herve L'Equis more to my liking. Just goes to show you that you always need to taste new items and taste them with an open mind (besides the open mouth)!<br />
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Our final pairings were:<br />
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<li>Chiriboga Blue -- Arturo Chiriboga from Germany</li>
<li>Point Reyes Blue -- Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company from (obviously!) Point Reyes Station, California</li>
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And both of these were to die for! Each was big and bold and melted unctuously over my tongue. I kept going back and forth, trying a nibble more of each of them, and I finally decided that it was the Chiriboga Blue, by a hair. <br />
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We had wine parings to go with our delicious cheese plates. The wines, all delicious, were:<br />
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<li>La Mascaronne 2012 Cotes de Provence</li>
<li>Puerta Vieja 2010 Rioja</li>
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I took another cooking class at <a href="http://thepantryatdelancey.com/">The Pantry at Delancey</a> last night. It did not disappoint! This one was on Low Country Cooking and the menu suited me to a tee. We had roasted oysters for a starter, then South Carolina shrimp with Cheesy grits. Our vegetable was collards with bacon and tomato---yum! Something called Angel Biscuits and Benne Wafers were the baked items. All were delicious and every mouthful was a treat.</div>
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Our most able chef for the evening was <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/restaurants/2022401225_noshingnakamura06xml.html">Lisa Nakamura</a>. Chef Nakamura was a delight. She's organized, her instructions were clear and specific, she has a wonderfully droll sense of humor and her food <i>rocks</i>. She's cooked all over, from Orcas Island (where she owned the very successful restaurant <i>Allium</i>) to three years at French Laundry, Thomas Keller's famous restaurant in Yountville, California. Needless to say, Chef has major cooking chops. And it shows.</div>
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I love these hands on classes. We chopped, shucked oysters, stirred, watched but most of all, we learned. </div>
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The collard dish was the best I've ever had, and I'm a big fan of collard greens and cook them often and eat them when dining out, when I can find them. These were very tasty and the addition of the tomato not only added flavor to the dish but really spiced up the eye appeal.</div>
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The biscuits were divine. I thought I had a really good recipe for Southern style biscuits but these were even better. The recipe was surprising as it called for <i>three</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavening_agent">leaveners</a>---baking soda, baking power and yeast! I've never used three in one recipe before.</div>
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Our plates were soon empty and our tummies full.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benne">benne</a> wafers were the perfect little sweet bite to end the meal. I will be making this entire menu and I will be making it soon. It was just what I was hungry for!<br />
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