Just a little intermission

I was planning to post more on my walks in BC but since it takes so long to upload photos, I thought I would show you what nature has provided instead. I'll do the more walk photos in the next post - promise.

Here I am with a bowl of fresh asparagus. Not too big a deal EXCEPT that these are wild asparagus. They grow in the sand close to the Fraser River and my son-in-law found a batch when he was out walking.

We were surprised at how much he actually found.

I almost forgot to take a photo of them cooked. They were tender, mild in flavour and very good just fried lightly.

Even a little boy got to try some.

No one knows where the asparagus came from - perhaps seeds that some birds distributed. However they started growing where they did, you really have to look hard for them since the grasses that around are the same colour. Mother Nature has done a good job.

Wins and food

See, I CAN learn a new way of getting the photos on my blog. It took a while - because it did get frustrating but perseverence paid off.
See this gorgeous tie-dye fabric? I won it from Judi at http://approachable-art.blogspot.com/ Judi is a self-taught paper and textile artist located in Houston, TX and she is having a lot of fun dyeing her own fabric. I had forgotten the 'extras' she included and so it was quite a surprise when I opened the envelope and found not only the fabric (much prettier in person than the photo) but also the book she used it do the dyeing from and another envelope filled with her odds and ends of scraps. Way too much to take in all at once. I will be having fun with these. Go have a visit at Judi's blog and take a look at her studio and the other fabric she has dyed.

And Kim was getting rid of some of her books and patterns and was having a multi-giveaway. You could choose what group you wanted if your name was drawn and I chose the chickens. My eldest daughter now has a new home that came with chickens so I thought I could make something for her and her husband for Christmas.

OK, so what do you think? Soft taco shells? Wraps? My son thought so but then he looked again.It's those circles I cut from behind the bull's eye blocks. 20 of them. I have a plan but I'm not ready to share yet.

And here's a gratuitous shot of some food. We now have a bread machine and my daughter and her boyfriend have been using it to make not just bread but pizza dough. Both of these are totally vegetarian pizzas.