Creative Moments

Adrian is still baking something new every day. Today he made two cakes. This is a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. Num. We've been making chocolate leaves for the last few days. I say "we" because Adrian has asked me to help him with all things chocolate. I chop. But I got to paint one of the leaves. He would have let me do more, but I painted it so thin I almost had to lick the solid chocolate from the chilled leaf. He still would have let me do more, but I think I'm a better watcher and chopper.

He also made a carrot cake for his friend's wife. She just had a kidney removed. Adrian says she's doing okay, but has been craving a cake with cream cheese frosting. Those friends know who to ask. Adrian bought aluminum cake pans so he can give the whole thing away. Bake and Release taken to its highest form.

I've finished the stitching! This is the finished fringe. When I took pictures of it, I noticed that one of the strands looked way out of line. I snipped its mooring thread and re-aligned it. I look at this thing, but didn't really see it without the picture.

The next step is to clean her. Then I need to buy a cardboard or foam backing to mount it on. Boring! But it will be further than I've ever gotten on my needlepoint projects. Then I need to decide what to do when I listen to my books. I've started cleaning and I think it is freaking out Adrian. Maybe I can work on the front yard.