Clemency Anne Rose Gray, restaurateur, chef and author, born 28 January 1939; died 28 February 2010.


Potato and anchovy gratin from, The Cafe Cook Book.

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happy valentines's day!

List of colors

Top to bottom: Mountbatten pink, caput mortuum, khaki, wenge, rufous, gamboge, forest green, canary yellow, and bole.


My new favorite Wikipedia page: List of colors

Love the names and its interesting to read about the history of some these. Take a look.

Winter walk

Johnson Woolens doing what they do they best.

My street


You can just see the the top of the dome of the cathedral across the street.

Herringbone gloves.


Snowbound Land Rover.

Not sure about this.

Jeep? The telephone pole in the background is charred black.

Valentine's Day decorations.

What's this?

Peregrine falcon? with an afternoon snack.

All that remained.

Another dumping. 15.8". After this past weekend's storm I'd hope to be able to ride the bike again, but no such luck. Wednesday wasn't much good for anything but staying inside, cooking, movie watching ("Holiday Affair"), and knitting a pair of gloves. Stepped out a few times to get a sense of things and then back in. Today was bright and sunny, so I thought it might be good to take a little look see. I spoke to my friend Lynn who said she might walk down to see the river. Thought I might try to do the same, but never quite made it. But I did see a few interesting things. The Peregrine just topped things off rather nicely. Couldn't get close enough to get a good photo, and it didn't take a chance on me getting it's kill. Off it flew with dinner in tow.

28.5"

photo courtesy the Maine Historical Society

Digging out!

Ramen

all photos by Basil Childers for The New York Times

"With a week’s stubble on his chin, his eyeglasses fogged with steam and a towel wrapped around his neck, he certainly looks ganko, or stubborn, and he speaks hardly a word as he methodically fills bowls with careful dollops of flavorings and fats, ladles of rich broth, noodles cooked just al dente and shaken free of excess water, a slab of roast pork, a supple sheet of seaweed, a tangle of pickled bamboo shoots. All is silent until the final moment, when the chef drizzles hot oil on top and the shreds of pale-green scallion squeal and sizzle."

rest of article here.

"Night Mail"

part 1

part 2

part 3


"This is the Night Mail crossing the border / Bringing the cheque and the postal order".

Monty

"… a poorly tailored bohemian painter."

Peter Duck, 1932


Coot Club, 1934


Pigon Post, 1936


Secret Water, 1939


The Big Six, 1940


The Picts and The Martyrs, 1943

Great Northern, 1947

A few Arthur Ransome books I found the other day. Was looking for the first in the series, Swallows and Amazons, but these will do. Finished Coot Club, and The Big Six. Just starting Peter Duck and hope to find the rest of the series with same wonderful covers. They remind me a bit of the kids in the Archers, A Canterbury Tale. Ripping good yarns!

Chebeague Island Fisherman's Wet mitten. (after fulling)

Chebeague Island Fisherman's Wet mitten. (before fulling)

I just knit up a pair of these. Bartlett's 2 ply yarn purchased at the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival. Pattern from Robin Hansen's excellent Favorite Mittens. They knit up very fast, over a weekend , more or less and about an hour to do the fulling (scrubbing in hot water and then plunging in cold water repeatedly). Hoping they will provide some much needed comfort in the winter riding ahead. The fishermen wet these in cold water and wring them out before going out for the day. We'll see how well that works. I suppose it's a bit like a wet suit. I wonder how these would stand up to the famous Dachstein mittens? From what I can tell they seem to be a bit thicker than these. Anyone out there own a pair?