From the Observatory

Magic balloon on Flickr.

City of Roses and Dicebox goodies. on Flickr.

Remember how a bit ago I was like “you should def show some commerce love to City of Roses and Dicebox”? Well, you still should because their work is still aces. Both are available online, in full, but if I know you and see you semi-regularly, I have hard copies of both works you are free to borrow to decide if you should own your own.

General doin’s to kill time. on Flickr.

Alt flour cinnamon ginger muffin. Smells so good I’m almost furious. on Flickr.

Alt flour muffin/scone base

1) Pre-heat oven to 400ºF

2) Pour almost a half cup of milk, add a glug or two of white vinegar to top it off, set aside.

3) Mix dry ingredients:
• 0.5 cup tapioca starch
• 0.5 cup garbanzo flour
• 1 cup nut (almond or hazelnut) flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 0.25-0.5 tsp baking soda
• spices or whatever (I’ve used cocoa, cinnamon, fresh ginger, currants)

4) Grate a stick of cold butter (8 tbs) into the dry ingredients. Use a pastry cutter or your hands to combine. You want a mealy texture in the end, get the chunks of butter small and integrated.

5) Pour the now chunky milk into a bowl and add an egg and some honey. Mix well.

6) Add the milk/egg to the dry/butter and stir well.

7) Either glop into lined or well greased muffin tins or pat down to 3/4 of an inch on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet.

8) Optional: sprinkle some sweet on top. I like a touch of superfine sugar.

9) Put in oven for about 15 minutes.

10) When toasty on top and toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean, remove from oven and set aside for about five minutes.

Then eat the shit out of ‘em.

Our podcast is live! Ladylikebookclub.com on Flickr.

And I think a link here means I’ll have hit everywhere I am online with the word that the LadyLike Book Club podcast is live! Go! Listen! Like!

Up for grabs: icon of Remedios Varo from my senior art show. Papier mâché and cloth. Light enough to easily mail. on Flickr.

For real. I’d rather not throw this away, but I don’t need it in my house. Old work is just more clutter.

Stole @chaseallgood’s phone to horrify you with my healing arm. on Flickr.

Stole Chase’s phone as Foley suggested. Not bad healing for 12 days!

More dryad head. About done. on Flickr.

I’ve been modding a Liv doll (essentially a department store ball jointed doll) with paper clay. I’m making a dryad.

This is the head so far. I’m sculpting it from scratch.

Best slide on Flickr.

Best slide.

Old break spot on Flickr.

I started taking snaps of my view from where I’d take my ten at work. Nostalgic now, as my employer has moved locations.