Oregano in Bloom

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers...  --Song of Solomon 5:13a

Winter Fruit

I was soooo excited to see a ripened cherry tomato in the middle of winter, from a tomato plant hanging under the skylight of our balcony! God is good!

Grape Jam

The Lord has blessed us with a bountiful crop of grapes.  This morning, my daughter and I harvested a small batch to try our hand at making grape jam for the first time.







Even though my daughter is allergic to grapes... even handling them is very irritating to her skin... she wore rubber gloves and picked some with me after she captured a few images with her camera.



This shot of the grapes in a basket is my fave!   Isn't she a wonderful photographer?



I found a recipe for Concord Grape Jam on Epicurious.com.  I didn't follow the recipe exactly, because I wanted to use my Vitamix to pulverize the whole grapes, seeds and all, to get the most out of them.

Boiling the grapes made the house smell soooo good!

It seems to have turned out well, and it sure tastes good on buttered toast.  Yum!  :)

God's Goodness

 

"He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth."  --Psalm 104:4 

I milled some parsley from our garden this morning, and I have some dried oregano waiting to be milled.  Spices can be expensive, but God has blessed our garden this year, and it is so rewarding to enjoy the fruit of one's labor.  Isn't it?