Author: doug

Female wood duck coming to see if we’re going to feed her. (We did not.)

That’s the year historic Quincy City Hall was built. It is currently undergoing an extensive renovation. This week most of the scaffolding came off the outside of the building, revealing granite stonework that is about 3 shades lighter in color than when they started.

I’ve seen this cat off & on from the commuter rail from time to time (just outside of South Station), so I guess he/she is doing OK.

Purple long beans from the farmer’s market. As seen on Lis’s post, unlike purple string beans, they don’t lose their color when cooked!

The label on this wine (from my wine club) is a real throwback stylistically.

I bought Sandor Katz’s The Art of Fermentation and this is my first attempt: farmer’s market green beans and garlic in a simple brine (plus a coworker’s hot pepper in one jar). These will ferment on their own, as I have read, due to the naturally-occurring lactic acid bacteria on the vegetables.

I went to my office’s summer outing on Thompson Island today. It was an awesome setting on a beautiful day.

It is here.

He has his people back.

I always seem to take this photo from the ferry, but this year’s came out well. Good-bye to the Vineyard for another year.