Vino

'A day without wine is like a day without sunshine.'
I don't know who said that but they were on to something.

Terry Fox Sunday

It was a perfect morning for the Terry Fox Run; cool and breezy, sunny and warm. We started off early so we had the trail all to ourselves. Brunch at Cowboy Coffee.

With the help of the Barefoot Contessa, I roasted up some spuds, leeks, and onions, added some stock and white wine and pureed it all in the blender for a very creamy soup. No need for cream, just a nice sprinkling of parmesan, and a glass of wine to complete the meal.

Tomatoes and sunflowers

Two of my favourite things; tomatoes and teddy bear sunflowers. The weather is decidedly cooler so we have been busy picking all the tomatoes. The sunflowers are from the market; I did not grow any this year but I will certainly put some in next spring.

More shorts

These shorts for Maura were so quick and easy to make. The fun part is choosing a label from my collection to stitch to the front of the shorts. The label I used belonged to something of Maura's because she put her initials on it. Perfect!

Brown eyes

It's only a five minute walk but sometimes it feels a world away. Some benches are in the shade so it's perfect to sit, have lunch, and listen to the splashing fountain and the birds. It is quite nice right now with all the flowers putting on the last show and these are my favourite. How can you be blue once you have gazed upon these little faces?

Bayview curtains

I made curtains. Not something I usually do; I don't even care for curtains. But in the process of making these ones for TG's apartment in Toronto, I realized that I really like sewing and I can actually make curtains (Mr. Cowboy helped) that are nice enough to hang even though I had to 'patch' them up because I didn't have enough of the beautiful toile fabric.

And these are reversible; TG's idea and she picked out the fabric.

The white cotton cutwork is a tablecloth that I just bought two weeks ago at the big sale at VV. I think it looks really sharp. Hope TG likes it.

Blue moon ragu

We cannot go out into the garden without a bowl; the tomatoes are small but there are lots of them.

The beans have made it all the way through the deck but, sadly, no beans this year.

Another great book from Frances Mayes - The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. I made Giusi's Ragu and it was good but the recipe did not call for chili pepper flakes so I added a pinch or two just to liven it up a little.

Two full moons in one month; hope everyone enjoyed the blue moon last night.

And yesterday I found a wonderful package in my mailbox from the giveaway at French General. Lots of neat notions that I am planning on using on my next set of cards to sell at the store.