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Duck eggs from DerVaes Gardens

Jill — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:30:54 +0000

Duck eggs from DerVaes Gardens here in Pasadena

These duck eggs are delicious and worth every penny.

I called DerVaes Gardens hoping to try their chicken eggs, but they were sold out when I called. The weather was overcast, and the chickens don’t lay as much in overcast weather, but the ducks don’t seem to mind it. (They don’t force their hens or ducks to lay.) I was hesitant about the idea of duck eggs. I was afraid that they’d be gamey or off-tasting, but I decided to give them a try. Actually, I waited for Gavin to try them first. He had fried a couple for us, and he took the first bite. He said they tasted like chicken eggs. I took a bite. They were… good. I ate some more. They were great, even. I think the word “Wow!” was uttered several times that morning. They tasted like chicken eggs… only better.

The yolks are bright, dark orange, and the shells are strong and thick. We’ve been eating them fried (basted, actually) and in omelettes. We’re on our second dozen of them now.

Cross-posted at Pasadena Housewife.

Alliums growing near Euclid Avenue

Jill — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:40:24 +0000

Looking up on Euclid Avenue

Jill — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:35:26 +0000

Hailstones and pine needles

Jill — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:33:11 +0000

It hailed today around 2:00 p.m.

Early evening at the Paseo

Jill — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Clock at the Paseo

Jill — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:10:52 +0000

Construction at the Pasadena Civic Center

Jill — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:01:42 +0000

Pasadena Bloggers Picnic

Jill — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:56:54 +0000

Miss Havisham is organizing the next Pasadena bloggers picnic:

Pasadena Bloggers Picnic & Softball Snark
You are invited to the
Pasadena Bloggers
Picnic and Softball Snark

Sunnyslope Park

April 19, 2008 10am to 3 pm

Photography by permission only.

Bring something, anything!

I’ll be there. I hope to see old local blog friends and meet new ones.

Nucleus in Alhambra

Jill — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:26:03 +0000

Art of Blizzard benefit show at Nucleus in Alhambra

A great new local blog: Pasadena Daily Photo

Jill — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:23:14 +0000

Check out Pasadena resident Petrea Burchard’s new blog, Pasadena Daily Photo. The photography is terrific, and the commentary is lovely, too.

(I found this blog by way of Wired Women, a local women-focused email newsletter published by Monica Hubbard. To receive it, email monica.hubbard@charter.net.)