Apple Butter

Today we ventured to Oakland in the afternoon, for some delicious apple butter. Temescal Amity Works held an event which included some free apple butter, persimmons and a drawing show (Which included one of my drawings).

This project is the creation of my thesis advisor Ted Purves, and his lovely wife Susanne Cockrell.

The Temescal Amity Works is a community art project that facilitates and documents the exchange of backyard produce, conversation, and collective biography within the Temescal Neighborhood. It s created by Susanne Cockrell and Ted Purves in collaboration with the Temescal Merchants Association.

Over the next year, we are maintaining a storefront just off Telegraph Avenue and a community crop sharing program called The Big Backyard. We are also planning the production of neighborhood talks, gatherings and an ongoing series of printed materials-including profiles of neighbors, free postcards, and a community map. These publications will be available in local businesses throughout the year, as well as at our storefront.

It was a beautiful day out today. The sun was shining and the rain seems to have left us for a while. The air was crisp and clear, and I had that fuzzy feeling I get when Fall is on it's way. We were given a jar of apple butter to take home, which I'm sure will not last the week in this house. I also caught these great snaps of kids playing under the hammock in the drawings room.