A cup of chaos…

Spring draws near.  The singing of birds, the irises pushing their young greens up towards a sun still deciding if it wasts to shine or play hide and seek behind clouds of grey.
Trees think of budding.  The ground is warming.  The pests of spring are awakening while cats/kittens seek the sunbeams shining onto wooden floors.
It’s [...]

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The ingredients flew from the cupboards like a strong wind stirring up trouble.   I pulled down the bowls, selected a size and started assembling.
In went flour, baking powder, and salt measured by hand.  From the fridge, out came butter and milk; from the drawer a fork and a spoon.
Unwrap the butter after measuring what is [...]

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It’s Sunday and I’m the only human awake in the house.  Some chores have been started/finished/looked at while every one is still in a horizontal I’m still sleeping body.
And yet I’m awake.
ALC wanted out.  And out.  Out again.  How much was I need to go pee, please, omg, if you don’t let me out I”ll [...]

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On the menu for today: scones.
I hope I can do it today but if not, it’ll be done this weekend.  The idea of having these on hand is making my tummy rumble and grumble and dare I say, make the mouth drool?
I’m a sucker for cinnamon brown sugar combos.  Poptarts.  Cinnamon rolls.  Just a few [...]

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It’s a perfect day to take a book outside (currently reading Curse the Dawn) and just laze about watching the ALC run around in the freshly mowed grass while devouring a book I can’t put down.
Also a fine day to bake.  But what?  Hmm, must think.

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Finding a recipe that works for me when a baking urge hits is a plus.  The urge for something hit, a craving, a want, something that just coulnd’t be foud in Retro-Man’s stash of safe for a million years goodies.
What to do.  What to do.  A freezer full of freshly frozen peaches.  A sudden want [...]

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