Another day of the Arctic Vortex. The chickens are hunkered down and so am I. Think this weather calls for a good hearty soup.
Monthly Archives: January 2014
My Winter Baby Turns 10
My sweet girl turned 10 today. Each year I make a special cake for her. This year she asked for a chocolate cake with chocolate feathers on it. I used a recipe from One Girl Cookie’s cookbook for the cake part (it was amazing).
For the feathers I thought I would drizzle melted chocolate into feather-like shapes. I was trolling the internet for chocolate decoration and decided to type in how to make chocolate feathers. I found a woman who made amazing chocolate feathers. Go figure. I followed her instructions and made these. Pretty wonderful if I do say so myself.
Silver Lining to the Cold Snap
About 2 days ago I emailed NPR to suggest a story idea. Today they ran it! It is about a positive side to this crazy cold weather. There are a lot of invasive insects that have spread through North America. Some move via firewood, but others are moving North because of climate change. I was hoping that this cold snap would kill off some of these invasive insects and a quick internet search showed that my hopes were founded.
Here’s a link to the podcast. It is quite interesting. And it’s good to think of something positive when you are walking down the street thinking the tip of your nose might freeze off.
The photo above is from the *inside* of a coffee shop. The frost flowers were spectacular on many of the glass storefronts. This was from Monday.