These beautiful wax bean combination certain had my attention this morning. They stay true to color in cooking except for the burgundy/blue ones that turn darker.This arrangement was a delight to our eyes, there is so much artistry among our farmers here!This pink tinged cauliflower also had our
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11/30/2019
We stopped at the Santa Barbara Harbor today, where we bought Ahi Tuna for dinner tonight. It is running in our local waters and it is as fresh as fresh can be. Ahead of us in line were several Japanese couples who were having Ahi and salmon sashimi cut for their lunch. Then they asked for Uni
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11/29/2019
Yesterday, when the rain stopped and the sun showed up, we took Quincy on a walk! As we looked up to the hills, we spotted a few snow patches on the summits! We have more rain predicted for the weekend and the following week. “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses the
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11/29/2019
Pictured above is a Thanksgiving vignette that was created by one of the farmers at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market last Saturday. Wishing you all a wonderfully delightful Thanksgiving! To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude
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11/28/2019
Yesterday, as we were buying the rest of the items we needed for our Thanksgiving feast, we noticed near the checkout counter a sea of red poinsettias, (pictured above). On another note, we are so thankful for the 600 plus firefighters who doused the Cave Fire out in the mountains to 100% conta
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11/27/2019
It just so happened that yesterday morning, we were on way (the long way because of the recent fire in the hills) to the Bakers Table in Santa Ynez. We finally managed to get a picture of the sign, because it made us laugh every time we saw it. It was time to research what this was! We learned
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11/27/2019
Photo courtesy of GelsonsThis wonderful recipe was sent to us by one of our favorite grocery stores, Gelsons. I liked the idea of baking the French toast rather than making individual servings. That way everyone can eat together. For those of you who are gluten free, you can buy gl
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11/26/2019
This is our fourth entry into Debe Maxwell, CRS and Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland November Challenge! Thank you Debe and Margaret for hosting this wonderful challenge.Pictured above is the physical Qi Gong exercise chart; a painting on silk depicting the practice of Qigong Taiji; unearthed
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11/25/2019
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before!― Maya AngelouWe fell in love with this quote when our dear friend and mastermind participant mentioned this quote! What if we woke every morning with that thought in mind? After all, every day is a new one, and every moment is a new mo
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11/25/2019
We spotted this cutie as we were shopping at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. No doubt, this Papillon dog was supervising his mistress as to what to buy for the Thanksgiving feast. Did you know that Papillon (French for 'butterfly-eared]'), also called the Continental Toy Spaniel, is breed of
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11/24/2019
