Today, I will share my third place winning recipe for the Tricolor Tomato Tian. A tian is a French peasant dish consisting of sliced vegetables, overlapped in an earthenware dish, then baked. The vegetables are meant to be the stars of the dish, so no sauces or cheese are added. I thought a tomato tian …
Category: Mountain Living
Garden and State Fair
Rain fell off and on last week, and one drizzly morning these boys came by for a visit. Both males, they strutted around and loudly gobble-gobbled. I threw some sunflower seed hearts out for them. They were happy as clams to do a bit of hunt and peck. The goldfinches and a woodpecker got their …
End of Summer Drive and Happy Mail
We had a nice drive recently with some friends. We wanted to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway when the weather cleared and cooled off, so we emailed our buddies and got a group to go. We met at a parking lot, then drove up to the parkway together. The scenery is lush and green everywhere, …
Apple Festival Weekend
Labor Day weekend is Apple Festival time. This annual event celebrates our county's primary agricultural crop, with a downtown street festival that lasts four days. We usually try to get there for at least one day, often going for both the street festival and then coming back on Monday after they pick up all the …
Mountain State Fair Final Prep
With all the entries I'll be doing in the fair, I have quite a bit of preparation to do. I pull things out I have made in the past year, go through my blog posts to make sure I have included everything I can, and maybe whip up a project or two for other categories. …
Sunday Chat – Wildlife, Garden and Quilts
Another week of wildlife visits, this small flock of turkeys came by for a meal. I'm pretty sure these are four of the flock of seven that were here last week. They certainly came up running up from the lower meadow just like last time when I stepped out to the veranda and began tossing …
Sunday Chat
Mornings have been delightfully cool, with temperatures in the low 60s F and even the high 50s yesterday (high teens C). Waking early, there are clear skies most days, but sometimes the humidity will cause fog in the valleys between the ridges of trees. Although the sky is light, the sun has not come over …
Garden, Wildlife and in the Sewing Room
Standing at my kitchen sink earlier this week, I noticed movement in the front. Once again, the local black bear was making an attempt to get to the bird feeder. My Sweet Babboo has tie-wrapped it to the pole so the bear cannot shake it down and cannot reach it, but last time the bear …
Sunday Chat
It has been such an interesting week for projects, with a lot of things in the works. I've been working on a Quilt of Valor on the frame, my Japanese art quilt in my chair doing handwork, and crafting in between. We've had wildlife visits, too. I've been cooking up a storm testing recipes for …
Sunday Chat on Friday
Since I agreed to do the Christmas project on two Sundays, I didn't have a chat post last week. I will be doing the project assembly this Sunday, so let's chat today. It was shop hop week, and of course, I did my share. I couldn't resist the black backgrounds on both these fabrics, one …
