Mother's Day

I spent Mother's Day finding recipes from mothers and writing them into my recipe box. Isa and Dolly's baked salmon with bacon, mom's mac n'cheese, Gram Guerie's bread recipes, James' mom's sour cream chocolate chip cake...it was a nice morning. Then I tried out my mom's bread recipe. Here are the first two loaves that came out! One regular loaf and one cinnamon twist bread loaf. I love fresh bread! And I have to say...it tasted like my mom's. Qa-quuk!

Talib Kweli

James and I went to Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek's show last night. It was awesome. They did a few of my favorite songs! We walked past his bus on the way to our car, and he walked right in front of us to get to on his bus! Anyway, I got a blurry shot with my camera phone during the show. Talib is on the right and Hi-Tek is on the left. Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are excellent live!

I'm Going to Carolina In My Mind

I had a wonderful morning before heading to work today. Somehow I came down to the kitchen before 7:45, and had enough time to make myself an espresso and do my makeup. It was really quiet in the house while the stovetop espresso maker did it's thing. So I heard it heat up and start to boil. Then the sweet sounds of percolation. Then I poured my espresso into my lone espresso cup, got my sugar bowl, and dumped in two baby scoops of sugar. The espresso crackles when you drop the sugar in! Or makes a sound like static electricity. Either way I love it. Then I got to stir the sugar and drink my espresso and sit with a catalog while I sipped my espresso before taking Otis out. Nice morning. Don't you love the simple things in the morning that make the day start off right?

Fresh Basil

James made us some wonderful appetizers last weekend. Bread, mozzarella, grape tomatoes, and fresh basil. I especially liked how he cut the basil. I love this combination of food. Definitely one of my favorite things. It's even better when you add some smoked salmon in. I love fresh basil!

A Curious Bird

We came home one night from a Penn State Alumni event, and there was a great blue heron in our neighborhood! So naturally I stalked it and tried to photograph it. The pic is crappy, but my experience of seeing it walk through the dimly lit driveways and stop at each air conditioning unit was pretty cool. This bird was huge when it finally flew away!

Before Photo

Project # 2: My new '57 or '58 Slingerland Super Gene Krupa Radio King snare drum! Got it to go with my newly restored bass drum. Really just needs a good cleaning and polish :)

A Finished Product

James finished restoring his '59 Slingerland Bass Drum. Here are some photos!