Please come to Boston

My hopes of blogging daily from New England did obviously not pan out.  For one, my mom only has an aircard for internet....so that left us with just the Iphones...which is fine for blogging really.  I blog alot from my Iphone4.  However, we were just to busy having alot of fun enjoying civilization again.  Don't get me wrong.  My little town in Northern Florida is quaint, but I am so not a Florida girl.  I came here 11 years ago out of circumstance.  Taking a trip back to New England reiterated what I always have known....I am a Yankee and always will be.  I miss the hustle and bustle of a big city....the culture..the opportunities.  Even living in a small city outside of Boston, like Salem where my parent's live, it is a whole different world.  Everything there is old....and I love old.  So my trip provided me with affirmation that I belong there...I am living on borrowed time right now in the Sunshine State.

Our Amtrak ride was cool.  Since we were laden down with soooo many bags, we just waited in Penn Station in NYC for our next train to Boston. We did buy a slice of New York Cheesecake.

Our first day was spent exploring Salem.  I have lived in Salem before, but the town has really grown.  Alexis toured Salem University, which was very nice.  Abby wanted to visit the occult stores.  There are so many in the town....some good, some not so much.  There was a cool new one called Hex that a friend of mom's opened.  It's actually a vodoo shop which was interesting.

Day 2 was spent in Boston.  Showed the girls how to ride the commuter train and subway.  We ate Dim Sum in the morning in China Town.  

Then rode the T back to Fanuel Hall and shopped.  Afterwards we hiked over to the  North End,which is Boston's Little Italy, for the best cannolis I have ever tasted.  
We stopped by an Italian market for some olive antipasta salad, mortadella and sliced provolone.  Low and behold they had the octopus salad that Abby wanted to try so we grabbed that to.

Day 3 we drove to Rhinebeck, NY for the sheep and wool festival.  It was cold, were thousands of people in happy spirits due to yarn intoxication.  Oh and the food venders....we had homemade chicken potpies that were out of this world.  My favorite vender was the Sanguine Griffon...her yarn is awesome..and what a following.  I think we waited in line for a hour just to pay.

Day 4 we went for fresh clams and lobsters.

Day 5 we explored Portsmouth, NH which I loved.  I would so live there.  We ate at a cool little joint called popovers.  Their popovers were delicious!

great hummus plate..

Day 6....back on the train to Florida...sniff, sniff.

Leaving On A Jet Plane...or Train...........

Well today is the big day of travel....my much anticipated trip to visit my parent's in Salem and to go to Rhinebeck for the first time.  We are traveling by train and it should be quite an adventure.  We do have a 3 hour stay in the Big Apple...just enough time to grab some lunch.  I will blog daily about our daily adventures.....we may never come back..........................................................................................................

Lovely Projects

I love the young Scottish designer Ysolda Teague.   I just bought her pattern for this lovely shaw. I am anxiously waiting for her new pattern book to come out and am hoping to see it at Rhinebeck in October.  I will cross my fingers....if so it will be on the to buy list.   I am trying to go to Rhinebeck with a few projects in mind to buy yarn for or I will get overwhelmed easily, which will lead to spending to much money.  I am giving myself a spending limit of $200.00, not a penny more.  

I am almost finished, except for binding off the neckline and sewing on the wooden buttons for the owl eyes of Addy's owl sweater.  It is soooo cute.  With little boots and tights, and this owl hat

from Spud and Chloe.....picture time!  

Sleeping Babe

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost

Roasted Vitamin A

I love red heads.....and I love the color of carrots. This is the simplest way to cook them. Trust me you will eat them no other way. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of them in the roasted state because the scoundrels at the house swept in before I had a chance.

Ingredients


1 bag of baby carrots
Olive oil to coat
Sea salt to taste
A sprinkling of thyme and pepper. Be generous now.

Place them on a pan and toss with oil and herbs. Bake at 350 until they are wrinkly like your grandma.

Add Love....Will Grow

Peach Deliciousness

The last of the seasons peaches were in the store this week. Amazingly these were the best I have tasted. They actually tasted like the peaches
I remember growing up and not the tasteless things found in the store nowadays due to pesticides, chemicals and genetic tampering of our food.... That is another post though.

The recipe for the peach crisp came from
the Pioneer Woman, who provides awesome inspiration. Plus, great recipes. Try it, I will not disappoint you!