The Kitchen's Garden

October 25, 2015

Journey to Jul

Yesterday the boys Hugo and his brother Jules drove over to the big farm with me to collect walnuts for the pigs. Here are the pictures Hugo took with Camera House as we drove. Life is full of such journeys. Little ones. Good little journeys. No future or past. Just driving there and back. Collecting…

October 23, 2015

Nervous Mime

Do you remember the story I wrote years ago called My Italian Housekeeper about when I lived in Italy and the housekeeper did not speak English and I did not speak Italian and she was terrifying but we got along just fine! Because she talked to me using her hands and her body and pointing…

October 22, 2015

A French Apartment

“There are wild turkeys out the front of your house,” said the FedEx man, his excitement palpable as he handed over my new crepe pan that Hugo later deemed Too Small. “Not wild” I said. “And that is why I have No Shooting signs up”. “Beautiful.” he said as he threw sticks for the dogs. No…

October 21, 2015

The Daily View

Do you remember the year I spent taking a picture of the Daily View? Every day. Here it is again. A lot has changed since that year. I need to go back and see what year that was. But it is getting late and I have already spent to much time making my To Do list…

October 20, 2015

Talk about Chicken

These speckled hens are the ones I love the most. Next year I am going to isolate my home grown speckled roosters with these home grown speckled hens and then hatch the eggs. Who knows what we will get but I hope to get more speckled hens. Boo has come into his own and is…