an ongoing public gallery!

Think I'll continually update some pics I especially like, admittedly mostly of food.

cinnamon, brown sugar, orange zest, and fresh sage for savory bread pudding

heading to an evening party with orange chocolate chunk cake and biscotti

roasted walnut and anise biscotti, for breakfast the morning after

supper tart of red onion, seasonal greens, and roasted grapes...my favorite treat-y intimate "cheater's assembly" dish

chocolate banana cake!

spiced and roasted squash for salad

cheddar and cranberry cookies

wintertime lunch at home, just the two of us

olive oil-fried sage leaves

another banana cake...

wilted seasonal greens (escarole!) with stock, apples, and chile, yummmm

greek cinnamon tomato sauce with leftover tarragon-leek chicken and feta over ziti, so good

curried roasted cauliflower with red onion and chick peas

crispy pistachio-apricot oatmeal cookies. possibly my favorite cookie.

french-canadian tourtiere

pumpkin croquettes

fennel and mushroom salad with parmesan

apple crostata

spiced and sauteed eggplant for a thai dish

leftover cheater's provencal salad for lunch

leftover chocolate cardamom bundt cake, from valentine's day

plum and almond crumb tart

pasta with hashed brussels sprouts and pine nuts

holiday lemony sage and basil cookies, for a party

tea time for sick chick

now for NOT FOOD!...

wintering cats. they'll have you convinced their lives are haaard

a baby girl cat, mine

trudy putting up with proximity to horace, just for the winter warmth

sniff sniff

iris. a night to remember for sure.

our leftover wedding favors/decorations doing decorative double duty

terrible window, lovely little details to keep me charmed: a good encapsulation of our abode in general

SPAIN. Va-va-valencia.

CAS

The Horace of sea lions.

Our first little room was right on the beach. Like. Put your toes off the balcony and you'll touch sand.

Getting ready for early morning (pre-breakfast!) wading.

Jellyfish!

And other fish.

The cat that befriended us when we woke our first morning. It was like Trudy was channeling us, ha.

The old city on our first day in.

Fuzzy but so how it felt

Neat little details all around like that

Some of the amazing graffiti art scattered through the city

These two pics together in immediate succession never fail to crack me up.

This guy reeled in an octopus right in front of us; we saw the whole thing. Wish I could have gotten a non-blurry shot of him reeling it in on the line. I was pretty amazed. I've seen people catch lobster and other shellfish in New England, but...

It was like the city was meant for Robert! "We take care of your best friend" indeed.

SPANISH FOOD!

Tapas at Casa Guillermo, known best for its anchovies, which we loved by the way

Fried fish on the beach

Conejo y marisco (rabbit and seafood) paella at La Marcelina

Tapas a second time at Casa Montana--the only place we ate at twice because I loved it so much. That place is so wonderful. My idea of heaven, huge casks and chalkboards of the week's wines and the nicest server ever.