Friday night, I was waffling back-and-forth over whether or not we should take the kids to the Clam Festival parade, but in the end I decided against it. We had a busy Saturday planned and I hate breaking their sleep schedule. As it turned out, there were huge thunderstorms in the area that night so it was just as well that we skipped it.
Before I get to this week's farm share, I'll recap the weekend.
Dr. Lisa posted a new blog entry yesterday about the Press Herald's reporting of a motorcycle accident in which one of the riders was killed and not wearing a helmet. I agree with most of Lisa's points, but I think we strongly disagree on one.
I can't believe it's our fourth farm share already! Before I reveal this week's bounty, though, I'll recap our exciting holiday weekend.
Friday was absolutely perfect weather-wise. Sunny, but not at all humid. As long as I stayed in the shade I was totally comfortable outside, which I usually don't feel until around... October. Earlier in the week, I had bought the kids an inflatable pool and a slip 'n slide. The pool was a big hit, but they couldn't quite figure out how to really move along on the slip 'n slide and I wasn't in the mood to demonstrate for them.
Not much exciting going on lately. I took the kids to camp this past weekend and we spent Saturday night there. Dad had a big load of tree-length wood delivered to Minnie's house and we made a good dent in it on Saturday. There's probably 4 or 5 more hours of cutting to be done and then we'll need to split the big stuff.
Here's what we scored in week 2. My favorite so far has definitely been the hakurei radish. Tonight I sliced the bulbs very thin and sauteed them with some shallots in olive oil for a couple of minutes until the shallots started browning and then tossed in the greens to wilt for about a minute. A little red wine vinegar and salt finished it off.
Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
from "Do You Realize?" by the Flaming Lips (Video #11 here - the 450k version sounds great if your internet connection can handle it).
I remember being a new father and listening to that cd in
the car and having to skip that track because I couldn't bear the
thought while seeing my baby in the rear-view mirror.
Five years later, this song still hits me but I'm getting better at
taking the blow.
There's no way in heck that I'm going to come up with lyrical titles for all 20 or so of these updates, so please forgive me for breaking format!
We picked up our first farm share from Deri Farm today and I was impressed with what we got considering it was only the first week. There sure isn't anything in MY garden that's ready to eat yet (unless you want to eat slugs).
I snapped some photos today to go along with yesterday's post.
Despite my girls' best efforts, I ended up having a pretty bad Father's Day. Their hugs, kisses and cards couldn't overshadow the fact that I spent most of the day in bed and unable to keep anything down. Thankfully, I recovered late in the afternoon and was able to eat a little supper. I made omelettes and toast, which is a pretty good combo for a sensitive stomach.
