little messes

so many of our friends are traveling this thanksgiving so last weekend we decided to have a vegetarian fakesgiving to get everyone together and get our fill of veggie bliss.

adrienne and i, as usual, went a little overboard and decided that it was not enough to do in one day to make 12 lbs of pumpkin gnocchi and pickup up 25 lbs of apples to sauce up and can. yeah. we have a problem with boundaries.

so after about 8 hours in the kitchen we had, well, a ridiculous amount of gnocchi and 29 jars of applesauce to give out for the holidays.

and after dinner, well things got downright silly. first some back story, my friend amy always gives me the best, most hilarious thrifted presents. last year it was this amazing square egg press, which i just love, i mean who wouldn’t, voila!:

and the year before that she gave my friend chris and i a joint gift. a volcano kit! yes! i never made a volcano as a kid for some reason. and who knows why it took so long to get this baby out of the box. but why wait any longer, right!

we’ll have to wait a few days to get the lava flowing but i’ll keep you posted.

next stop, real thanksgiving. and for us that means mexican thanksgiving. bring on the green chiles!

there’s nothing quite like growing something in a yard the size of a suburban bathroom.

and then in the span of an afternoon…

it goes from this:

to this:

to this:

ahh summer in baltimore city. who knew it could get this good. for a very first batch and try at canning, i have to say i know it won’t be the last.