What do we do on hot summer evenings?

We cook! For there is nothing better than to use what we've grown and make
real food for supper.  After a full day of research cooking and walking seem to be
therapy for us.  

Our sage butter sauce simmering away in our new copper pot

which went on top of our homemade spinach stuffed ravioli

The first fruits of our labor: beans and cucumbers- we made refrigerator pickles.
You can see a picture in the recipe. We forgot to actually take a picture and they are half
gone already.  The recipe can be found here:  http://www.lesliefehling.com/2011/07/quick-and-delicious-refrigerator.html
Our garden has been slow in coming, but soon we'll be overflowing.

Claude sleeps in the piano on hot summer nights

Clara keeps her eye on Peter Rabbit who is always trying to get in our garden.