image-in-ing

This last shot is of me back in the day when I was 5 feet tall, standing beside what was said to be the tallest saguaro cactus in the state of Arizona. The base of the cactus is down in a gully, so it's even taller than in looks in this picture. That's a LOT of cactus!

In the abstract...

The Sistine Chapel exhibit

A ccouple of friends and I went to see the Sistine Chapel exhibit in Charlotte, NC several weeks ago. We were fascinated to see the art work, and I remain dumbfounded to imagine how challenging it would have been for Michelangelo to produce such stunning works of art on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Going buggy in our yard!

Handsome trig

Pearl crescent

Paper wasp

Luna moth

Gray hairstreak butterfly

Swallowtail

Promethea silk moth

Smells good in the kitchen!

No, these weren't all baked at the same time! This represents some of our baking exploits over the past few years.

Sticky buns

Baguettes

Everything bagels

Italian rolls

Hamburger buns

Garlic knots

A few from the archives...

Play ball!

Warm Strawberry Puff

This recipe was cut out of an old copy of Sift magazine, a publication by King Arthur Baking Company. if you haven't checked out the recipes on their website and an issue of Sift, you might want to give it a try - they have great recipes in addition to fine ingredients and baking supplies.

Here's the link for the recipe for this tasty Warm Strawberry Puff.

With just 7 ingredients and no leavening for the "puff", this creates a large, light, and airy puff. The hardest part of the whole process is then folding it around the strawberries! It's so puffy that the berries want to escape!