Pardners

 top left clockwise: Katie,  Jeanne,  Alice,  Shannon. 

Shannon chose the place, Beretta––and brunch was terrific. Finally, after years and years of Round Robinhood, she and I got partnered-up. She's a shrewd reader and noticed that the word prosecco kept popping up in my writing.

Along with coffee to balance things out, we ordered the Mexico 70: tequila, lime, agave, and prosecco. A little bit of food, too.

I Took the Pledge Not to Text and Drive

But I didn't take the pledge not to write with an ink pen and drive. Have you ever heard ALICE IN WONDERLAND by the Bill Evans Trio? It came on the radio while I was driving home along the Great Highway.

Out in the wilderness it hits us suddenly. We need pizza. Tom places the order. Vegetarian Supreme with anchovies for himself. Vegetarian Supreme with sausage for me.

Catching Up

Friday:   6:10 p.m.  from the Coastal Trail

Friday:  5:00 p.m.  

Thurs: TIAPOS. Photo stolen from Doug to illustrate my story: The Mystery of the Missing Missing Tooth.

Wednesday: Birthday Gumbo at Em & John's, the best next-door neighbors in the universe.

Fog

5:56 p.m.

Des Fruits

Raw

Today is the last day of the Round Robin, where we commit to writing daily for 10-12 minutes. Our prompt today was RAW.

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Do you love raw cake batter? This recipe makes the best cake batter you can imagine. It's gluten free, too.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup of butter, unsalted
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups almond meal/flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time and beat until blended. Add milk and vanilla and mix.

In another bowl combine the flours, salt and baking powder. Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until creamy. Then start eating the raw batter.

Spread whatever's left into a greased cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream, or if you prefer, ice it with Baker's One Bowl Chocolate Frosting. Depending on how much raw batter you eat, the baked cake will provide 1 to 18 slices.

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Recipe from Anna's blog.

I Love My Neighborhood

On the way home from Firehouse Pizza:  New  paint!

Fog Band

This band of fog followed us all around the Coastal Trail.

6:22 p.m.

Night Owl

Stickers

Everyone knows my love for stickers is way out of proportion for anyone over eight years old. Last time I posted a sticker progress report was almost three months ago. It seems to take forever to get a personal project done these days. But this one will be worth it. Imagine how our rosewood cabinets will look plastered with these babies!

Happy Birthday, Peter!

Still a bit breezy! On the Coastal Trail with Gina.