WEEKEND: ART IN THE KITCHEN

"Cooking is an art and patience a virtue...
Careful shopping, fresh ingredients and
 an unhurried approach are nearly all
you need. There is one more thing -- love.
 Love for food and love for those you
 invite to your table. With a combination
 of these things you can be an artist --
not perhaps in the representational style
 of a Dutch master, but rather more like
 Gauguin, the naive, or Van Gogh, the
 impressionist. Plates or pictures of
 sunshine taste of happiness and love."

~Keith Floyd

weekending, my favorite part of the week. a time to relax, live, love, just to be. if you'd like to share your weekend either with words, photographs, or both, leave a link to a weekend post in the comments.
This weekend was...

Waking before the sun to run
before the heat reached  the
triple digits. Finally overcoming
a runner's block and pushing
forward in my marathon training.
Picking quarts and quarts of blueberries
for the freezer..and a few for
 creamy blueberry pies too.
Reorganizing my kitchen [why
did I wait so long?] and spending
hours creating new recipes and
menus with garden fresh vegetables;
especially loving the pumpkin-carrot
soup with hemp seeds I had for lunch.
Sharing a big bowl of popcorn while
watching Bringing Up Baby with the
thirteen year old. I do love his voice
changing laughter! Waking in the 
middle of the night to a thunderstorm
and listening to the blessing of 
much needed rain.  Having all the children
come by with hugs and cards for their Dad.
Grilling venison burgers [them]
and portabella mushrooms [me]
on the grill  with homemade fries
for dinner followed by bowls of
vanilla bean ice cream. [and I
ate some too...yum!].
Preparing for two weeks with the
wee one while her Mommy and Daddy
are gone....have I told you how much
I enjoy being a grandparent? I do...
a whole lot! 
How was your weekend?
xx
Linking with Amanda~the habit of being