PEANUT

the Very Friendly Elephant

and Peanut 2The pattern is from Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts.

SUMMERTIME

A few weeks back we invited some friends over for a summertime backyard BBQ. We had yummy grilled shish kabobs and quesadillas, chips with Erik's homemade salsa, my guacamole, and Ina Garten's never-fail black bean salad, watermelon, Mexican sodas and horchata for drinks, and Key lime pie, strawberry rhubarb pie, and brownies for dessert. I love my lush California backyard. In our Brooklyn backyard there were too many mosquitoes to ever enjoy anything!