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November 30, 2019
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November 30, 2019
food, travel food, ginza, gonpachi, japan, photography, rio, riotaro okada, sushi, tokyo, video 1 Comment
Thanks to my friend Rio, a masterful sushi lunch in Ginza at Gonpachi. Best sushi so far this life.



















July 11, 2019
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Rain and sun. Rain and sun. 90 degree days and massive afternoon thunderstorms. The garden is OK with all that.
First real harvest and a vegetarian dinner grown entirely on the property.

Watermellon? Watermellon.

First real harvest. Still waiting for tomatoes to get red.
October 10, 2017
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Dad’s Apple crop this year was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Unbelievable. Ida Reds.



Golden Delicious

new ladders


81 years old and still farming.
September 20, 2017
food, humor, photography, travel, who knows food, humor, japan, travel 1 Comment
The best ramen, tsukemen, cold noo-noos dipped.

the makers of the best ramen in the hippest ramen space in town. Tokyo- Fuunji, thanks.

Some like it RAW – put me on the Sushi Train.
The Conductor.

Just meat.

Kaiseki – catch it when you can.

eaters, dressed for the part.

Nishiki Market, Kyoto.
Protein Snack this, my friend.

Fabulous fish flakes.

And the Famous Bento Box. Prepackaged cooked food, room temp. Japan. Train food. Sticky rice superb.

July 31, 2016
farm, food, mixology cocktail recipe, margerita, pineapple Leave a comment
Somehow an actual pineapple grew here in Virginia. It came due today.

Ripe Pineapple
Around here, when you get ripe you may well end up in a cocktail.

Put the lime in the pineapple
Pineapple + jalapeño mergerita
2 oz liquified mix of 1/2 jalapeño and a tiny cored pineapple
2 oz fresh lime juice
4 oz blue agave tequila
2 t blue agave syrup
Stir down. Strain into cocktail glass.



YOWZA, that jalapeño is hot
February 14, 2016
animals, art, cute, farm, food, humor, nature, photography, river, who knows nature, photography, river, shenandoah, shenandoah river, snow Leave a comment
EEK! Help us!!!!!!!!!
I’ll Save you! Chug Chug chug…..
NOM NOM NOM NOM……….
November 21, 2015
animals, birds, cute, farm, food, humor, nature, photography, who knows chickens, food, nature, photography, possum Leave a comment
April 23, 2015
farm, food, humor, nature, photography, who knows go ask alice, mushroom, nature, photography, straw Leave a comment