And look at these quirky little drawings and jewelry by Andsmile.
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sourdough/ week thirteen
You know that cinnamon swirl bread with the raisins? I love that stuff. This is a little bit like a sourdough version of that. The dough has raisins and walnuts, then it is cinnamon-rolled up, and baked into bread.
The cinnamon-rolling process. I can’t resist a little taste of the cinnamon sugar.
In my head sometimes I’m like- this bread has to sit here for 30 minutes, so I might as well keep busy and make something else while I wait. Then all the sudden I am taking cookies out of the oven and trying to do 6 things at once while making a huge mess.
Can you see the swirl??
weekend snaps
Couple from over the weekend.
1. Our traditional weekend morning biscuits.
2. Hike to find some water.
3. Playing cards and watching movies.
ghee
Have you ever tried to make ghee? Its basically a kind of clarified butter. You melt down butter, and take the milk solids out, so it makes a scoopable, super melty butter. A little bit like the butter in the tub, but better for you! We like to melt some in a skillet, and toast bread in it. Or make really toasty grilled cheeses.
We followed these directions here to make some. Try it and put it on some toast!
It does take a little while to make, so I usually catch up on some reading while its melting away.
Evening walks
One of my favorite things to do is to go on an evening adventure with the girl. Sometimes it’s pie. Sometimes it’s coffee. Sometimes it’s just to get the exercise. The view isn’t half bad either!
things that caught my eye/ twenty one
1. Fun summer project- a travel picnic blanket. 2. I am a huge sucker for weddings in the wilderness. 3. Free pattern for some cute shorts. 4. Dingbat fonts are cool. 5. Backpack with places to go.
Our hopes for the weekend include pie, a hike, and maybe the play in the park. I also need to find something to make with sage. Our sage plant is out of control.
Orange is the New Bark: A great project by great people
I work with a number of great people at my job and Kathy Horn is one of them. Not only is she a top notch creative director but she and her husband worked on this great project that inspires folks to adopt pets from places like the Austin Humane Society.
I am a dog lover (in case you can’t tell by the pictures of my dog Marley here) and I think this is such a great idea to not only find a fun way to get people to adopt a pet that needs a home but also provides other organizations the ability to create similar videos for their own animals!
If you’d like to learn more about their project, you can visit their site Orange is the New Bark or check out their Facebook page to see some of the latest videos that are being created. And for your viewing pleasure, a parody video that can also be found on their site.
pizza night
We made this pizza the other evening. It was like we wished we had more leftovers, but we couldn’t be mad that we ate it all. We made this crust, and used this recipe as the base of our toppings inspiration. The crust edge was all me.
Do you like arugula on your pizza? We are all about it right now.
rocks and plants
I have a working theory that everything I plant half dies, then, in its own sweet time, comes back to life and decides to grow. I am sure the crazy weather doesn’t help. If you left me outside in this, I would have to carefully consider coming back to life too. But I am happy to see our rock garden is finally starting to fill in a little bit. I also added that cactus in the pot for another layer, and he is just as happy as a clam there.
Beach-iversary Part 2
July has been a great month for the girl and I. One of the best parts was a beach-iversary that we took over a long 4th of July weekend. We did everything from eat ice cream twice a day to morning walks on the beach to hunt for sand dollars. Oh, and the girl made some amazing apple pie and cookies with her ma. It was epic.
Tillamook Cheese Factory!
Barrels and barrels of amazing taffy.
A morning walk on the beach.
The seagulls created a crab murder scene.
In between sand dollar hunting we had some fun in the water.
Fish and chips! They were delicious and it came with four different kind of fish.
Big ship and little ship that we saw during our lunch stop on the way home.
guy and his girl 