From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Day 11: Fresh winter green

December 11, 2009

During the holidays, you can’t have too much greenery! Today, at a food photography workshop at the lovely Spring Hill in West Seattle, we made photos of this beautifully stacked butter lettuce with radishes, parmesan and citrus dressing. After the shooting, we ate it. And I found myself wishing, as I picked up the soft [...]

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Day 10: Santa hats and high heels

December 10, 2009
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Day 9: Objects of desire

December 9, 2009

I hope that this little duck tricyclist will make some child very happy this Christmas. It’s already made me smile.

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Day 8: Brrrr

December 8, 2009

When I went out for a short, chilly walk at lunch today, I spotted a nutcracker on the sidewalk. He looked almost as cold as I felt. Do you grit your teeth when you’re out in very cold weather? I sometimes do… and so does he.

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Day 7: Out in the cold

December 7, 2009

When we got chickens last March, I wasn’t thinking about winter. I was thinking about spring, and keeping those fuzzy chicks warm and fed and watered in our basement. I thought about summer, and building a coop for our girls (I hoped they’d all be girls!) in our back yard. And I dreamed of autumn, [...]

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Day 6: Music box

December 6, 2009

While walking through the farmers market today, I spotted a small wooden music box in the window of one of my favorite local toy stores. Atop the box stood a Christmas tree, a small child and Santa Claus, all brightly painted. From the bottom of the box to the top of the Christmas tree, the [...]

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Dark Days: Delicious seconds

December 6, 2009

As I made my second pass through the University District farmers market (the first pass is for buying ingredients I know I need, the second is for inspiration), I noticed a new mushroom vendor, and stopped to chat and take a look. He had small baskets of shiitakes and lion’s mane mushrooms, and a large [...]

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Day 5: Lo how a rose

December 5, 2009

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung. It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night. Four hundred years ago, in 1609, Michael Praetorius created an exquisite arrangement of this old German carol. I [...]

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