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| Passionfruit Flower |
The first half of the year is behind us and it feels to me like it went by in a blink of an eye! I spent a little time, this morning, reviewing the previous six months. I started out the new year with the aspiration of focusing on my physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and while a lot was accomplished towards that goal, I think a lot can still be done! There's plenty of room for improvement, I think. It's a good thing that I have six more months left in the year to work towards that!
On the 1st of July, I made milkrice for brunch as is my usual custom to celebrate the start of a new month. We had it with seeni sambol (a spicy onion relish).
Gardener friend M was here to tend to the garden in the early afternoon. We chatted a bit and I served him some of the chocolate chip cookies that my daughter had baked on Monday.
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| Chocolate Chip Cookies |
We also decided that it was time to pick two of the Berkeley Tie Dye tomatoes because they have a tendency to split when they ripen. They are just turning color, as you can see, but, the bigger one is already beginning to split near the stem end:
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| Berkeley Tie Dye Tomatoes |
They do look a bit like they've been tie dyed, don't they? Neither daughter nor I like to eat raw tomatoes; instead, we add them to various dishes when we cook them. Or, I make a tomato curry.
In the evening, I picked up friend R and we went to the viewing of one of our friends who passed away after a two year battle with cancer. Afterwards, I dropped friend R off at her apartment and came home. Daughter and I had rice, ground beef keema curry, dhal, and green beans for dinner:
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| Wednesday Dinner |
On the 1st of July, I was grateful for:
- Monthly rituals
- M's help with the garden
- Homegrown tomatoes
- Friends
- Being able to give friend R a ride to the viewing and back
Joyful activities included spending time in the garden, picking homegrown tomatoes, chatting with friend R in the car on our way to the funeral home and back, and enjoying a chocolate chip cookie.
Plans for Thursday include:
- Attending my friend's funeral
- Some housework
- Maybe some baking
How was your first day of July?
I have never seen tie-dye tomatoes before. 🍅 Yes, they definitely look like that.
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate chip cookies your daughter baked look delicious 😋
My gardener friend M bought a tie dye tomato plant for me when a plant nursery was having a "Tomato Festival" a couple of years ago, because it was called Berkeley tie dye and my daughter was at Berkeley at the time. It has been self seeding and providing me with a few tomatoes every year since then. :)
DeleteThe chocolate chip cookies are delicious and I've been enjoying them, probably a bit more than I should! :D
I spent 1st July sewing
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lovely way to spend the day, Angela. I plan to do more sewing this month, myself.
DeleteHow is this year already half gone? It flew by!
ReplyDeleteIt did, didn't it? Barely 6 months left till Christmas, Anne! Are you ready? :D
DeleteIt's sad to lose a friend. I'm sorry for that. The tomatoes look wonderful. I think passion fruit flowers are lovely but almost look alien! I am home now, drove back yesterday. It's always nice to go, just better to come home!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie.
DeleteThe tomatoes do look good, don't they? Passion fruit flowers do look lovely if a bit alien. I've three passion fruits on the vine, so far, but, they are not ready to pick, yet.
I'm glad you had a safe drive home and I'm sure your kitty is glad to have you home. :)
It doesn't seem possible that we are halfway through the year already. We seemed to spend most of the time waiting for spring and summer to start! I like the stripy tomatoes. It is too bad that they start to split.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like the days are speeding by, doesn't it? I used the smaller of the two tomatoes when I cooked a shrimp curry, today. They are very flavorful, but, they do have the unfortunate tendency to split. This particular variety is considered an heirloom tomato and I've read that heirloom tomatoes in general have a thinner skin and tend to split more than thicker skinned hybrid tomatoes. Also, changes in soil water content (allowing the soil to dry out between watering), levels of nitrogen, and fluctuations in temperature also contribute.
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