RANDOM SATURDAY STUFF

So this is what a week at camp will do to a

person. The ferry got here promptly at 5:30 am

and she came skipping in announcing that they

all stayed up again all night on the ferry. Yay!

20 minutes later:

I am so looking forward to opening that 

backpack filled with dirty camp clothes.

A special order cake for Father's Day. The

customer's husband loves Black Forest Cake, 

I made an authentic one with a German recipe.

 

I had to spend a bit of time finding Kirsch for 

this--it is the cherry flavored liquor that sets 

this cake apart. The Bing cherries are soaked in

it overnight and it is also used to soak the

cake layers and the frosting. The frosting is

real whipped cream and I used chocolate

from our own local chocolate factory. In

between the layers is a coffee/Kirsch

flavored buttercream with Bing

cherries layered on the frosting.

This baby was heavy--4 layers,  7 inches tall.

My little niecie-poo out fishing on the lake for the kid's

derby. Apparently she was quite excited about the whole

deal until she actually caught a fish. Grandpa helped her

bring it into the boat and the terrified screaming started.

Oh well, maybe they should just stick to floating around

on the lake without hauling anything slimy aboard.

Isn't this cool? (get it--ice/cool..) I am going to make one

for my daughter's graduation party. It is actually pretty

easy, it just involves filling a large bowl with water and

setting a smaller bowl inside. The decorations are

placed between the bowls, everything is put in the

freezer and voila! you have a gorgeous ice bowl

to hold anything from dips to punch. I read that

in a regular temp. room it will last approx 3

hours with minimal melting.

My sister and her husband are babysitting Canaries for

a friend that is out fishing for the year. They sing so

pretty and they just keep multiplying:

My best look, don't you think? Sanding the 2nd coat

of sheetrock in the kitchen. We are almost to texture!