Ellipsis Weekend Cooking... Twin Peaks Cherry Pie

 

"They got a cherry pie there that'll kill ya."

~Agent Dale Cooper ( Kyle McLachlan )

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks Cherry Pie - NYT - Recipe

A slice of cherry pie, and "a damn fine cup of coffee", and suddenly you're back at the, RR Diner, in Twin Peaks, Washington! We now know who killed Laura Palmer, and why, so that mystery is over, but what do you suppose is happening there now? Sometimes I wish that ABC, or some other network, would bring back the show, but with the deaths of several creative forces, David Lynch and Peggy Lipton in particular, it means the show would have to change too much, and really, how could Twin Peaks stay the same forever? And I guess that's my point. The town would have moved along as we all did. The Internet and other annoyances would have moved into their strange little world, bringing with it a lot less to imagine. Although I did enjoy the reboot in 2017, but I am glad it was held to a limited run. Anyhoo, I came across this recipe in the New York Times, and I thought I would share it. I am not sure if I will try the recipe right now, or wait until autumn. Autumn is my favorite time to bake, it's the time of year I feel most inspired. So, there is something to look forward to. Autumn is only a couple months away now, and it the perfect time of year to binge Twin Peaks, as I eat this Cherry Pie.

The real life Double RR Diner, is actually, Twede's Diner, located at, 137 W. North Bend Way, North Bend, Washington.

The Things I See...

"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."

~Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist Of The Floating World

 

Am I an artist? Well, that's quite debatable. I know I love art, and I get really excited when I know I have taken a good photo. But that doesn't really make me an "artist" does it? Will I ever make a living at taking pictures? Not unless I sell them for stock photos, which don't get me wrong, it's perfectly legitimate thing to do, but when I take a really good photo, one that reaches into me, and brings to the top some long buried feeling, impression or emotion, I know I have done something worthwhile. I don't need all the attention, I much prefer sharing the photos that have made my life richer, right here on this obscure blog no one has heard of. I sometimes count on that obscurity to help me express what I feel day to day. Still, when someone tells me that one of my photos affected them in some way, good or bad, I feel like I did good. I got to touch someone's life by sharing a little bit of my life. That's big for a girl who works hard at holding people at arms length.

Mood: Reflective

~Me :)

In Twilight And Fog

"At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices."

~Erin Bow, Plain Kate

 

Last Saturday night, Alan and I decided to stay in San Francisco, after a long day of playing tourists, to watch the Pier 39 fireworks. They have been holding a fireworks show, each Saturday evening this month, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pier 39! So far we haven't been able to see a single fireworks display, for one reason or another, but most recently, last Saturday, it was because of some very ill timed fog. Fog that just somehow knew what time to roll in, to keep us from seeing the fireworks from high atop Twin Peaks. Sheesh! It was clear all day. And the evening was wonderfully clear. Perfectly clear. Until 8:15 PM, when the fog came rolling in, settling nicely between us and the fireworks. It's hard not to believe that fog, once in a while, has a sense of humor!

Yeah, yeah I know... but you know? (Insert perplexed expression here).

Mood: Silly

~Me :)

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Such Great Heights

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

-Woody Allen

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Show off a picture taken from a height. "A height" you can define as "Higher that I could shoot by holding the camera over my head." Pictures from planes, from the observation decks of skyscrapers, from the roof of your house (although I don't want to put yourself in physical danger to take a picture) or wherever is up there in the air.

-John Scalzi

I know, I know, I have showed this view a few times before, but it is one of my favorite places to go, in all the world, to just get away from the noise in my head. This is the view from atop Twin Peaks, in San Francisco. The view you see is of San Francisco, the long street being Market street. To the right you see the lights of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge, and in the background you see the lights that dot the Oakland/Berkeley hills. Twin Peaks is 925 feet above sea level, and while I am actually kind of afraid of heights, I never feel frightened up here... I just feel really happy. :)


The View From The 9th Floor Of The Caltrans District
Office, Located In Oakland, California.

Now, if you want to talk about heights that scare me to death, it would be the one in the above picture. The funny part was that I didn't know I had a fear of heights, until I leaned over the railing to take this photo. YIKES! The world began to spin, I felt queasy, my head began to hurt, but by golly, that wasn't going to stop me from getting this shot, and so I took the photo, but I learned a little about myself in the process. OK, I am afraid of heights. Good. Now I can work on that fear, and perhaps there will be one less thing in my life that will give me stress. Make sense? So now, when I can, I try to visit places with observation decks, I look over the edge when I am on the roof of parking garages, and I ride in elevators that have a view. It's not always the easiest feeling in the world, but I at least feel like I am making progress in controlling my fears. :)

-OndineMonet
"High Above Market"
Twin Peaks
San Francisco, California
Spring, 2006
Evening