Dim Sum Sunday ~ In the Bag

For this week's Dim Sum Sunday, we went with this recipe from Alton Brown.

Salmon Fillet en Papillote with Julienne Vegetables

(sigh...I wish I could find a good indoor setting on my camera)

A nice and light dish of salmon and vegetables wrapped up in parchment. The only thing I did different, was bake the fish in the oven, instead of in the microwave.

Simple, simple, simple!

Head on over to the Karmic Kitchen for more Sunday fun.

Chillin' with Laverne and Yoko

3rd Grade

*sniff* *sniff*

Pass the tissues please.

Sowing Vegetable Seeds for Fall

Seeds planted so far:

Oroma~ Italian Sauce Tomato

Viva Italia Hybrid~ Italian Sauce Tomato

Plum Dandy~ Hybrid Italian Sauce

Scotia~ Ultra- Early Red Tomato

Beaverlodge Plum~ Ultra-Early Tomato

Sun Leaper Hybrid~ Early Tomato

Flame HillBilly~ Striped Tomato (West Virginia heirloom)

Cheddar Hybrid~ Cauliflower

Graffiti Hybrid~ Cauliflower

Brocoverde~ Cauliflower

I still need to order some broccoli, kale and lettuce seeds, but at least I'm off to a good start for the fall planting season. :)

Stormy Weather

Happy Birthday Elizabeth

I can't believe my sweet girl is eight!

It seems like only yesterday that she was my little five pound bundle of joy.

Happy Birthday my love.

May all your birthday wishes come true.

The Girls Turn One

Happy Birthday Cotton, Silky, and Peanut.

Dim Sum Sunday ~ Summer Soups

After taking a few weeks off, we're back with this week's theme of Summer Soups.

I had a tough time last week trying to find a recipe that I liked, but luckily after a whole lot of whining and searching, I found this recipe for Lime Soup with Tortilla Strips and Chicken.

Maybe not quite what you would expect when you think of summer soups, but it is 90 some degrees outside and it is a soup, so technically.....;)

It really was a great soup that I'll definitely make again. Very light and tasty. Perfect for a summer day.

Head on over to The Karmic Kitchen for some more tasty summer soups. :)

Beautiful Carolina Sphinx

Great Moth Comes from His Papery Cage

Gone is the worm, that tunnel body. Gone is the mouth

that loved leaves and tomatoes.

Gone are the innumerable feet.

He is beautiful now, and shivers into the air

as if he has always known how,

who crawled and crawled, all summer.

He has wide wings, with a flare at the bottom.

The moon excites him. The heat of the night excites him.

But, where did the dance come from?

Surely not out of a simple winter's sleep.

Surely it's more than ambition, this new architecture!

What could it be, that does it?

Let me look closer, and a long time, the next time

I see green-blooded worm crawling and curling

hot day after hot day

among the leaves and the smooth, proud tomatoes.

Mary Oliver

Summer Blooms Around the House

Softhair Coneflower

I wish I had some yummy looking veggies to show you all, but the vegetable garden is quiet for right now. July, August and September tend to be our hottest months, and the veggies just can't handle those kind of temperatures.

Luckily, we have the wildflowers around the house putting on their summertime show. :)

Beautyberry

American Painted Lady on a Mammoth (Wow! they aren't kiddin'!) Sunflower

Lanceleaf Coreopsis.

Monarch Video

A few moments of peace for my friends.

I hope you're all having a good day. :)

Wordless Wednesday: Screech Owls at My Neighbor's House

Dim Sum Sunday - Grilled Fruit

For this week's Dim Sum Sunday, it's all about grilled fruit.

Yummy, Grilled Bananas Foster.

I was a little skeptical at first, not knowing if I would like the taste of the rum in the sauce, but after the first bite, I was in love! It had a great flavor that went well with the cinnamon, bananas, and the non-hand cranked, non-homemade, vanilla ice cream. My only regret with the recipe, is that we halved it, and now it's almost all gone. :(

For more grilled fruit fun, go and visit Shamu at the Karmic Kitchen.

Wordless Wednesday: Black Swallowtail

Playing at the Beach

Such an adorable little Ghost Crab!

Sea Grapes

Railroad Vine