It’s finally happening on Friday night!
I have been foraging in the feral gardens of the riparian zone and I have prepared all kinds of delectable treats to taste: quince jelly, rose petal jelly, rose + strawberry + sea salt tepache, lavender pickled onion + oyster mushroom umami rice balls topped with pickled magnolia, potato bread, mushroom pate, wild pesto, feral herb topped foccacia, strawberry + lavender infused butter, feral herb infused butter, quince blossom vinegar, lavender vinegar, wild strawberry vinegar, spruce infused salt, oyster mushroom infused salt, lavender shortbreads and more. I can’t remember everything right now, honestly. Good thing I wrote it all down in my notebook! I’m tired.
I’ll be creating a grazing board that will be illuminated by an installation I’ve been working on for the past number of months. I have been planning this event for about a year now and I am excited to share it with the people who attend.
I’ll also be testing out my new (to me) DSLR for night shots. Also exciting. I used it out in the world for the first time on Sunday when my friend Rachel Anzalone (Hi Rachel, your website is beautiful!), an artist from NY/NJ, took me to the Fortress of Louisbourg for my belated birthday gift. It was so much fun and I got to try out my camera on the architecture and the actors.
It was a gorgeous day, fairly quiet and we indulged in a pint in the Fortress Tavern, then a picnic next to the ocean afterwards.
I studied photography and film for my first degree, but photography was analogue back then, so DSLRs are still a bit of a learning curve for me. I found it gratifying to be putting a large camera up to my eye again after so many years of using an iPhone camera.
Oh, and we totally saw Chris Noth, you know, Mr. Big from Sex & The City. We didn’t realize it was him until later after some detective work (nice job Rachel). He was wearing a very loud, purple Hawaiian shirt and he smiled and said hello to us in a famous way, like we would know who he was, which was when our suspicians set in. lol. So fun!
Come to my Garden Party if you’re in the area! I think it’s gonna be a good time!
Illuminated Garden Party was made possible with the generous support of a CBRM Creative Catalyst Grant.
Yellow arrow marks the spot. The star marks the original spot, it’s a long story that I won’t bother telling at this moment.