a shortcake

So good.

Kind of like a strawberry slider.

Made shortcakes from this recipe and cut into two buns, layered strawberry pie filling (leftover from pie baking), fresh strawberries, whipped cream and topped with the other bun. 

Happy Weekend!!
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a little cake

Came across this amazingly simple recipe yesterday and the next thing I knew I was at the store picking up the ingredients. Super easy and super delicious.

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good morning

muffins

chocolate chip espresso ones

A delicious recipe tucked in the back of a recent Cooking Light. I didn't have plain old coffee granules so I substituted espresso ones and they are (I ate three today) quite good!

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november

chilly bright mornings that go by too fast and an unbelievable amount (for november!) of holiday
commercials to hear and see while I work away on the shop and show preparations...

11.14 to 11.17

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i spy

a snail on his way to breakfast

a rainbow of berries

grains of sugar

sunday's berrycake

(I wondered as I was posting this if it was too gross to put a snail and a dessert in the same post... but the snail is sort of cute)

{5.28 to 5.29}
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something sweet

 (morning baking...brown sugar chocolate chip scones cut into pizza slices)

Today I had lunch with one sister and dinner with the other. The days get busier and busier and all of a sudden it is February. So when we get those pockets of time they are extra special, just like my sisters, extra extra special. ♡

afternoon

snack

half a cupcake for Herms and a cherry corn scone for me

a sprig of rosemary


The house smelled delightful as these little guys were baking. Another wonderful recipe from Martha. I tried one with honey and butter...scrumptious!

*A Monday morning feature on Our Designed Life, thank you Monica.*

home


made

Today I made my first two batches of granola bars. The first batch is Summer Harvest, as they consist of honey, peaches, apricots and apples. The second batch (not pictured, still cooling) is made up of grain sweetened chocolate and dried bing cherries, maybe they could be called Sweet Bings.

thursday's mocha cakes with chocolate chips and a friendly mouse

hello

bright, sweet, lazy, toasty days of summer....{7.3 to 7.6}

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twinkle dinkle

little star...a sweet baby photo shoot on Friday, she was all smiles and coos and pink bows {7.2}

afternoon naps... sunshine, the Pacific Ocean at sunset, popsicles in the freezer, screeching owls after ten, Tuna sunbathing, Mom's fresh blueberry muffins, more tomatoes growing, a Saturday morning run with Case, late night frozen yogurt, long awaited World Cup games and red vines, sharing the walking trail with bunnies, family and two movies...a lovely weekend

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{6.11 to 6.13}

special delivery {cherry corn scones beneath a dusting of rainbow sugar}

blog sugar...tonight

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{I made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies to share.}

chai

I have a special place in my heart for chai. Chai tea, chai lattes, the scent of chai, a chai cupcake, all of which I love. Which has led me to these chai brownies, something special for tonight. For the past several weeks on Tuesday nights at nine o'clock in the evening my sister Kadee and I are dancing Bhangra, a type of Indian dance. Our instructor (a nice dental student with some moves) taught us that what we are learning is powerful and it is traditionally a masculine dance, to hold our arms higher, stronger, to smile while we're doing it, to shake our shoulders if we're comfortable. Last week we learned a series of moves that involved dancing with a partner, mine was Kadee. This seemed to bring us both a quiet joy as we faced one another dancing about, our moves intersecting with one another. Tonight is our last class. Some evenings it is tough to muster up the energy to dance for an hour, an hour when I'm normally curled up on the couch, but I will miss this Tuesday night ritual. I don't know if the dental student will be back to teach over the summer, or if our schedules will be open, so with this last night I am grateful for the shared moments we've had in that hot, mirrored, wooded floor, music pumping room...the room where I danced with Kadee.

how sweet it is While the weather changes from cloudy to sunny, then back to cloudy, I have been busy making whoopie pies for a dessert party tonight. They are soft like pillows, chocolately as chocolate can be and filled with the very best peanut butter frosting.

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{5.17 to 5.18}

old bananas the older and mushier they are the better the bread...with walnuts, of course

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bzzzzz Saturday...The Queen Bee Market, come say "hi" and buy stuff from me.

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: : Goodies (candy, clip, cookie...bee themed) from the clever goodie bags Mique & Jessica gave tonight to the vendors, plus they had dinner catered, too! Thank you! : :

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*added note...Thank you to everyone who came to the first Queen Bee Market, it was a wonderful success, maybe another in the holiday season!*

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{4.29 to 4.30}

strawberry pie... forever.

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New...for upcoming spring shows here and here, plus the shop...to be added soon.

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{3.29 to 3.30}

outside the yards are mowed

there is weeding to be done

patios to enjoy

seeds to plant

dinners to grill

shorts to wear

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ah...the first weekend of spring

found ...the most beautiful crumb fallen from a rainbow cupcake {thank you, Jenny}

... ...succulents thriving after all the rain and neglect, I find myself warming up to these fat water retaining plants

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{3.18 to 3.19}