Oh yes.. vegan cupcakes.

Free advertising always rocks my socks. When it comes along with a great product review from the vegan cupcake goddess of my blog world.. heavenly.

http://bakeanddestroy.net/

Natalie did a super job on her annual "Mother's Day Gift Guide" this year.. full of great suggestions for those moms with tattooed knuckles AND for those without. What an equal-opportunity kind of gal.

I myself just hope that this finally settles the score with my own mother over the large "Dad" heart tattoo on my arm... *grin*

Happy almost Mother's Day!

I'm Baaaack!

Whew! After a very full week in PEI, I've returned home with my organic crop inspectors certification and a head chock full of tasty new knowledge. Boots that are full of red dirt are yet another up side.. a little reminder to gaze upon through the coming days, until the rains hit Halifax once again.

While I was in PEI, I had access to a car.. which of course means access to the greatest toy store of all time... Owls Hollow! <---- click for the cutest site ever. With a spouse-imposed time limit, we wove our way through the shop, dodging small children at every step.. looking for the real goods. He picked up a new Carcasonne game (SwEeeeT!.. it's the ocean version.. "the discovery) and I found some solar print paper. Oh lucky day!! I used to play around with this stuff when I was young.. a product of having teacher parents I suppose.. :D But really.. this paper is amazing.. almost as great as polaroid. It comes sealed in a black-out bag.. you have to pull one sheet out in a dark place & then place all kinds of delightful "found" items on it.. expose it to sunlight for 1-5 minutes (depending on strength of sun) and then rinse with water to hold the image.. The blue paper will have turned white in the sun, with the space under your items staying blue.. when you rinse it, the white parts turn blue again and the blue parts turn white!

that's not a very good explanation.. I've included a picture to help explain myself a bit better.

Nothing like a little childhood memory game to turn me into an excited elf.

Lotus Crowns and Spring Colour..

Finally... a new record!

Only because it lets me semi-productively avoid studying for my upcoming crop-course...

I love this one.. the colours are so fresh.. the little blue flowers in the center are so spring-like with their tiny yellow pollen dusters.. *grin*. Metallic gold is one of my favourite paint colours right now.. it also behaves the best. Great coverage with only one coat and flows without clumping.. always a bane to the painter's existence.

Just wanted to share this great shot before I lose myself in soil biology.