The Most Beautiful Salad Ever

In our beautiful new Heath Ceramics salad bowl...

 

Made You Look

I love how both of these shots look like they could be satellite photos.  They are not.  The first one is a close up of part of the seawall at Alki and the second one is the moss covering someone's boulder in their Japanese garden.

 
 

CookieFest 2010

I'm having my own bakesale tomorrow at the office.  Our management will match any Haiti donations dollar for dollar, so I plan on selling these goodies and putting "the dough" to good use.

 

Snickerdoodles:

 
 

Peanut Butter:

Pecan Shortbread:

Trees in Puddles 

 I took these a few weeks ago, when there was a break in the rain.  There's even a patch of blue sky in the middle photo.
 
 

My Cute Boyfriend with Juliet's Cute Sister

 Dave and Ella downtown.  Instead of calling him Uncle Cheese or Cheese, she called him "Cheesey."  

Good Lookin' Tomato(es)

I think I have eaten more tomatoes this summer than ever before.  It's been a banner year.  (For tomatoes in general and my tomato consumption in particular.)

 
 
 
 

Blind Luck

Here are some shots I got around the house this weekend.  So much sun.  So many shadows.  So much fun.

 

Bamboo shadows through dining room window blinds:
 
 

Living room window blind reflection on ceiling:

Shadows of "ornaments" and blinds on living room wall:

Heirloom Tomato Salad (Or What I Eat For Dinner 2-3 Nights A Week This Time of Year)

Sliced heirloom tomatoes tossed with GOOD olive oil, minced garlic, sea salt and chiffonade of basil.  So good.  Honestly, one of my favorite "dishes."

 

Thai Green Bean and Tomato Salad

This was surprisingly tasty for how easy it was to make.  Dressing: lime juice, fish sauce, pinch of sugar, a few slices of chile.  Salad: Blanched green beans, hunks of tomato, sliced scallion and cilantro.  Toss with dressing, top with ground peanuts.  

 

Even Further Back In Time...

Here are some very belated pictures of Juliet's 5th grade graduation which was held on June 17th.  It was quite a production.  She looked beautiful (and too old, and too tall)!  

 
 Waiting her turn to enter the building before graduation:

Diploma in hand:

 

Proud Papa:
 

Ella loves her big sister:

Porter James

Way late posting these, but here is Becky and Charles' baby. These were taken when he was a week old. He was born June 26th, weighed 8 pounds and 4 ounces, and (as you can see) is quite a handsome fellow. I'm hoping to get to spend some more time with him soon. (I know he feels the same about me...)