Kumato

I made Laurie's Texas sheet cake last night, it was really delicious and baked up in just 10 minutes in a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Thanks Laurie, this very old family recipe is a keeper! Maybe it's the cup of butter it requires that makes it taste so good and of course, the cocoa!

My friend S and I were out walking on the weekend, the weather was beautiful although the sidewalks were still muddy, icy and slippery in parts. I wore boots, they are a lot more stable than running shoes for clambering through the snow! We saw these kumatoes in the grocery store, imported brown tomatoes from Mexico. They taste like tomatoes, maybe sweeter. Have you tried these?  We seem to see them around this time of year.

A Lovely Visit

K is on March Break school holidays, so M, K and I went to see L at her university a few days ago. L wanted K to spend a day with her attending classes, thinking it would be a good experience for him. M and I decided to spend the night at a hotel in town and K spent the night with L and her roommates for a real experience. He had a fabulous time, largely because it was not for real work! Do you know that L's computer class that day was about blogging?  Fellow bloggers, we would've been right at home there!

I took this view from our hotel room. It was a nice break away from home.

Interesting Tower

Creative Tuesdays - Twisted

The theme for Creative Tuesdays today is 'Twisted'. This is a (5 1/2"H x 4 1/4"W) card. I started off with watercolour pencils then it became mostly acrylic with fine point black marker. I noticed we are quite close to St Patrick's Day so I added some clover to the tablecloth, all in good fun! Can you spot the 4 leaf clover?  Of course this is not meant to detract from our 'Twisted' theme.  I decided to 'twist' the steam from the cuppa .

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Brownie Cookies

It's March break for the high school and elementary school kids this week.

Last week, I intended to make some chunky chocolate peanut butter cookies from this recipe, but forgot to add the peanut butter. I got these brownie cookies instead, maybe 8 less cookies. This was a divine mistake that I shall be making over and over again, because I love chocolate, and I love chewy brownies. This will do it, it was hard to stop at eating just three!

Sunday Sketches - Easter Dreams

Linking to Aquariann's Bunny Blog Hop!

What do you see in the clouds?  This piece is entitled 'Easter Dreams'.
Acrylic on cardstock (8.5"H x 11"W)

Linking to Sunday Sketches.

Darling Floral Arrangement

For the book readers, this video says we can only read about 1000 books in our lifetime so we should be selective!

I bought this darling artificial floral arrangement at the stores this week, I just love it. As I was making my way to pay for it, this lady remarked on how pretty it was and spring-like. I thanked her and went to the cashier who also remarked on how pretty it was and how spring-like. Have a great Saturday!

Paint Party Friday - The Sky

This (8.5"H x 11"W) acrylic on cardstock was inspired by a sunset photo I saw on Gigi's blog recently. I found this nice quote to go with it.  It's just one week till the PPF Charity Auction.  I hope you will join us and maybe make a bid on some art.  I will be participating!

Linking to Paint Party Friday.