Peak Foliage

pics from the backyard...

In and Around The Lake...

Golden Hour


Front Yard


Red and Gold

Tags: fall, ohio, leaves, trees, tofu666

First Hummingbird of the Season

Another sure sign that the earth has tilted correctly.



yes, I need to mow the lawn...

Tags: hummingbird, spring, ohio, bird, tofu666

Hurt

Oh, revisiting the pain that was 1997... a NIN vs. Cleveland Indians mash-up.

A sure sign of spring...

There's this robin who hasn't learned from last year that the other robin that he thinks he sees in both the front and back windows is just a reflection -- and is not trying to horn in on his food supply or woman...

Tags: robin, spring, window, obsessive compulsive

Eau du pew

The next food magazine that come with an perfume insert goes right in the trash -- I'm looking at you Ruth Reichl of Gourmet...

Congratulations to two of the best instructors I had at cooking school on their 2007 James Beard Foundation Book Awards nomination...

Category: Entertaining

The Big Book of Appetizers
Authors: Meredith Deeds and Carla Snyder
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Editor: Bill LeBlond
Price: $19.95