Someone in Germany

According to my mother - who folows my blog regularly, there is someone in Germany named Tina Hittenberger. IF you are that person, please reply (in English or German or Italian or Spanish). IT would be fun to meet a Doppganger on-line.

Travel 2 Art

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in front of  "The Sailmakers" 2010, venice reference fotos

333 pounds of Apples = 261 pints of Applesauce

Returning from Italy, I was invited by the SLOW HARVEST folks to help turn 333 pounds of gleaned apples into 261 pints of yummy applesauce. We took over the Relish Cooking School Kitchen in Healdsburg and on THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR and peeled, chopped, cooked, and canned apples from 9:00 until 3:00. Everyone was in good spirits and we left knowing that all the jars would be going to the Food Bank and Food Pantry. Economic slides downward bring out the best in people who are willing band together. The spirit of both my grandmothers - who canned every summer - were on my shoulders all day.

September 16 we take on TOMATOES!!!!!!!!!!!

Launching of the Butterflute

Beautiful Victoria Collella WON a sailboat in a raffle. Afer all her work, love and affection for boats, she so deserved it. The Butterflute was launched with music, poetry and a blessing on Sunday, August 29 at 1:30 from the Arquez Marina (home to the building of the Liberty Ships in WW2) in Sausalito. Victoria had purchased the raffle tickets for her nephews and, being the honorable person, signmaker and lover of handcrafted boats, she gave the dighy to them with great joy to to sail immediately and into the future. It was a glorious day and a fitting celebration of all things romantic, wooden and familiar (the origin of the word being FAMILY). It was such a delight to see her sisters, her daughter and all the family she has created around her love of boats and righteous causes.