It's that time of year again--time to join the CSA!

I love the Park Slope CSA.  We've been members for awhile now.  I love the anticipation each week, not knowing what variety of amazing local organic vegetables we'll be getting with our Tuesday pick up.  I love the tomatoes.  :)  This year we're going to go on a trip to the farm to see where our food comes from and meet the farmers.  It's so nice sitting here in February thinking about the potential bounty of the upcoming seasons.  Happy sigh.

image via Park Slope CSA

BUT this year, we're mixing things up a bit!  I'm excited to say that we're going to buy an every other week share with the tried and true Park Slope CSA and ALSO buy an every other week share with our local Sunset Park CSA.  So far we haven't wanted to switch because we love the Park Slope CSA so much, but the pick up location for the Sunset Park CSA is so close to home, and the farm is in a different area.  I'm excited to see the differences in our CSA comparison experiment.  It's going to be an exciting summer and fall of fresh, local, organic, delicious vegetables and eggs.  Yay!!

image via Sunset Park CSA

At the studio

First haircut

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Not a good start/a good start

Already this morning I've had a work phone call where someone yelled at me about events that were beyond my control.  I'm not a big fan of apologizing for things that aren't my fault, but I did anyway.  The only thing under my control is how I react to the situation.  So instead of dwelling on it, I'm taking a deep breath, and posting a picture of something that makes me incredibly happy.

 

Winter CSA share

It's always a little difficult when daylight savings time ends and it starts getting dark at 5:00.  I'm not a huge fan of winter weather, the lack of sunshine, and I definitely prefer summer produce!  But again this year, we've signed up for our CSA's winter share.  And I love it.  Farmer Ted sent the following photos of the greens being harvested.

It's so nice to know where our food is coming from.  We didn't make it this year, but next year we're planning a trip up to the farm!  These once a month deliveries of fruit and vegetables, really help get me through the dark days of winter.

Salty Honey Pie

South Brooklyn Post published this recipe for Salty Honey Pie by Melissa and Emily Elsen.  I've eaten this pie at Four + Twenty Blackbirds, and it is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.  I'm so excited to find this recipe online and am looking forward to trying to make it for Thanksgiving.  Yay!!

Salty Honey Pie by Melissa and Emily Elsen
Photo by Joshua Kristal via South Brooklyn Post

A year later

My grandpa, Albert Carlon Nichols, died a year ago today.  (link)  I was thinking this morning about things I am thankful for.  Having him as a part of my life for so long, was such a blessing.  And I feel so lucky that my son was able to meet his great-grandfather.  Grandpa was such a giving, caring, strong, wonderful person, and so full of life.  He was always ready with a joke and a smile.  So today I am both happy and sad.