Wednesday, 30 November 2011
I heard the white stuff piled up in southern Mich overnight, but here we enjoyed delightful sunshine.
Roasted a boneless pork loin tonight, which I haven’t done in a while. Did a version of a rub with coarse homemade brown-yellow mustard and chopped fresh rosemary, lubricated with a bit of olive oil, plus salt and black pepper, of course.
Need I say: yum.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Falling leaves get a lot of press this time of year, but in these parts, we also get a crop of pecans. I don’t know this type, but Texas A&M has quite a listing of cultivars. Pecans are native to the lower Mississippi Valley (in general), and botanically related to the hickory and walnuts.
Speaking of falling things, those white meteorological uniques (archaic use as noun) are predicted for the overnight hours. Any sane person would know that with temps where they are and the ground as warm as it is, those leetle fliers will abandon their frozen state for the watery state at near warp-speed.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
These topsy-turvy southern seasons are presenting stray blooms on camellias and azaleas even though our (somewhat*) killing frost was maybe two weeks ago….
* The Thai basil persists!
Thursday, 10 November 2011
I know my friends in Michigan are watching white stuff come down, but here it’s leaves that are airborne, and the persistent azaleas are still abloom. Nevertheless, we’re expecting the coldest night of the fall tonight.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Last night we sampled the sweet basil (a few black spots, but good flavor), and tonight we’re having the Thai version—as an addition to some, ahem, (helpfully prepped) Thai food (from TJs).
Friday, 4 November 2011
Even with some autumn rain, the backyard leaves are still “fluffy” and yellow. I’m loving this season (note that I’m not mentioning how windy it was ALL NIGHT last night—and more…).
Thursday, 3 November 2011
I suspect that the weather conditions we’ve had this autumn are the reason so many of the leaves that are falling in our backyard are in lovely yellow tones.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
I swear I hardly tweaked this photo at all.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Also from Saturday’s walk….
New term for me: those unfurling fiddleheads have a fifty-cent name—circinate vernation. Vernation comes from a root word referring to springtime, and also to the arrangement of the growth-tip tissue—in this case curled in on itself, or circinate.
Ho hum. No way to work this into conversation….
Friday, 7 October 2011
We escaped our chores for a quick run through the woods north of Danaher and McMillan. We found the light and the autumn leaves…delightful!