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Good Seeds Baker Creek Seed catalog

So Many Seed Catalogs, So Little Time

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Fog has insinuated its steely cold embrace on the island, persuading me to just stay inside until our sleepy January sun rises to a...
oatmeal molasses cake

Linda′s Amazingly Moist Oatmeal Molasses Cake

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My friend Linda is a gifted baker, the kind of baker who can conjure from memory, and woo with taste. On Facebook, I can...
Point Robinson Lighthouse Vashon Island

Birdseye View Over Vashon Island

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I hope to never take for granted the beauty around me and the natural settings, beaches, coves, lagoons, forests and shorelines that make Vashon...
Tom's Kitchen II by Pam Ingallls

Pam Ingalls Painted My Kitchen (and the Way Home)

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Paintings by Pam Ingalls The first Friday of each month marks Gallery Cruise on Vashon, where local businesses open their doors and donate their walls...
Free Range Fruitcake

Free Range Fruitcake: Something to Cluck About!

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Fruitcake, oh fruitcake, how I do love thee… Oh, go ahead, start with your jokes, mock the baked good that moonlights as a doorstop, wrecking...
avocado halves

Best Way to Slice an Avocado

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You're likely thinking, "How to Slice an Avocado? Really Tom, really?" Trust me, I was reluctant to post this seemingly ridiculous tutorial, but I've...
roasted carrots in a bowl

Roasted Carrot Soup, Rib-Sticking Good

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The Pacific Ocean hugs our coast with a warming embrace, usually that is. But in a game of meteorological rock-paper-scissors, the arctic air mass...
icicle fountain vashon island

Early Deep Freeze: More Photos, Fewer Words

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I'm a wee bit stuck these days; distractions are aplenty, and focus is just a setting on my camera.  So I will dispense with...

The Man, the Cake Tin and the Ferry Ride

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My mom jokes with me about the number of potlucks I attend. She's right, it's the way of my people. Islanders are a social...
Lightmark Press Boz the bulldog

Bulldog Santa: Boz Is Quite the Card

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 My handsome little bulldog Santa, Boz Christmas came early when my friend Rondi dropped by yesterday to hand deliver her latest Christmas card design featuring...