23 February 2007
Do you think it's possible to look more comfortable and relaxed than this?
That's one happy cat. We've all been very happy lately, because the weather has been lovely. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday all saw highs above 40F -- I can see some of you shivering at the thought of that, but believe me, it's sweet relief after weeks of below freezing and minus-degree temperatures. It was only a brief respite -- it's getting colder again -- but it was such a wonderful taste of the spring to come. As I often say, spring in Minnesota isn't just nice; it brings with it a 'thank GOD we survived again' sentiment.
Minnie and I have been taking nice, long walks, and Booty has gone out into the (fenced) yard a few times to roll in the dirt. He always finds the biggest patch of uncovered earth and twists and turns until he's absolutely filthy. Whatever makes a cat happy, yeah? Of course, I lock the bedroom up -- I'm not letting him curl up to my blankets in that state!
I've started a new side-blog, so you can look at pictures like this whenever you want:
It's called Lunchtime at Twelve22 (One of my many ten-year plans should be to open a cafe called Lunchtime at Twelve22. We'll mostly serve spinach, asparagus, and broccoli. It won't be for everybody.), and it's nothing fancy. I really started to enjoy taking photos of my lunch, but I know there's a limit to the number of lunch photos I can post here before people decide to stop reading. Taking photos makes me think extra hard about putting together something interesting and keeping up the variety in my diet. The omelette in the photo above, by the way, was ridiculously tasty. I could hardly believe I made it!
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are the healthy bricks in my daily diet, surrounded by chocolate mortar. Okay, not entirely chocolate. But I do have such a sweet tooth these days. I made some nice sugar cookies a couple of days ago:
I put quite a bit of cinnamon in these, so they're actually like snickerdoodles. Snickerdoodles with chocolate frosting! Drool.
Those cookies look awesome! Do you share your recipe? (Hmmm...I didn't check your lunch blog yet...maybe there? Haha, sorry to be such a beggar!) And I loved the little book from your previous post. So clever. Are the rings attached to a spine like in a ready-made notebook?
posted by Thimbleanna at February 23, 2007 03:50 AM
It cooling down here too. Come on, Spring! Not long now.
The cookies look wonderful. mmmmmm.
posted by Alicia A. at February 23, 2007 04:54 AM
I DO like to read about your meals--it inspires me to eat more fresh veggies. And I really love your new bag + notebook. The fabrics are absolutely gorgeous! Where did you find them?
posted by kayla_d at February 23, 2007 09:55 PM
Kayla -- Thanks! All the fabric I used in that bag and notebook came from London. Two of the prints are from Liberty and the spotty fabrics were from the Cloth House. Oh, but --! The Japanese print was from Superbuzzy!
posted by Anna at February 23, 2007 10:55 PM
There is no such thing as a snickerdoodle. Stop making food up.
posted by mp at February 24, 2007 08:07 PM
I think a snickerdoodle is a sort of dog. It's a cross between a poodle and... something. A snickerhound maybe.
posted by Rob at February 25, 2007 01:17 AM
What a great idea! How do you get such great photos of food?
posted by Becca at February 25, 2007 03:11 AM