Scored Again & Again & Again

Today I followed the invitation of a client and scored big time.

A lot of overripe apples, some still hanging on an ancient looking tree.

 Those plums were perfect, ripe & sweet, with no blemishes, delicious in pancakes.

 My tart-making skills have suffered from disuse.

Below Zvieri was taken 4 years ago, today, September 19th. 

2012 was the year I discovered that fruit picked in public places taste better.

Today's apple tart crumbled and buried my preferred little fork, the one I have used since I was about 2 years old, the one that is perfect for desserts.

Where is the goat butter when needed? Sesame oil does not work very well for crusts. I used about 1/3 coconut flour, 1/3 spelt flour and 1/3 whole wheat flour and a bit of wheat germ. I added Braggs for a nutty flavor that I like, to a mix of water with oil and rolled the dough out over oat bran.

Scored!

Following a suggestion on where to locate apricots, I scored big time in finding these apples ripe for the picking 

right near a nature preserve, still hanging from the tree, but in easy reach for me. Such luck!

Next will be the baking of 'Oepfel Waehe' or my kind of apple tart.

I can now, a few days later, attest to the deliciousness of those apples.

No, I am not about to nibble on a dog treat. 

Such are near always when eating in the company of my canine companions, 

as leaving them with a sense of deprivation is not an option.

My casual breakfast out on the patio while it is still warm enough 9.8.16.

Break of a non-existent fast 9.6.16 with my own home-made pizza topped with pineapple.

Zvieri with an apples-cranberries tart topped with whipped cream from 5.1.2011.

Oepfel und Zwetschge Waehe, meaning apple and plum tart from 4.6.2011.

Living the good life with Oepfel Waehe or home made apple tart while gazing at pretty orchids 8.16.12.

Living Juicy

I ran out of infused Olive Oil I had made myself for the first time this year, so I infused two more bottles of Olive Oil, one with Rosemary and Garlic and the other with Basil and Garlic, both herbs picked live off my potted plants.  The bottles looked so pretty turned upside down in sunlight.  Not being an oil fanatic, I have come to really like my own infused oils, especially after they had marinated for a few months. My Isabella-girl, my dog, though is the main beneficiary due to her joint pains. Fish Oil, human food grade, is supposedly most effective with joint problems and the bringing down of inflammation, but Olive Oil supposedly is particularly helpful with pain and a bottle of Flaxseed Oil is waiting to be opened as I do believe that the spice of life lies in variety.

Grant Me The Serenity

 Grant me the serenity

 to live juicy

to take my time to smell the roses

to notice the writing on the walls

the poems in the skies

to feel my feelings

be they blue or pink.