six weeks later

I'm ready to reseed the cilantro and I keep tying up the tomato. We've been harvesting the mint for sun tea, arugula for salad and dill to top grilled salmon. I think the trough gardening has been a success.

The front yard trough is growing a crop of sunflowers that I couldn't bring myself to thin. But my lovely gardener friend Scott offered to do it for me and I let him. I'm hoping to raise some monarchs on the milkweed that's hidden below the sunflowers.

Ah, summertime, and the living is easy, at least in the West End of Alameda.

a small pie

When I answered the phone this week a friend said he pictured me with my hands in pie crust. No, in fact my hands had been in dirt, I was gardening. And besides, I told him, it seemed silly to make a pie for just the two of us. "Agnes" he said "make a small pie". So this afternoon staring at the all the white peaches and apricots on the counter I made a small pie. We may have to eat dessert first.