Author: doug

Did you see Lis’s post today?  I discovered these three squirrel-chewed water bottles in the yard this evening. I guess even the squirrels are concerned with lead in Newton drinking water these days.

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I had some leftover gazpacho for lunch today. I was pretty surprised to find a smiley face on the surface after pouring it into the mug.

This is my brother & sister-in-law’s dog, awaiting his treat for having chased the Canada geese off the beach.

A few years ago, my friend Kat could just about boil water without burning it.  But she caught the cooking bug and, with guidance from myself and others, has become a good cook. I am incredibly proud of her for producing this masterpiece, a 9 pound grill-roasted standing rib roast of beef. I was also incredibly happy to help eat it.

I made Steve a long French Gimlet with Thai basil (from the herb garden) last night. Inspired by this beverage, I made myself a long raspberry-thyme French gimlet (with raspberries & thyme from also the garden). They’re both nice refreshing summer beverages, though this evening’s is the more photogenic.

This guy hung out in the yard this morning as I drank my coffee. He sure is cute, but it’s a good thing we don’t have a vegetable garden.

I know this particular variety of orange daylily is widely naturalized, and is technically an invasive species (native to Asia), and I know that we had approximately 5000x more of them than we needed when we moved in, but they still say Summer in New England to me, and I like them.

OK, I know I posted already today, but this is too good to pass up.

You say you’d like a little bacon on your burger? Well too bad, you’re getting a BAC-O-WEAVE!

(Thanks to J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats for the inspiration)

A cocktail glass and giant ice cube dress up your classic margarita.