Thursday, August 21, 2008

Winners and Losers

To start, the winner of contest #2 is Emily!  Thanks for all the comments!  Emily, since you're coming to visit anyway, I'll hold onto your winning jam selection.  It will include my latest batch which is a mix of peach, blueberry and blackberry, called Love Hurts Jam, which I made with homemade apple pectin, which I will post about separately!


And onto other contests.  We participated in our first chowda cook off at the Dumont's house last weekend.  I thought Raph should have won, because his vegetarian clam chowder was SO AMAZINGLY good!  But alas, to all the other tasters (like over 50) there wasn't enough chunks of lobster and clams to make the cut.  In any case, it was super fun.

Sam liked it as you can see!
Camille was in charge of all the administrative aspects, signing people in, handing out the testing sheets, etc.  
Bertrand had his personal accordian accompaniment in Jesse who added a few chords to every important announcement.  Jesse had bought it that day and could already play it.  We got it at a yard sale, and Evan got a Tim and Becky got a fiddle...good day for the Moore clan and instruments.

Nicky was cute as always.


Farm hands on a baby.  Good stuff.
I'm not doing the weekend justice with words, so I hope some of these images convey how awesome it was.  Rhode Island is a magical place, and I'm so glad I get a taste of magic regularly.  It is such a magical mix of stunning place, people who know how to live, and good food!

3 comments:

Baby Bird said...

not to be a total downer, but you forgot to mention the drivers who drive with their eyes closed at the speed of light while texting their bros and pulling out in front of you hitting you twice in one month. that's magical :) the coast is nice though hehe

Unknown said...

I won, I won, I won!!!! I never win anything!! this is great! I'd like to thank all my co-workers who are so supportive of my blog checks, and my clients who never call me back so I have all the time in the world to monitor the blog updates, and of course... The Academy. Can't wait for the 'jam session' Yay! xoxo, thanks mama Blayne
p.s i'm the emily you were talking about, right?

hippiepotomus said...

yes emily, you are the emily!