I, like most Americans, grew up eating pumpkin pie made from canned pumpkin. Every Thanksgiving my mother would make such a pumpkin pie, adventurously changing the recipe to use either sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. I lived in ignorant bliss until I owned a home and had a garden …

Welcome to the site. I plan to use the blog as a place to muse about a number of topics of interest to myself. Hopefully you find it a little bit useful. Feel free to comment. The site will also include my portfolio of photos that will be available for both …