first fruits, blue birthdays, tired tigers

last night's supper, including our first spinach salad from the garden, and last year's pesto (we freeze it).

garden update: we're very close to having a deed to one of the four lots (at an outrageous price which the city mysteriously determined was the fair market value....); and we've asked the city to certify two more for sheriff's sale. we'll see.... i'll keep you posted.






note julie's homemade beer. yum!












we spend a lot of time at the new jersey aquarium these days, where they have an amazing shark exhibit, and two hippos that micah is completely fascinated by. and of course a lot of fish. thus the fish cake!


happy birthday sweet boy!















the other night, he insisted on sleeping in this costume. okay, admit it -- isn't he just the most beautiful boy?