recipe for a robot

a rainy day afternoon, a cardboard box and some time.

the buttons are labeled:
on
off
silly
killy
hokapoka
crazy
and happy.
the white plastic box add-on is labeled:
treasure box jewelery.

did you say an aunt?

marg fulfilled received a birthday wish early today! when asked months ago what sort of cake she would prefer, esther replied, "an ant cake". this is what one looks like.

we were all delighted by the macabre deliciousness of the thing.
it had enjoyed a brief stay in the deerhurst lodge freezer en-route to ottawa, which soggied its' licorice legs somewhat, but man, talk about chocolate covered ants!

thorax for me, please.

cuter suitor

our little neighbour came by with flowers for esther today...he picked them while catching bugs and butterflies behind the city centre with his papa...
daisies and bladderwort!
the girl received them graciously, and i immediately ran for the camera,
thinking, you know,
that they may want a shot of this moment 20 years from now at their wedding...

very shoesy

edgar as a garden gnome.

brewer park

b

our new pal

here is our new buddy, sixteen inches tall and jammed with jellies.
we could not leave the chinese market without adopting him.
neither of the children is interested in consuming the confections inside,
but boy, do they find him fetching.
the label includes the information
"contains no konjac"
which begs the question....
????

ginger cake

a no dairy ginger cake recipe that is simply outstanding.

photo yet, since it was eaten up like that!

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sift together dry ingredients:

3 C flour

1 T cinnamon

2 t baking soda

1 1/2 t ground cloves

1 t ground ginger

3/4 t salt

1 1/2 C granulated sugar

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whisk together wet ingredients:

1 C fancy molasses

1 C veg oil

2 eggs

1/2 C H2O

2 T minced fresh gingerroot

1/2 C chopped candied ginger

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fold the dry into the wet in three additions,

pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.

bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.

then...

cool in pan on a rack for 1/2 hour,

invert onto a plate to allow to competely cool,

dust with icing sugar.

take a picture, then eat.

from the complete canadian living cookbook.