Post Birfday Dregs

I am as worthless as can be thanks to all my great friends and many, many, MANY birthday well wishes and cheers, so I am cheating a little today. I made a cupcake. It was one of, um oh about a thousand that appeared on my birthday. Thanks to all for making it memorable. Here's hoping that the cupcakes don't consume me.

Happy Birfday to ME!

It's official, I am old. Not really, but it's a milestone. I got to spend the afternoon doing things that I like to do, like napping with cats, walking in the park, picking flowers and having lunch with friends. It really was a beautiful day with more friend time to come this evening.

I made a very simple necklace of Quince flower buds. This bush is magical and starts blooming these delicate little pink flowers early in February, giving me hope that spring is around the corner. I love to see it in full bloom every year, when it hits its stride, right around my birthday. Hope for the new year.

I hope that everyday you take time, for you, breathe deep and smell the flowers, air, life. It's all around us and will pass you by in an instant if you don't grab on every once in a while.

Pendant for Reflection

Quiet moments are few and far between these days. I had a few to spare this evening so I created a simple pendant and enjoyed every quiet second of it. Silver wire, horn, olive wood.

Earthy, Hardy and Whole

Ahhh the restorative powers of whole foods after a long day with pre packaged goods.

Potato Rounds -
1 white, 1 sweet
cut in 1/2 inch rounds
boil for 7-10 min
pull out, let stand, fry quickly to create a nice crisps on the edges in nice hot pan.


Kale "salad" -
1 bunch kale, de-veined, and torn into 2 inch pieces
1 onion, cut in half and sliced into "rainbows"
2 tbs rice wine vinegar
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch red pepper flakes
1 tbs ghee

sauté onions in ghee for 5-7 min. In separate pan, briefly boil the greens and pull out, drain after 2 min.

in large bowl toss cooked onions with greens and the remainder of the ingredients. Set aside.

Little piece of cod, fry with ghee.

Serve all together.

Earthy, Hardy and Whole. Simple, quick and easy.

Spicy Tuna Salad

Fighting the urge to grab up and eat a whole pizza after a long day and evening just getting started. I wanted something yummy, quick and healthy, also, I am craving my home made kimchi.

Dressing:
1/2 lemon juiced
1/2 tbs miso paste
1/2 tbs olive oil

1 grilled tuna steak

1/3 head iceberg lettuce

1/2 c kimchi

Grill the tuna, plain, on a well seasoned grill, for 3 -5 min med high heat

while tuna is grilling, cut up lettuce

in a large bowl whisk together the dressing

hand toss in the lettuce

pull the tuna while you plate the salad, hand toss the kimchi over the bed of lettuce

plate tuna.

Enjoy wile reading latest BonAppetit!

Balloon Earrings

a bit of copper wire, found ceramic pieces, moments of spare time and bam! Earrings. Happy Monday. When they are upside down they look like balloons. This, I believe should promote more head stands.

Cast Bits Turn Into Hammered Earrings

The title says it all. These are 9 y.o. cast bits that I made while in school that I recently found and turned into earrings. Solid silver cast, wax crayons. Earring backs. Ta da.