I was making dinner last night (the creamy dill chicken in pasta with a butternut salad) and hanging a yoghurt up to drain for the labneh today when I suddenly realised I had not taken any photos for you. So I pulled off my pinny grabbed the camera and walked out the door to get Anything. I will leave it up to Camera House I thought. There was not enough light for a handheld image so I set everything on automatic plonked Camera House onto a post and clicked, laid it in the drive way and clicked. Did a 180 degree turn and clicked again, then one of the Daily Views from the veranda rail and back in just as the timer on the stove was dinging that the two loaves of bread were ready to come out of the oven.
What is the name of that blue light after sunset and as dusk dying down, just before real night?
Yesterday it rained in the morning so we made Anise Biscotti using Chicago Johns recipe, home made butter, yoghurt, started the bread, and put another ricotta salata in to cure. Ricotta Salata is the best cheese to make, so easy, (the cheats way) and we eat it with everything. I especially love shaving off pieces of the cheese and pan frying them in a little butter. Oh MY! I have to stop!
I will tell you my recipe with pictures soon. But it is simple, you can find it on the internet. I make marscapone instead of crème fraîche and Zack taught me a perfect labneh. So all you milk and cheese lovers – stand by for those recipes!
Then in the afternoon Romain and I loaded up the wheelbarrow and commenced planting trees. These are the first trees he has ever planted and he was very touched by the thought that they (hopefully) will be big trees long after he and I have shaken off this mortal coil. He is thoroughly enjoying himself and very kindly enthuses over the food we eat. He is exhausted by every evening – they all are for the first few days. Everyone sleeps well. Pity he is only staying until Tuesday. But he is the last of the student farmers and we have had a great summer. And things are much slower now.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
56 responses to “After Dusk”
Beautiful shots in the twilight. I also like gloaming. When we were kids if the sky was that colour, you were in trouble-supposed to come in when the street lights came on. Later as a young teenager on my friends farm, we would play ‘hide and seek ‘ in the dark. It’s nice to be in a warm, bread smelling kitchen when the night is gathering outside. Thanks for the great pictures.
Yes – I remember the delicious hiding in the dark with friends.. c
Twilight is such a pretty time and boy! That ricotta sounds delicious.
It is so easy! and versatile.. c
A few years ago I started occasionally using the “set your camera on the ground” technique. I am always pleased with the results because this angle offers such a different perspective. Well done for an impromptu photo shoot.
I feel a little out of kilter lately – it was nice to just let the camera take over.. c
I always thought it was called the blue hour. Your food sounds so delicious!
The blue hour sounds like a cocktail!! s
I have nevee seen a blueberry sky in my life nor did I know it’s name. Wow. Thanks
I never heard of blueberry sky. Wondrous. Thanks
blueberry sky – yes it is new to me too.. c
Loved the squash on the porch in the header. I had to go get something in my stomach halfway through reading this. You made me soooo hungry. Anise Biscotti, Butternut salad, creamy chicken pasta. Yum! Getting my flight ordered now. Coming for dinner!!! 🙂 Don’t I wish. I am no cook but do appreciate those who do it well. I just had a handful of nuts. 😦 Thanks for this and all the wonderful new words I learned today.
I love eating nuts by the handful..
Nana (my maternal grandmother) would say, “Lets go and walk in the gloaming, it’s a blessed time and heaven is close to us then.” We would walk around the yard, the flowers colors soft, the air cool and the scent of blossoms and earth. Then into the kitchen, rich with the smells of dinner cooking. Made for a wonderful evening.
That is such a lovely memory.. c
Typically me: had to go talk to my dear friend Mr Google ere I put a word down 🙂 ! Yep, basically ‘twilight’ tho’ the lovely notation of ‘blue hour’ appeared more than once! And I just love the oh so romantic ‘gloaming’! [I really and truly should not repeat, but you kind’of captured yours truly: ‘Eha’ means just that in whatever form: Daddy saw me first at gloaming, named me after the moment and it was a mutual love affair until he passed into the heavens far too early: oh, we still talk multiple times a day 🙂 !!!] . . . . so, I too am smiling . . .
Lovely
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I wish I lived a whole lot closer Celi .. Eating at your place sounds perfect. I’m a cheese fiend.😃