{Indoor day}

^^future snow^^

{A bird in my life again}

last week my father purchased his 6th mercedes-benz..
(midlife crisis)

i found a new knitting pattern for a halloween hat i want to knit
but i need to go to michael's for yarn and needles

on saturday h. got a snake
a ball python
and i got a canary
my canary is named chloe and she's very chirpy
h.'s ball python is named snokka
(icelandic for snake)

{Subarachnoid}

{Silver and cold}

cold out again, as usual

last night i had delicious a delicious puerto rican dish, cooked by my puerto rican neighbor
there was potatoes, carrots, broccoli, sprouts, bananas (i think), pasta and a wonder not-too-spicy sauce

we went to whole foods a couple days ago and i got ingredients to make stuff!
chili from veganyumyum, pumpkin muffins from the post punk kitchen and an icelandic spice cake and icelandic mushroom soup from icecook
being married to an icelander really makes me want to try their native recipes
ones that i am able to, anyways

yesterday we visited the thrift store on post
i found an fendi eyeglasses case
it was perfect because
my sunglasses are fendi
and i just can't seem to find my original eyeglasses case
got some books too: great expectations by charles dickens, jacob's ladder by donald mccaig and slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut

last weekend we visited my paternal grandparents in columbus, oh
one reason i like being in kentucky: proximity to relatives
anyways, i took some pictures of my great-grandma and great-aunt, the ones from norway
i think that i look like her a lot
i really do
supposedly i'm the spitting image of my grandma (who is norwegian, but was born is massachesetts)
just a dark version because she has blonde hair and blue eyes
my eyes are a weird orange color and my hair is naturally light brown

{Two tabbies}

on my way out to get the mail today i made friends with 2 tabbies:

little girl

big tom

haven't really been cooking a whole lot as of late.. still have leftover soup
plus it's hard to cook and bake when virtually all of one's cooking/baking supplies and dishes are on the opposite coast of one is currently located
*sigh*hopefully everything will be sent next month

i still haven't seen a cardinal

{Snow day}

Hans and I woke up this morning to snow
and more snow
it was snowing like crazy
the ground and sky were (are) white

being from california, i'm not used to this
i took loki out for a walk and he rolled in the snow
that's such a norwegian forest cat thing to do

i made maple syrup taffy, from the little house on the prairie books!
although laura ingalls wilder actually made the taffy when she lived in wisconsin,
not on the prairie
it's so simple:

(1) gather up some clean, fresh snow and pack it into a pan, tin, bowl, whatever and set in freezer to keep cool
(2) pour 1/2 c REAL maple syrup into a small saucepan
(3) over medium-high heat, bring to a boil and put a candy thermometer in
(4) when the syrup reaches 235°F (soft ball stage), take it off of the heat and immediately drizzle it over the snow packed in the pan
(5) let cool for a minute or so, then eat!
i want to see a cardinal so bad
h. saw one last week but it flew away by the time i got to the window
on one of our many weekly trips to whole foods i purchased a birdfeeder
it's all green and recycled from plastic
there's a little roof and a cage-like apparatus that keeps the suet cake from falling out
h. climbed the tree outside of our bedroom window and hung it there!

takes me back to my childhood when i would make birdfeeders at home:
(1) take a pinecone
(2) spread peanut butter all over it
(3) roll in birdseed
(4) tie on a string
(5) hang in a bird-friendly area

{A spare moment}

finally, a few spare moments time!

it's snowing here.
last week i got an iphone
i was stoked to learn that there is an app for whole foods!
i can browse for recipes, make shopping lists.. it's heavenly
the whole foods nearest to me is in louisville
they just happen to have a rad bath display:
i grew up in a home containing 2 claw-foot tubs.. i am quite fond of them


just finished making whole food's butternut squash bisque
accompanied by kavli crackers and avocado with salt and pepper