buster, burrito, and buster

a horse named buster

our neighbor judi, who lives nearby on woodland road, has a horse named buster, and a donkey named burrito. on a sunny sunday morning, she stopped by to give them a good run in our paddock. buster, the dog, was unsure about his namesake running around the front yard, but all the animals got a good run out of it. afterwards, i got to walk buster (the horse) home with judi and burrito, with a pause with admiring fans in a car.

ice cream!

i have been making a lot of ice cream this summer. not only because of the heat, but its fun to make, easy to make, and much tastier than store-bought. i have been making a custard-based ice cream as well as sorbets. for the sorbets, i have made nectarine and watermelon sorbets. with the eggs down the street, classic vanilla and chocolate were in order. here you can see where i pick up a carton of eggs, usually returning an empty carton at the same time. the yolks of the eggs are very yellow, and very big. here you can see the nectarine sorbet (the nectarines are from the CSA), along with vanilla and chocolate.

bugs on a plate

a nice addition to our home were dishwasher safe plates to look like paper plates, and with printed special little ants to keep things active. we love them! thank you cynthia for the 1-year home housewarming gift!

steve's family visits

Steve's family visited from the harrisburg area. Mom (Mary Buela), sister Cassy and her husband Mike, aunt Stephanie, uncle Steve, cousin Teresa and her boyfriend Kerry, and cousin Mary Katherine. They all got to stay at a house down the road. They explored the whole county over the week's stay. The day of their arrival, it was a hot day, but a BBQ was in order for friends and family, packed with hot dogs, hamburgers, plenty of vegetables from the CSA, frozen margaritas, and homemade ice cream. On the following day, we hosted a simple brunch with farm fresh eggs, slab bacon, and (gluten free) cranberry muffins.

another CSA

last week's CSA had leeks, onions, turnips, shard, bok choy, nectarines and peaches. with the nectarines and peaches, i made a gallette using a cornmeal crust. in addition to this dessert, we made homemade chocolate ice cream using fresh eggs from down the road. i will send out another posting all about the eggs and making ice cream.

buster found a bone

buster found a bone in the back yard. cattle? goat? human? unclear.