Signs of summer 2017

My first tomato harvest.

Frozen grapes...

..for use as wine ice cubes.

$5 bouquet from the farmer's market.

The door's closed because the AC is on.

Peaches Day 2

Day 2 I had to work, so this is all that I managed.

Oh the irony, this was on the counter when I got to work.

Peach Week Begins

I've been working 3, 4, or 5 days a week (depending on the vacation schedule) so I don't have as much time to putter around the house as I used to.  But peach week is beginning and I'm determined not to waste these babies like I did last year.

First up, Salmon with Peach Salsa.

Ernest once had an experience with jalapeños which he never wants to repeat. I usually just put a plastic sandwich bag over my hand but since we happened to have a box of rubber gloves I decided to suit up properly. I told Ernest I practiced proper Jalapeño Hygiene, but I also confessed to getting onion juice in my eye. 

No recipe as usual. 

Birds and Bees

I forgot to post this earlier. I made some birds and bees for the book store's spring window.

Thanks to Charley Harper for the inspiration.

I have the birds back now as the window changed for summer. I think the quail will live on top of a bookcase.

The bees will go into the bathroom, which I am redecorating with my bee collection.

Gredunza Time

I wanted to do some redecorating, so we bought a mid-century credenza to use as a record cabinet.

It is awesome!

I put just a few knicknacks out.

My precious

One of my favorite books to read to young Ernest was More More More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams.

I would read this page and then kiss the belly.

Mice and Mystics Meet Petite Princess

We were in the kitchen scene of Mice and Mystics and I mentioned, "Oh, I have a dollhouse table that would fit there."

Frank was intrigued so the next time we played I got out the furniture.

Time to battle those rats!

Sequence

I'm just minding my own business...

When suddenly...

Up pops the white whale...

I apologize. He's not really whale-sized any more.

He breaches the crest of the pillow...

Aaand he's over. Gone to the next lap. 

I can breathe. 

Juxtaposition of Opposites

Pressing the tofu with pot roast.

Foreshortening

A prime example of foreshortening is Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ.

Hunter clearly demonstrates that the foreground (his butt) is much larger than it appears in real life.

So wouldn't you expect these fingers to be larger, since they are in the foreground?

I forgot about this example..