This is the kitchen that David built.
These are the tomatoes, that were grown by Miriam, and put in a basket, and carried to the house and into the kitchen that David built.
These are the boxes and baskets and crates where the tomatoes rested and nested and waited, to be made into salads and sandwiches and sauces, on the table, beside the hutch, in the kitchen that David built.
These are the dishes that were laid on the table, to bask in the sun, filled with food that said Summer!, that was sliced in the kitchen, by Miriam and others, in the kitchen that David built.
And here is a sandwich, all ready for eating, of bread smeared with mayonnaise, and bacon that’s crispy, fat sliced tomatoes, paper thin onion, and a tousle of pickle, that was canned in the kitchen by Miriam last winter, in the kitchen that David built.
And this is David, his back to the sun, on the edge of his chair, leaning into the sandwich, that he precisely constructed, bacon, tomato and pickles, the sweets not the dills, that came from the kitchen that he built.
Miriam’s beside him, but not in the picture (she doesn’t like cameras that are pointed at her), her bread heaped with good stuff, that came from her garden, that she watered all summer, then picked for the basket, and carried to the house, the dogs alongside her, and into the kitchen that David built.
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LOVE IT! I’m so jealous…I’m a budding gardener and only had 7 tomatoes this year…Oh, and 6 strawberries. Sigh.
Beautiful story, beautiful kitchen, beautiful tomatoes! I miss you guys!
We had our second batch of home- grown pesto last night which I calculate comes out to about fifty bucks a quart. Worth every penny! Next year, tomatoes? Thanks for the inspiration and field trip to Miriam and David’s!
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I was there!!! I know just what you mean!!! What a fabulous record of how great it really is. Thanks.
A tale of summer. So beautiful, and so well done. And hey, lookit all those sandwiches to try.
Your story arrived just as Gérard returned from the open market with a basket heavy with….tomatoes.
And now your tomato tale flavors our table with memories of moments shared in your home and landscape. Merci les amis!
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