The Gardening Sisters’ Wonderful Take on my Garden

ByVivian August 3, 2010

http://torontogardens.blogspot.com/2010/07/vivian-reisss-artful-garden.html

Food

Yellow Tomatoes and Snow
ByVivian October 31, 2010

Today, there were snow showers. The time for picking tomatoes from the vine has passed for this year. I used the yellow tomatoes that have been ripening on the table in my breakfast room for a quick pasta sauce. Plunge the tomatoes into boiling water. Remove the tomatoes with a slotted spoon and cool under cold running…

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Art | Decor | Food | Gardens | Thought | Urban farming

“Living in Full Color” in Today’s Toronto Star by Vanessa Lu
ByVivian September 4, 2010

Living in full colour On a tree-lined street in the Annex, passersby are struck by giant corn stalks, just part of a whimsical, colourful garden that’s the brainchild of artist Vivian Reiss. You can view this story at: http://www.thestar.com/yourcitymycity/article/856689–living-in-full-colour and another garden story http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/869343–artist-s-property-rental-business-is-blooming

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Art | Decor | Food | Gardens | Recipes | Thought | Urban farming

Fleeting Summer, Breakfast in a Flash
ByVivian August 5, 2010

Sliced tomatoes, purple shiso, purple basil, sliced burgundy pole beans, and chives from my urban farm just outside the kitchen door One of my favorite cookbooks is Edward de Pomiane’s cookbook ,”Cooking in 10 Minutes”[ first published in 1948] I love it, not so much for the recipes, but for the theory that a delicious meal…

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White Waves, Paint White, Fully in the Color Spectrum: Michelle Lloyd’s Birthday
ByVivian July 27, 2010

It’s not often , I get to spend time fully in the color spectrum, in a world of white. It was Michelle’s birthday and we got to boat across the white capped lake to her and her husband David’s island paradise. The party was held at her partner and neighbour Chrissy’s cottage on this idyllic Ontario isle. Both Chrissy’s…

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Palm Beach Hedge Fund
ByVivian February 11, 2011November 28, 2021

In midieval San Gimignano tall towers were the symbol of wealth and power. Eventually there were 72 such structures rising ever higher in this Tuscan hilltop village. Today few still remain. In Palm Beach, Florida such symbols are thriving and are indeed literally living testaments to it’s denizens modern day power and wealth. Let me introduce you to the…

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Flora and Fauna, US VI
ByVivian February 9, 2011November 28, 2021

I didn’t manage to capture the dolphins dancing and playing for us in the bay below our house but did capture the hummingbirds feeding on the cactus flowers. Here is a photo gallery of some of the wild goats ,chickens , donkeys ,insects, lizards,birds, flowers and trees that make St. John their home.

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