This is a great salad you can play around with. Black beans, corn, red onion, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice and olive oil. Add garlic, or bell peppers, or olives, or green beans, or whatever turns you on. Make it a day ahead. It's good cold or at room temperature. It's the perfect pot luck salad. Lucia Eakle made this for a party in 1985 and I've been makin' it ever since. Thanks Lucia.
Robin S. sent me some photographs she has taken while rowing along the Duwamish .
Since early childhood the sight of a pile of smooched cars has excited and thrilled me. The colors probably attracted me at first then the idea that something so seemly sturdy could be flatted and transformed. Thank you for these Robin S.
All the best to you, dear one, on your special day!
The next time you find a crummy paint-by-number, consider cutting it up into postcards. Somehow they become interesting little abstract works of art, that your friends can delight in finding in their mail box. These were purchased from this really neat guy at the Sunday Fremont Market.
This recipe originated from the Farmer's Journal . It's easy and always a hit.
Baked 9" pie crust shell.
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 or 5 cups blue berries
1 tablespoon butter
Combine sugar,cornstarch and salt in saucepan. Add water and 2 cups berries. Stir mixture constantly over medium heat until it boils and becomes quite thick .Remove from heat and add butter and stir until melted. Place remaining berries in the pie shell. Pour cooked mixture over the top and gently mix. Cool for 3 hours or so. A dollop of sour cream mixed with sugar can be added at serving time.
Look at the fabulous tin. Elizabeth, over at Elizabeth Holcombe, sent me these swell treasures.I have many Chinese checker games but none are as dreamy as this one. Imagine my surprise and delight after a long day of driving the bus to find a package on the dining room table containing the very items that make me happy, oh so very happy. Thank you Elizabeth, you made my week.
They are too good to cut up and must be added to the save collection. It's my fantasy to open a museum of tin. It would be a treat for the eyes.
This year I am taking my summer vacation one Sunday at a time. It's great. Discovery Park is a great place for walking along tails through the tall trees , or
along the bluff.
Only 19 more days of MV Transit Seattle. Then it's over. Drivers have signed on with the other 2 companies. Some have moved on to fixed routes with Metro or other driving positions with MV on the Microsoft Campus. I am still interviewing. It's less sad now but still kind of weird. Would the last person at MV please turn off the lights.
There were 22 artworks made for the fund raiser for the International Examiner. Here are just a few...
By Roger Shimomura. Acrylic on canvas ( 5" x7" ?)
By Diem Chau. Porcelain rice bowl with stitched image on silk over the top.
By Patti Warashina. Acrylic on paper.
By Randy Hayes. Oil printed canvas on linen. (10"x12"?)
By Marita Dingus. Mixed media.
My personal favorite of course.
By Saya Moriyasu. Porcelain, glaze and chain.
There was lots of entertainment.
Alan read some of his poetry.
Art was created to sounds from musical instruments.
And there was cake. Happy Birthday Allan Alan, thank you for such a great evening.
Have a great 4th of July. Thanks Sedora.
