glass blowing at Snow Farm

Snow Farm, in Williamsburg MA (near Northampton), hosted an artists' sale today--pottery, glass, jewelry, wood turning, textiles.

As a teaser to their weekend and week-long programs, they hosted a glass-blowing demo today, seen here making an ornament. It looks like I knew what I was doing.

Virtual Jam Swap with UTHC

Aimee Bourque at Under the High Chair is featuring 25 scrumptious, sophisticated and stunning summer and fall jam, jelly and butter submissions in the 2009 Jam Swap.

Check out my Red Pepper w/ Tequila recipe!

There may still be time for one more batch of jelly this season.
On Saturday I'll pick some rose hips on the north shore and see what I can make from them.

I'll keep you "post"ed...

Fall in Cambridge

Every morning the last two weeks I've reminded myself that I'm grateful for fall in New England.

Cape Time

It doesn't get better than "Cape time" in Chatham. The beach, clamming, a hike...

Harvard Polo

I went to my first polo match, Harvard v. Yale, on Sunday afternoon at Myopia Polo / Myopia Hunt in Hamilton, MA. College polo is 3-on-3 in an arena, played in 4 7 1/2 minute chukkas (periods). Congrats to the Harvard team who won, 13-11.

Newbury Street

You never know what you'll run into on Newbury Street. On Saturday the School of Fashion Design had a sidewalk trunk sale--selling samples, drawings, mannequins and hand painted silk scarf "seconds."

Eat Local: Concord Grape Jelly

The smell of Concord grapes always reminds me of the fall and Sunday visits at my grandparents. This quintuple batch of jelly was made with Concord grapes from an arbor on the patio at the Masters' Residence in Pforzheimer House. We didn't even make a dent in picking them, so I'm recruiting a new batch of jelly makers for this Friday afternoon.

I should mention that jelly making is a full contact sport. But it went quickly--with Alex, Amy and Felicia, we made 36 pints (plus some extra) in less than 3 hours!