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Tomato bounty, 2018

Every year I plant tomatoes and just when they’re starting to ripen we start to have frost. You’d think I’d learn. I harvest what I can, bring it in, and ripen it in the window. Not that I needed reminding, but DH noted we had a lot of tomatoes we needed to use. I mumbled something about making tomato sauce.

DH said, “Tomato pie!”
Tomato pie?? Though neither of us had heard of it, I found a bunch of recipes online. Since I had a ready made pie crust I decided to give it a try. The result is above. Tomatoes, fresh basil, green onions…topped with a mixture of cheese and mayonnaise. I’m up for the occasional kitchen adventure.

This is the recipe I used. Would I do it again? Probably not this way. I like mayonnaise, in its place. Like on a sandwich or mixed with tuna. Across the top of a pie? Even with cheese, not so much.

Cake talk

I was at our local Costco recently. I obviously wasn’t very focused because I found myself looking at a rack of sheet cakes waiting to be picked up. Happy Anniversary. Happy Birthday. Really. Sometimes I think I’ll read anything.

My radar must have been working because I came across a cake with this written on it: “Thanks for not firing us…yet.” There’s a story there.

Dungeness Recreation Area

The trail meanders a short distance through a wooded area and then opens onto this view. Access to the bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca near here has recently been moved inland because of erosion. But this view helps make up for the loss of a beautiful water vantage.

Nobody home

I thought I’d show you just how big an eagle’s nest can be. In a mostly dead tree, or snag, this one stands out.

Eagles like this sort of vantage point. The location isn’t too far from the Dungeness River, where the fishing can be good. But it’s also next to some open fields where a bird with an eagle’s vision can also probably have good hunting.