Camp Camont- Bikes-2-Farm
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Camp Camont begins. Yippee!
Today the kids arrived; a handful of growing smart spunky kids. When one of them called me “Aunt Kate’, I did a double take. I am truly Great Aunt Kate. And this is the first time I have seen these young ones really, the first time they have come to France. This afternoon, as I showed them around the “Gascon Ranch” for the first time they: cradled a still warm egg in small hands tasted a blackberry, a fig, and a cherry tomato out of the garden. ate our... Read More
Blood Peach Pinup
They look dusky and evil on the tree, now drooping under the weight. several have fallen and are now chicken fodder. I gather a few to test as they yield to my fingers pressure. Ripe. In this too-dry year they spit juice like blood and taunt me with just how to preserve this one perfect week of late August in the southwest of France. Vampire Peaches suck the summer from the ground like blood. Eating them alive in the orchard is my retort. Read More
What would the neighbors think, Honey?
Wild Mint & Weed Meadow = Happy Bees PORTRAIT BY A NEIGHBOR Before she has her floor swept Or her dishes done, Any day you’ll find her A-sunning in the sun! It’s long after midnight Her key’s in the lock, And you never see her chimney smoke Till past ten o’clock! She digs in her garden With a shovel and a spoon, She weeds her lazy lettuce By the light of the moon. She walks up the walk Like a woman in a dream, She forgets she... Read More
Gallery- Eugenie Frerichs Summer ’09
#gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Photographs by Eugenie Frerichs. Summer 2009. ‘Bacon-fueled Bike’ Eugenie... Read More
