Now is high summer, the long hot season begins---and the early harvest is in at the farmers market.
This morning we had a playful puffy breeze and sunshine, another perfect day! The big town has the fountains going again....
The antique kiosks with our town history have been replaced [post H. Sandy]. Lots of civic pride in having overcome such a difficult time.
Early tomatoes, from a grower's greenhouse. (I love their checked red gingham oilcloth tables!)
Someday I 'll figure out what to do with beets. These are "Golden Salad'' beets [eeew?], and Watermelon beets/ radishes.
I bought this beautiful red-leaf butter lettuce. Dense and sweet. Just picked this morning. What a treat!
I'll make a huge salad tonight with the lettuce, slivered strawberries and bleu cheese. A vinaigrette made with this delicious peach infused locally sourced vinegar:
We'll welcome summer on the breezy deck, nibbling on Long Island cheese and Brooklyn salami and teeny tiny red radishes.
We'll toast Summer's arrival with a crisp white local sauvignon blanc. Marinated steaks and salad. Perfect~
[oh except the wine should be red, let me go look. (I hate red wine.) Maybe a rose`?]
While Mo cools his fat baby tummy on the cool wood floor.
love
lizzy
gone to the beach~~~~
***PS This fascinates me: The longest day, when twilight lingers late and dawn arrives just a few hours after.
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Today 6/21
Dawn begins 3.18 AM!
Sunrise 5.24
Sunset 8.29
Darkness descends 10.34!
so there are only about 4 1/2 hours of darkness, even less here where we have no trees or mountains and the horizons are far far away. No wonder it's hard to sleep?
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