. . . but she let other people have a turn, too.
Although it may sound made-up, today is National Rainier Cherry Day. I actually think Rainier cherries are good enough to deserve their own holiday, and plan to celebrate accordingly.
Note how many more Rainier cherries we picked compared to the red ones:
We used David Lebovitz's recipe for cherry sorbet from his book The Perfect Scoop (of course just adding a pinch of guar gum). I've never been able to churn up the Rainiers into ice-cream-form, though . . . they are just too good the way they are.
The texture of this sorbet is incredibly smooth, making it stand out from most other fruit sorbets. We used David Lebovitz's recipe from The Perfect Scoop, and just added a pinch of guar gum with the sugar.
Yesterday Ramona received her baby blessing at church and got all dressed up for the occasion.
Babies are blessings in and of themselves.
Pictured above are strawberry sorbet and pluot sorbet. Here is the recipe we used for Strawberry, adapted from Sugar Pie on Yahoo Answers:
Bring the sugar, guar gum, and 2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and allow the mixture to simmer, without stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.
Put the strawberries and lemon juice into a food processor and puree. Press the strawberry puree through a strainer to remove the seeds.
When the sugar syrup has cooled completely add it to the strawberry puree. Add the corn syrup and stir well. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
This Father's Day was Forest's first one as a daddy--a job he seems to enjoy very much.
We have six zucchini plants in our garden right now and will soon have zucchini coming out of our ears. I won't know what to do with them at the same time I won't know what to do without them.
Fresh picked basil + olive oil + parmesan cheese + pine nuts + salt = pesto delizioso.
Last weekend we went over to Parry's to play some tennis and jump into the pool. Although Ramona did not participate this time around, she did look the part during the few minutes she kept a little sunbonnet on her head.
(above: first bath, in an ice cream bucket)
Two weeks old:
(above: her natural mohawk-esque hairdo)
Three weeks old:
Four weeks old:
Five weeks old:
Six weeks old:
("reading" one of her favorite books)
(above: her favorite post-meal position)
Seven weeks old:
I have now joined the ranks of parents who make meticulous efforts to document their child's every action or expression--no matter how small or trivial it may seem to someone else.