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I and all my Ancestors wish you and all your Ancestors a truly Happy Hallowe'en.
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And here are some deeply delicious biscuits for you and them, from me and them:
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Mmmmm that third baking session was the Killer. Best Baking Yet! Mmmmmmmmm.
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And some Beauty from I just like it 3, to round off our toast this fine unique evening:
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See these, and other Beauty~full gatherings, more clearly overthere.
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One of these is not a leaf... can you tell which one? Yes! A rare sighting of Snippy the Blackbird!
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The Sun sinks lower and quicker beyond the fence. Tomorrow this will 'be' an hour earlier... hmmm...
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Such a rich lavender harvest this year, and plenty more to come. It smells Divine.
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My second batch of wheat-free baking proved even more delicious than the first.
These are the Honey Cornmeal Cake and the Apricot Thumbprints, from the Flying Apron's Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book.
The first baking book I have ever really Loved. Lovely, simple recipes. Lovely size - smallish - to work with in the midst of a worktop-full of ingredients and utensils.
The cake was going to be 50 mins in the oven, and I felt like doing some more mixing "just quick".
As it turned out... the cake was out of the oven again, before my Apricot Thumbprints went in. I was learning as I went, it all took a liitle longer than jussquick; making organic puree and indentations and whatnot, and it got to that full-blown crazy kitchen thing for a while there... But I pulled it round, and ended up with all these fabulous new things to eat. The tastes and textures turned out so well.
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I'm fascinated by this practical nutritional alchemy. It never made sense to me previously, to put so much effort into baking when I could buy fine wheatytreats so easily. Now that the no-wheat-zone is in effect, it makes perfect sense. A whole new playground of making to explore. And eat. And not be bloated by.
I think they look so Beauty-full when they emerge into this early evening kitchen light too. Which is why I took their portraits, before sinking my teeth in... So so yummy.
The raisin circle (not in the recipe) is made from well-tasty Cherry-Infused Raisins. Just sose ykno.
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It's Jedward's twentieth Birthday today. (They say they are now "TwinTeen".)
Such fun online: JedwardGenius made a lovely celebratory page, (Yep, - scroll down: this one is in there),
and of course there is twittering like a rainforest symphony.
Youtube fan HB vids galore, made with care and collaborative creativity. 2011 style.
Something deeply sweet about all those Happy Wishes flying around, with so much Love.
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A new era has begun. jaihn is making wheat-free cakes. YumYumYum!
These were a version of a recipe for muffins, using cornmeal and rice flour, found in the recently acquired, and lovely, Flying Apron's Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book.
I improvised with slight variations in my ingredients, and added hazelnuts and almonds, and experimented with two forms. Cakes and loafyness. Nice. Both Nice.
Lemon and vanilla and nuts all taste goooood together, I find... Texture pretty good. I'm very proud of my first batch.
A splendidly enjoyable project for a Sunday late afternoon in early October, 2011.
You may notice there is one less cake in the pic after they are out of the tin.... I could not resist. YumYumYum.
I went wheat-free a few weeks back, and feel hugely better for it. Long term bloat and belly pain all just vanished. Altogether feeling like a fresher, more comfortable, version of me. Whoooooop.
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In other news: I am going to vanish the 'ragster espial' blog very soon. I've said something about that overthere, for those of you who were in on that. Time for simplifications online - there will be more. It's the Autumnal streamlining tuning-time again...
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Thank you, Steve Jobs, for all the marvels you brought my way, while you were here.
1955 - 2011...Not such a long time, to influence the way the world carries on. Likeyadid.
Today I just happened to have a one-to-one session booked at my local Apple store. There were some honouring flowers left at the storefront, and a couple of the guys inside mentioned them to me. I like that people did that. It was a day I didn't have my camera on me, so no pic. But you can imagine.
I found this fine stellar pic here. And I really like the quote Yolie has put here.
Peace Be With You, Mr Jobs. And thank you for these exquisite keys under my fingers, this Beauty-full screen before my eyes.
So very much I couldnadone without your creativities... xxx
ps ~ edit to add ~ Ms Moss made a lovely honouring post, "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" and there are more good links in the comments there, too. xxx
