Cooking lesson - UnCurry

Spent a few hours learning about Indian spices























via Kaumundi's UnCurry class held at Surfas
restaurant supply.










Fresh cumin seads, mustard seed - that you are supposed to suffuse in hot oil, then add aromatics - onions, ginger......then to the vege, or meat.























































Our class made brussel sprouts, lentils with garlic and a fab yogurt-saffron dessert.

Who's not a fan of Indian fare.

Westside Foodbank

Our school volunteers in the community.

























The Westside Foodbank serves food up to local pantries, homeless shelters and the like.


We loaded up fresh oranges into boxes for delivery - fruits and fresh vegetables are donated from local farms.











Funds come from Fema
and from local markets,
and from volunteers like us.






























One kid noticed how genius the tinkering table looks


"Wow, look at this...someone is building something really cool."


building robots from metal scraps.




















































































Along the way, someone picked up a lost $20 bill, and we laughed when we saw these words on the sidewalk.

Funny you know we just added to it.


Even the rain of the late afternoon didn't dampen the good or fun we had doing our community service.

Last day of Summer

Shirtless guises








among carefree conversations

with toes unbound....

how sad to know that summer's end is near.

Electric outposts

Imagine yourself plugging in for an electrical fix....











It's not so far off....

http://www.calcars.org/

Towers in the water

We were enveloped by the harsh memory of 9/11 for so many days.....

Today, 10 years later the reality of that day got submerged into the pools of water .... I saw water flows and images that reminded me of the towers.

Calm waters help to evaporate the horror of that forbidden day...but I know no one can ever forget.

May those who were most harmed be healed over time....and a nation regain her strength.

Going to the Midway

As of last week, we were in summer....









Reminders of
long days



kettle corn




































and wizzing around the midway, savoring the taste of summer.

Artful posers

Pelicans

who squat and preen











can be seen as contortionists extraordinaire.