Amazing Gifts

Sharon and Peeps, nesting for the night in the egg box. Do you love the little head peeking out from her wing? They are so fast now, photo-taking is a challenge.


ATC News: Treasures from Away!
Some little treasures have come my way recently! At long last, Carrie of Pink Crow Studio, sent me this ATC (along with the necklace she made me almost ten years ago, and finally needed a new clasp), hand colored and with moveable parts.
The quote reads: "To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings." ---Rosabeth Mos Kanter. Certainly true for me, on the toes of my Taking Forever Socks That I am Bored With, and already eyeballing my next project!
That girl still knows what I like. And since she was also an ATC Comment Giveaway winner, a little something is coming back her way also...I have pictures but I don't want to spoil the surprise.

And Tricia, from way back in art school (now librarian extraordinaire) sent me this one, and she tried going USPS with the card as is, in all it's tiny glory! So this is the back, postmarked and everything:
It did arrive, though the postal people seemed a little grumpy it was not a standard size and put it in a new envelope.
I am sorry to say that the photo does not do justice to the subtlety of this ATC. There is a dreamy quality to it in person:
In baking news...
A freeform blueberry pie, diving into our last bag of frozen Maine blueberries from the stash of 40 pounds that we started out with last August! I kind of threw it together, but the crust is Martha Stewarts' recipe, dusted with a little cinnamon sugar:

Blueberry season last year was heralded by an unprecedented Blueberry Feast that we shared with our foodie friends Matt and Susan, from NYC: Chilled Blueberry Merlot soup, Crabcakes with Blueberry Salsa, Salad, and Blueberries and Cream for dessert. We were fully antioxidized that day.

In sporting news...
Tee Ball season has come to an end! Is this a picture of summer or what?
And my boy, avec his trophy (the baseball spins on the axis, Sylvan would like you to know):
It's drizzly and cozy here today, perfect for staying in my pajamas all day long.

Birthday and Baseball!

Today is Jake's birthday. The above cake was full of delicious egg yolks from our hens. Instead of "If life gives you lemons, make lemon curd," my new motto is "If life gives you lots of eggs, make cake, pie, and lemon curd!" We had banana cream pie, too. The cake above is a lemon cake, with lemon curd overflowing like a pretty yellow skirt, and white frosting. Below, check out the delicious yellow color of the lemon curd: Below, Little Red Hen eating sunflower seeds off of my fork at Jake's birthday party. Jonas recommends listening to it without sound, as there is loud music and inconsequential chatter in the background.


AND...Today was also the first scrimmage of Sylvan's Tee Ball team. Yes, the American past-time! He is #4: In right field: In the dugout:
Sylvan's first At-Bat----number 1 in the batting order!


Today, everyone got on base (even when they got tagged out), sometimes the players needed to have the bat taken out of their hands and shooed off to first base, sometimes the players slid onto base even thought they didn't need to, and everyone won. The three innings lasted over an hour, and that felt a little long to the players and spectators. Here's me any my twinkly older boy, watching the game: