Nice Clouds

– Some nice clouds earlier this evening! Since my house is only one story and is surrounded by other houses, I never get to see any great sunsets, but I was pretty happy with pink clouds. I don’t suppose anything will ever compare with the views I had on the Thames, but too much beauty can ruin things. (The first two were sunrises, the third was a sunset.)
– I paid a visit to the newly opened coffee shop in my neighbourhood this afternoon. They don’t have a website (I’m tempted to offer to remedy that…), but they’ve done a great job fixing the place up. I really hope this is a sign of things to come for my little North Minneapolis neighbourhood — the coffee shop was preceded by the opening of a fancy barber shop just down the street, as well as a little corner store. I couldn’t help thinking of things to recommend, though — playing music or having a microwave so people can reheat their coffee, say. I’m still waiting to become a professional opinion-giver. I had a really good one this weekend, but I can’t remember it now.
– I toiled in the sun after dinner today, moving the perennials from the corner of my yard to the side, so that I could plant two cherry bushes (Nanking Cherry, to be specific) that my mom had bought before deciding she had no place to plant them. I’m super excited and hope they grow quickly because A) cherries!! and B) they will obscure my view of the ugly alley with its ugly garages and ugly conversion vans.
– I made Minnesota-shaped apple shortbread this evening. I haven’t yet tasted them, but they look AWESOME (as if there were another option!), and I’m pretty sure they’ll be delicious. I’m still sad that the cake shop (where I found my cookie cutter) was out of apple essence/extract/oil/whatever, but I carried on and mixed in chopped dried apple. I will give a full report tomorrow, after I’ve done some scientific taste-testing.