just the 2 of us

Sosi and Paul have been crazy about biking the Confederation Trail (or the Trail, as we call it) this summer. He usually takes her after supper to give me some time to myself.
She is unstoppable, and usually returns bragging of fox sightings, of how beautiful golden time (golden hour) is and of biking all the way [...]

101 things to make with zucchini (well, 2 actually)

The past couple of weeks at our CSA pick up I have been helping myself to the  grab box full of zucchini. I keep asking Jen to tell me if I ‘m being too greedy, but she seems genuinely happy with my zucchini enthusiasm. Here are a couple favourite recipes we’ve tried this last week.

Chocolate [...]

papa’s pasta

I blew my budget at the Farmer’s market this week buying chanterelle mushrooms. Whenever I see chanterelles I think of my sister-in-law’s father. Every summer he would go into the woods to his top secret location (man, I wish I had found out where) to pick chantrelles to sell to restuarants.
Papa, as we called him, made [...]

summer food

While we happily eat our weight in greens and veggies, summer is all about beer and BBQed hamburgers for me (closely tied with ice cream and homemade pizza on the BBQ).
Summer Food is the theme over at Small Fancy this week. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

enjoying…

Having 3 generations together,
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a trip to one of my favourite places on the island for an afternoon tea.. just me and my mom,

barns right on main street,

strawberry tarts,

moments like these.