Herb and cheese scone with cat:
Isabel was obsessed with the smell of the herb and cheese scones Huz made after we watched the Bread Ahead Bakery Herb and Cheese Scone tutorial (link leads to the YouTube tutorial). And, you can see how beautifully they turned out. After we watched that tutorial together, I heard Husband listening to another tutorial by the same chef while I was typing up my Monday Malarkey post. He cooked focaccia on Monday and it was nearly perfect, as well: fluffy, light, with a perfect, crispy golden crust. I highly recommend those Bread Ahead tutorials if you enjoy baking.
Lavender and mums:
A recent favorite photo from our patio pot garden. I thought the colors were so pretty together.
Something I recently painted (at Jeane's request):
That's the painting I said was done in imitation of de Kooning. It doesn't look at all like a de Kooning and I didn't even use the right type of paint (he worked in oil; I used acrylics and made some little adaptations to try to imitate certain effects) but half the goal was to get an understanding of the process and I feel like I succeeded in that. You can't probably tell but it has 5 or 6 layers and quite a bit of texture from all the scraping, dripping, scratching, and building up of those layers.
A rainbow for Pride month:
After a recent storm, we spotted a rainbow from our back patio. I think it was June 1. It seemed apropos.
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Love the color of lavender foliage against those mums. How did yours bloom so early? Mine don't open until fall nearly. I really like texture in paintings. For some reason, the green shape in the middle makes me think it's the Statue of Liberty sinking into a turbulent ocean. Probably I'm reading a lot into that abstractness from what's going on in our country haha.
ReplyDeleteLavender typically blooms pretty early, here. I guess it's just our climate. I got two different types because neither of the lavenders were labeled with where they come from. Usually, they say they're French or Spanish (Spanish lavender works best, here) but since neither described its origin, I bought both. One bloomed and bloomed and now looks 3/4 dead. I'm guessing that must be the French and this one's the Spanish. Aren't the colors beautiful together?
DeleteHa, that's funny. I can see what you mean about that green blob. And, I can't blame you for interpreting it that way. It feels somewhat apropos.
I meant about the mums blooming, actually. My lavender is in flower too! but my mums never bloom until much later. So I thought it striking to see yours side by side, and such a nice color combination too.
DeleteAh, the mums were from last fall. They came close to dying in the winter but I cut them back and they revived. We had a very mild winter so that may have helped.
DeleteWow, so nice! I have a row of mums planted in the ground, they do come back every spring but bloom in fall- I think because our summers are so hot. Love the dark russet color of yours.
DeleteI was surprised that they bloomed because I really thought they were dead, for a while. But, with a little effort, most things will revive in our area. Summer is hot here, too. I tend to get lazy and let things die off during the hottest months and then start all over in the fall. Not good with heat.
DeleteThe scone looks divine. Especially to this Celiac riddled gal. The painting is beautiful too. Thank you for the photos I needed a brief distraction from work.
ReplyDeleteThe scone was absolutely amazing. The only problem is that the recipe makes just 5 or 6 scones, so they go fast.
DeleteThank you and you're welcome! LOL I'm glad my photos provided you a needed distraction.
I would have been obsessed with that smell too!
ReplyDeleteIt was a very enticing smell.
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