Another Chilly Day at the Beach!

Why do I keep gravitating towards the Gulf when it's so COLD out? By the time I walked to the end of the beach and back I couldn't feel my feet. I suppose I could've worn shoes, but that somehow did not occur to me... ...and by "COLD" I mean...45 degrees-ish...

Late Night Snacks

Whilst snacking in bed, I discovered I have an edamame-colored quilt!

Late Nights and Beheaded Cauliflower

Most of my waking hours lately have been spent at the dreaded office…dreaded…but I am grateful to be working so…no further complaint there… Alas, I have not seen daylight hours in so long though so I’ve been playing with my camera inside in the evenings…mostly taking snaps of my food.-Gorgeous-orange sweet potato oven fries.-Drop biscuits, as all I had in my house that day were basic staples - little box of Parmalat, oil, flour, and thankfully baking powder at least. I’ve since been grocery shopping…-Sautéing pearl onions. I got so wrapped up in taking photos and playing with the settings on my camera that I actually burned the onions in my neglect of them.-Cauliflower soup (a new favorite thanks to my fancy new immersion blender, gift from my aunt and uncle!)-and my favorite…the beheaded cauliflower. Hahaha.

A Drop of Sunshine

My breakfast. Sunny sunny oranges that I enjoyed this morning on my balcony (the best part of my apartment) in the windy 55 degree weather. I love Florida.

For all of you buried in the snow right now – I hope you are safe and warm and cozied-up for the duration! Stay safe.

The Back Yard

This weekend my brother, my sister, her husband, and my niece all journeyed down to my parents’ house for my Mom’s birthday. (It’s nice that we’re all within driving distance.) We celebrate with food – we had grilled shrimp (three types of marinades), burgers with onions and mushrooms, grilled zucchini, oven fries, and my sister made carrot cake with amazing cream cheese icing. Decadent! Happy birthday Mom! But before dinner…before I was too stuffed to wander… I was walking through my parents’ yard and taking pictures of all of the pretty things…the decadent everyday. The visually decadent – tiny orchids, tangelos, thyme, flowering aloe, and a particularly jungly and overgrown pot. Mmmm....lovely!

Slinkster Inks!

I love working with ink – I work of my own accord, probably not properly…I mix drawing with pens and painting with brushes. If I press too hard and bend the nib and scratch the paper…I bend the metal back and …blot my paper. And keep going.

I love that I can draw a line with a pen and then take a brush full of water and pull pigment out of this line into a wash. My favorite ink of all time – Parker Quink – is a black ink that, as it slowly dries, let’s me pull different pigments out of it…yellows, blues, violets…more on this ink later. I could go on and on! I’ll have to photograph this phenomenon to show you!

I was so drawn to the pretty colors at the Farmer's Market that I snagged this lovely bunch of radishes. It wasn't until I got home that I realized...I don't know what to do with radishes except slice them into a salad! Any suggestions?