Crazy Hour

Do your dogs get crazy at a certain time of day? These two do. Lola finds her favorite toy and plays and runs and chases. And Henry, well he's just Henry.

Do you knit and tweet?

Do you follow Plymouth Yarn on Twitter? You should! They're always doling out cute free patterns and helpful knitting advice. This week I had the very fun project of photographing a new Twitter background for them. This photo features Taria Tweed, Covington, Coffee Beenz, Zino, and Boku. It just looks like a big basket of fun, doesn't it?

Quick, easy and summer fresh {dessert recipe}

Fruit Stacks with Drizzling Sauce
Makes 2

Ingredients:
3 ripe nectarines, thinly sliced (about a cup)
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 sheet puff pastry dough (I use Pepperidge Farm from the grocery freezer case)
3 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp milk

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400˚F. Allow puff pastry dough to come to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cut dough in thirds along fold lines forming long strips, cut each strip in half. You now have six sections of dough. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and position two sections of dough about four inches apart, these will be the base pieces for the desserts. Layer nectarines neatly on each piece. Cover nectarines with a piece of dough. Layer raspberries gently pressing them into the dough so they don't roll away. Cover raspberries with the last two pieces of dough. Add a raspberry to the top for garnish. Place fruit stacks in the oven for about 25 minutes or until the dough is crisp and golden.

To make the drizzling sauce combine powdered sugar and milk and whisk until combined. Serve fruit stacks warm and drizzled with sugar sauce. Yum!

Perfect and lovely

The evening started out simple enough. I went to jazzercise, stopped and talked to my best neighbor friend for a few minutes and came home to snack on almonds. Then Thomas finished work and made cocktails for us, we chatted and had another. We watched a little tv and when the show ended Thomas said let's take a walk on the beach. OK. The air was warm and the sand was damp and cool. The pier was a golden glow. What a night, what a lovely night.

Time for bed

I had high hopes for my blog today but I think this cuddlebug needs me. And my 2011 IKEA needs me too.