2011
April 12
Septic tank is replaced
Wow! - what happened to the backyard! - 1 - 2
April 27
More views of backyard 1 - 2
April 28 - it looks like there will be a food buoy this year!
May 13
Sale of house closed!
May 26 - Fishmonger - toasting one of Lionel's favorite drinks (martini!)
1 - 2
May 27 - Lionel burial service after
Dave/Emily - Mark/Rindy - Rich/Pam - Mark/Rindy/Mandy/Emily/David - Will/Ben - Will/Lucas/Paul/Ben -
challah bread (all pics from Mandy)
Dinner 1 - 2 - 3 -- Emily looks at picture of the Statue for the first time
May 31 - new Mexican restaurant in town! (Anejo)
June 5 - Sun time lapse in the backyard (from 10 to 2) (re: where should we put the vegetable garden?)
June 11 - improvements - shower 1 - shower 2 (these due to Bruce Andersen, thanks!) - shower 3 - new deck chairs - replace old speakers - replace amp (it wasn't working all last summer and we didn't realize it!) - (both Errie) rake front - rake back
June 17 - the old Yamaha clavinova ~20 years old,
accompanied some famous cello performances!
June 18 - gardening gets off the ground! - before - after - closeup
June 20 - we have dirt! the truck - the
pile - leveling
it off - finished, with japanese eggplant
June 21 - planted - water
June 22 - more plants
June 25 - make a terrace
June 22 - Sid, Masa
June 24 - Masa makes eggplant and yakitori, and takoyaki -- Take,
Mark, Sachiko, Masa
June 26 - a trip to the marsh - 1 - 2 -
John finds a horseshoe crab - Rindy
explains the anatomy - Emily, Xufeng, Mark
one of the dishes at dinner (gobo kinpira) was made from this
homegrown from Rindy's garden!
June 28 - Masa cooks niku-dofu, Rindy cooks spinach
July 2 - More garden progress -- the hardest part - new
box filled! - tomato
plant planted - other box planted - water
July 3 - Kennichi, Masa -- Masa,
Kennichi, Mark, Sachiko -- hamburgers -- french
fries -- strawberries
July 9 - tomatoes -- tomatillos -- hot peppers
how to catch a mouse:
fry some potatoes in a large pot and leave the oil to cool off on the stove
(for a few days). Then look inside -- liberation at an unidientified locale
sufficiently far from the Hyatt
grilled radicchio wrapped in bacon
July 10 - Joe and Tom working on a Fly Lab door --
pizza -- grilled scallions with almond sauce
July 10 - failed time lapse (only went a few days)
July 11 garden -- furled - unfurled - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
July 15 - more pizza (we think we've figured out how
to do it!) - planning for
the next food adventure - Marina & Alexis
July 16 - prosciutto arugula pizza - sausage
pizza - grilled onions - grilled
potatoes - pan de
bono (Marina) - figs with cheese (Peter) - beets with robiola
July 17 - tomato flower - future
eggplant - squash blossom - grilled
eggplant - lemon pasta
July 18 - sparks at Sid's BBQ
July 19 - an apple pie (Joana / Nilah), ice cream
July 20 - grilled onions - zucchini - okra / mushrooms - a
daikon / sprout creation (Greg) - eggplant / mozzarella (Joana)
- Joana - Peter / Greg - 2
Movie club "The Black Swan"
July 23 - from the grill 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -
5 (Peter did this one!) - at the
table
favorite gadget from this summer
July 24 - blueberry pancakes (Joana)
July 26 - new mailbox
July 27 - growing eggplant - eggplant
flower - first harvest!
Bioluminescence -- hit
play then move the mouse -- red green stereo
July 28 - a trip to Boston: scenes from favorite restaurant (Punjabi Dhaba) -
1 - 2 - 3
August 2 - black eyed susan
August 5 - we catch a mouse! - 1 - 2
August 6 - Time lapse drive / GPS to Windfall Market
August 7 - David's birthday - dinner - Rindy,
David, Sid - Anne, Signhild,
Emily
David checks out the sculptures at MBL -- 1 - 2 - 3
August 8 - bean soup with pizza
August 10 - more garden harvest
August 11 - another mouse
August 13 - first eggplant - I
had no idea! - now - then (July 9)
August 15 - mouse #3 - August 17 - mouse
#4 - August 18 - mouse #5 - Aug
20 (#6) - Aug 22
(#7) - Aug 29 (#8) - Sept 1 (#9)
August 21 - how to make pizza crust
August 24 - preparations for a big improvement 1 - 2 - wow! - another view
August 23-29 Hurricane Irene - simultaneous satellite,
NY Times map, backyard timelapse
August 27 - backyard before -- August 29 backyard
after - another area
August 29 - what's this on the piano lamp?? -- close up
September 3 - first tomato, we finally figured out how to prevent critters
from eating them!
Katia: the hurricane that wasn't
daily 5 day projections (starting
from Wed August 31) On Sept 1, the forecast had it heading right towards
the US!
It missed New England, passing by on September 10 (maybe
because a storm from the west pushed it away??)
weather map from Aug 30 to Sept 10
September 5 - Songs are structured: watch
for multiples of 4
September 10 - a visit to the the Ratzan's newly renovated house
September 14 - they're working on the roof! - from
inside the house - more
September 16 - last part of roof -- before -
after
September 16 - old piano on its way out - out
September 17 - what has come out of the basement
September 18 - bike work stand - improvement
for Peter's tire
September 18 - front yard - clethra (we have lots
of it) - close
up
bad plant! (really sharp thorns!)
