Hot day.
Rainy night.
New apron.
Cupcake shaped measuring cups.
Heart-shaped bamboo spoon.
Beer bread.
Blurry photo.
This is the easiest recipe ever. It smells great while it’s baking and it’s tasty too. Impress your friends and family.
3 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, a little cinnamon, 12 ounce can of beer (the cheaper the better) Mix all and spread in a greased pan. Bake at 400 for an hour.
Easter eggs 2012
I revel on a daily basis when I have a supply of stroopies.
The proper name is stroopwafels of course, but I gave them a nickname because I’m so fond of them. How can you not be fond of a tasty treat that rests over the hot beverage in your cup until it melts into just the right amount of waffley textured deliciousness?
I was so excited to take this picture that I spilled coffee all over the counter. See the drips on the handle? True story.
Now settle in and get cozy for I’m going to read you a beautiful bit of poetry to commemorate National Poetry Month.
Roboter Stroopwafels. 10 stuks
Ingredienten: Tarwebloem,
30% stroopvullin, suiker, 3.5% boterconcentraat,
Suikerstroop, lupiennmeel!
12% boterconcentraat
glucose-fructoses stroop, suiker, ei
lupinenmeel, zout, rijsmiddelen, kaneel.
Bevat tarwe, gluten, ei, soja, lupine
melkeiwit, lactose, kaneel.
(snap.snap.snap.snap)
Don’t believe what you read #`127.
Duck eggs are fun. At least this one was. I read somewhere that duck eggs are challenging and the dyes don’t always take well.
I decided to meander and let whimsy take over. Why spend agonizing hours making straight lines if the shell might be defective? But the dye actually took very well and I ended up with a color explosion.
I’m calling this Snowbirds, in keeping with my bird obsession. I dedicate it to all of the non-snowbirds who put up with those who converge on our little community every winter and say things like “That’s not how we do it in Michigan.” Um, no one cares.
Notice the bird that looks a little like a woodpecker. I saw a pileated woodpecker yesterday. I heard him call first and thought it was a hawk. Then I saw the unmistakable Woody Woodpecker cowlick and watched as be bashed his beak against the pine tree. Little bits of bark were flying everywhere. Why work so hard bashing your beak against a tree trunk for a few bugs when there are bugs all over the ground?
He’s obviously a Republican waging yet another ideological battle. This time trees are the target because they don’t know what’s best for their own trunks. This pine tree is a hussy,letting bugs use her trunk for sick, perverted purposes, then expecting the Nature Conservancy to bail her out when she gets a disease…
Wait, where was I?
I let the cat out of the bag. Or rather, she came out when she felt like it.
I had this notion that I could pencil in the proper lines to somehow make a traditional egg, with bands that would cross diagonally.
a work in progress
When I couldn’t get the two sides even, I decided to make faces. One side was to be a girl and the other side a boy. A sort of Romeo & Juliet egg.
Juliet isn’t young and pretty enough.
Romeo is too pretty and in fact looks a bit feminine.
Both of them have some eyebrow/eye/lip issues.
You know how people always talk about every damn thing they do as being a journey? They decorate their living room and it’s a journey or they learn yoga and it’s a journey? For the record, I will never say that. Nothing I do is a journey. It’s more like a blender or a waffle iron. Sometimes it’s noisy and things get mixed up. And sometimes things stick but you if you fiddle enough you make it turn out OK. Definitely not a journey.
Profound.
Homemade apricot scones! Quite delicious and the perfect treat for Downton Abbey viewing. Mrs. Patmore might even approve – though I did use a recipe and an electric stove
Yes, I am one of the millions consumed with every detail of Downton Abbey. I re-watched Season 1 this past week. I re-watched Episode 1 of Season 2 at least 3 times.
Everything about this show is perfection. The music, the costumes, the cast, the writing, the lace & velvet, the locations, the accents, the relationships…the costumes. I can’t think of a single thing that could be improved upon.
I long for a red velvet dress like Lady Cora’s. Is it wrong to want to play dress up?
I took the Tree down yesterday. Now we miss it. We miss it and we miss festive holiday fashions like blue & silver ribbons worn round furry necks.
This was a Tree of historic importance. Quite possibly the sweetest, humblest most devoted Tree I’ve ever had. This lowly little $29 fraser fir from Home Depot, stood proudly in front of the window for 5 weeks and barely dropped a needle. It smelled wonderful and was the perfect size and companion.
I am ever the daughter of a forest ranger, so the Tree is now in the backyard leaning against a palm. The birds might want to sit in it. Or the squirrels. It still has so much elegance and dignity left to share.
I will visit when I can, and give it updates on Downton Abbey. I hope it enjoys the starlight.
Cats add an elegant quality to any room, decreasing the need for holiday decor exponentially.
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“Letting the days go by….Same as it ever was… Time is an asterisk.”
