Likely Story

Catching Up

Hi there. Long time no speak, eh?  Yeah, I know.  That's my fault really.  I've been busy.  Doing what you may ask?  Well, I decided my life was in no way hectic enough so I took another job as the part-time pastry chef at a small cafe here in Mt. P called The Square Onion.  It's not much, just a couple of days a week, but it keeps me on my toes.  Otherwise, it's just been business as usual here.  Pretty boring really.  I am working on Noni's Cascading Fuschias Bag, as you can see:

Oh, and I made a very yummy poached pear tart, filled with vanilla almond diplomat cream in a chocolate lined shortbread crust.  Very tasty.  Deadly, really.  See?  It's a bit beige in the photo, but trust me when I say it isn't beige in flavor.

I should have more to say someday in the future, when I am not so bloody exhausted.  Until then, I leave you with the promise of more pastry to come and maybe even some sort of particularly witty commentary on something relevant.  Maybe.  Probably not, actually but dare to dream.

Quidditch Round 2

I am totally guessing on one or two of these....

1. With whom does Ginny go to the Yule Ball?
a. Neville

2. When Harry arrives at the Burrow and Mrs. Weasley makes them all dinner the night before they leave for the Quidditch World Cup, what does her wand turn into?
a. rubber  mouse

3. Since some of the sixth-year girls didn't have any quills on them, what did they think Krum might sign their hats in?
c. lipstick

4. How old does the Quick Quotes Quill say that Rita Skeeter is?
a. 43

5. What color cloak is wormtail wearing in the Riddle house?
b. Black

6. What color is "Mad Eye" Moody's magical eye?
d. Blue

7. What color are the robes that Rita Skeeter was wearing when Harry meets her at the Weighing of the Wands ceremony?
b. Magenta

8. What does Sirius Black tell Harry, Ron and Hermione to call him when speaking around anyone else?
b. Snuffles

9. Which team beat Wales,  disqualifying them from competing for the Quidditch World Cup?
c. Uganda

10. What does Madame Maxime say is the only thing her steeds will drink?
c. single-malt whiskey

Quiz Answers

Just in the nick of time.....

1.    What is Professor McGonnagall's first name?

Minerva

2.    Who is the librarian of Hogwarts?

Madam Irma Pince

3.    What is Madam Rosmerta's job?

She's a bartender/inn keeper

4.    What is Rita Skeeter's secret?

She's an animagus - a beetle

5.    Madam Hooch is instructor of what subject?

Flying

6.    Who is Parvati Patil's best friend?

Lavender Brown

7.    What Quidditch position does Cho Chang play?

Seeker

8.    What is the name of Fleur Delacour's little sister?

Gabrielle

9.    Who is professor of Divination?

Madam Trelawney

10.    Who wrote "A History of Magic"?

Was it Batilda Bagshot?

Checklist

Finish the back panel of Jemima.....check!

Sew an obscene number of Buck-A-Block squares (as I was horribly behind on them)......check!

Plan a delicious and well deserved Valentine's Day mini break someplace lovely (like here)......check!

See, I do get things done....sometimes.
See you after V-Day!

Knitting and Shrubbery

First the knitting.  Jemima almost has a back!  She should be fully backed by the start of the weekend and so far, though she isn't much to look at, I am quite pleased.

As for the shrubbery, I lost my mind this weekend at Lowe's and came home with an assortment of cacti and succulents, herbs, 2 blueberry bushes, a blackberry and a raspberry bush and a pear tree.  I'll post pictures of the canes and tree when they actually start to take, otherwise, it will look a bit like I've spent a lot of time and money planting dead sticks of assorted sizes in large pots and in the ground.  Actually, now that I've said that, that WOULD have been a much cheaper option, though I doubt that at the end of the day the dead sticks would produce fruit salad.  Then again, there is a good chance that my berry  canes and pear tree won't produce either. Hmm.....economically, I've been doing this all wrong.  Well, it's too late now, but it's definitely it's all about dead sticks in 09.  Count on it.

See Pretty Things!

First things first.  While it's no Saturday Torte, we made Tiramisu in class on Wednesday.  Homemade vanilla lady fingers drenched in a kahlua syrup, filled with a marscapone bavarian cream, topped with a cocoa gelee and chocolate shavings.  Want some?

Are you sure????

OK, then I'll just sit here and look at my new Jane Crossover Sweater Kit that arrived today.  ;-)