We had a lovely
time last Sunday at the Aricedian Launch party.
The theme of the decorations was a still room – drawing on the story “Blackfoil”
which was read following the dinner. A
few weeks ago I raided the P-patch were I have a garden and gathered a
collection of herbs to hang against the wall: rosemary, thyme, mint, lemon balm, fever-few, parsley and red spray roses which I bought since there not blooming
up here in the Pacific NW yet. The day
before I bought more roses and some ivory stock and made posies with all sorts
of things from the P-patch and my neighborhood, including calendula, miniature daffodils,
mustard and broccoli flowers, fava bean shoots, clover, mints and feverfew,
fennel sprigs and a few things I wasn't sure what they were besides
pretty! I thought the overall effect was
quite lovely and the guests agreed.
The guests were the usual suspects with a new addition: Baby
Ellie! Last launch party was the day
before she was born – I think I wrote then that it was astonishing to see
pictures of her at the hospital and to realize that she had been at the Tav’urisk
party the night before still in utero. She
was a great guest for Ariceda – she even dressed up in her grandmother’s white
linen baby dress for the occasion.
We had a rustic springtime menu that included pasties with herbs and mushrooms; greens, beets and peppered chevre; lettuce tansie; a salad of greens, radishes, cucumbers and herbs with violets and calendula petals; delicious Struen bread from Grateful Bread and Ladysmith cheese with chives from SamishBay Cheese; and a strawberry-rhubarb galette with honeyed cream – which was really delicious if I say so myself.
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