Our Christmas amaryllis has lost its blooms and is now only leaves.
Since that photo, one of the leaves has yellowed and fallen away. I don’t know if that’s normal or a sign the plant is in trouble. I guess I’ll find out as the year progresses. If everything goes well we can get it to bloom again this winter.
This cake was born when I realized I had two bananas that had become too ripe for my taste. I looked through my recipes and found one for a tahini banana/date cake. Tasty, with the tahini giving it an extra tang.
And here’s a bonus image, of a bush in our neighborhood with flowers blooming next to dying blossoms. Because that’s all arty and symbolic and proves how deep I am.
Late in December, I tried again and followed the recipe. The results were good but again, did not have the slim elegance of the classic baguette.
If anything it looked more misshapen. No big — I care more about taste than looks and it’s not like I’m baking for public consumption — but still slightly annoying.
It’s a very tasty, firm bread, though not hugely superior to some of my favorite non-sourdough recipes. Still, the sour tang does make it different so I’m going to try a couple more sourdoughs from some of my other bread books.
I’ve fallen behind on the Hellboy series but I’ve begun catching up, starting with YOUNG HELLBOY: Assault on Castle Death by Mike Mignola, Tom Sniegoski and Craig Rousseau is a lightweight story set right after the BPRD moved from its base in New Mexico to Connecticut. Hellboy’s been laid low by a fever and suffering dreams in which the Lobster summons him to battle against an evil force. Little does Hellboy know that he’s in the crosshairs of a fanatic out to destroy him.
recent fan letter for her Regency romance LORD SAYER’S GHOST so naturally I reread it (I have all her books). Female lead Prudence and her aunt, who talks to dead people, have moved into their distant, deceased relative Lord Sayer’s mansion: his ghost has driven every other relative out but if they can last the year, they get the house. Except it turns out Sayer’s alive and well, hoping that posing as a ghost will enable him to smoke out his would-be murderer. Trouble is, he’s driven them all away instead. Prudence, however, helps him hatch a plan to try again, even if she does find him tempting her to be very unprudent. This was a fun, charming romp with one or two outstanding lines (“Even her dress knew better than to rustle in her presence.”).
made for someone my age. The crime cartel F.E.A.R. are plotting to control an alien monstrosity reaching towards Earth, with Dr. Zinn as their in-house scientist; against them we have Dr. Quest and the rest of the Quest team alongside Birdman and Devi, his new handler. At least that’s how it starts: before long we’ve also got the Impossibles, Space Ghost, Mighty Mytor, Jezebel Jade and Frankenstein Junior in the mix (and that’s not even the complete list). This twelve issue series (two TPBs) was tremendous fun.
Wisp was a little thrown by all the furniture rearranging we did. With the coffee table clear, she checked out the lamp.
But then she decided it was all too much.
We managed to dose her with gabapentin again which kept her snoozing up in the spare bedroom until everything was over. Dudley and Trixie had a fabulous time being petted and stroked, though Plushie eventually became bummed he didn’t even get one bite of the food!
#SFWApro.
