Harvest Plate

As the days have been getting shorter the tomatoes still left on the vine have been ripening increasingly slowly. There are still a lot of green tomatoes but recent rains have caused some of the tomatoes that were in the middle of their ripening to turn brown as they spoiled. Fortunately I harvested some tomatoes during the last week before they ripened but when they were a bit warm colored. I brought them inside and they have ripened. Tonight I sliced some of them and made a lovely plate with three kinds of tomatoes, kissed after slicing with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, pepper, garlic salt and some flecks of fresh basil. This is the way that Sweetie likes them, and so do I.