And in the blink of an eye, the season starts again.

I post so many pictures of food, I might as well post some of the tools used to make it. Here are a couple new knives.

We make it once a year. A delicious labor of love.

We fostered three kittens. Or, as someone in the trade described them: "shittens". So much cleanup!

Nearly 10 years after her first visit to the piercing pagoda at the local mall, Rosa makes a return trip for a second piercing.

Puzzles being solved and sage being burned.

We had a message from an Xmas troll.

We used to have a place called Black Cat Coffee but it closed. This is a cup from Speckled Axe Coffee. I know, it's confusing. I have developed a serious coffee habit this winter!