it may be reaching for one hundred degrees outside, but i can pretend it’s spring inside.
curiosity cola from fentimans: fermented botanical cola drink with ginger and herbal extracts.
verdict: refreshing with complex flavours
i love this weather right now.
the smell of orange blossoms.
the cool mornings
the warm days
it’s just right.
my cat oliver (who i tamed from the wild) has a feral girlfriend.
her name is olivia.
they play, sleep, and eat together.
i hope to catch her & get her fixed before she has kittens with another stray.
so i am waiting for several people to answer their interview questions.
in the meantime, i am forced to post pictures of my cat. sigh.
today’s tasty beverage is fresh squeezed orange juice from my tree, vodka, a splash of vanilla extract, and a few mint leaves.
i almost went with sage, but i thought i would go more classic. that, and i have twice as much mint as sage, and sage is tastier friend in butter than swimming in alcohol.
this screwdriver pairs well with darning sweaters and mending torn pockets.
sometimes it is nice to live in the desert.
like right now. when it’s seventy five degrees out.
and the citrus ripens.
this is my evening (4:57pm counts as five, right?) cocktail.
gin, tonic, homemade grapefruit syrup, and slices of orange.
grapefruit and orange compliments of my front yard.
syrup compliments of travis.
i have a big plastic bowl that i bought at the local asian market.
i picked a variety of lettuce, arugula, swiss chard, cauliflower, and carrots;
i filled it up.
there are even pink carrots.
for years, i’ve kept my earrings in a jumble in a small unattractive “jewelry” box.
i suppose i’m a creature of habit…anyone?
bueller?
i finally decided enough was enough! especially with the big, dangly, tangly, earring craze that’s going on right now.
so my solution was to buy an inexpensive piece of felt from the local giant craft store.
i used my fancy new sewing scissors to cut diamond shaped holes in it,
i swiped a wooden skirt hangar from my closet, et voila!
my new earring holder!
last year, i went with susan to an antique store and bought a gorgeous hand knitted blanket.
or was it a table cloth?
either way, i knew i wouldn’t be using it as either because i didn’t want to wash it frequently.
but i loved loved loved it.
i finally hung it over the metal canopy of our bed so it acted as a headboard.
sigh.
i really wanted to participate in the sketchbook project.
basically, you receive a sketchbook, do your thing, send it back.
then it goes around the country in a show.
but mine is blank. i’ve had it since november, the deadline to send it back is january 15th.
i just don’t know how this is going to end…although i have my suspicions.