Been taking photos of the changing leaves around the house, as well as the dramatic mid-autumn moods of late.
Sunset Dichotomy
Two perspectives of tonight’s sunset. Fall sunsets are the best.
EKA
Spent almost four hours making my first dozen batch of homemade Dominique Ansel’s Kouign Amann (DKA) pastry, with a soft, sweet, flaky croissant-like interior and a sweet caramelized outside crust. Not bad for a first attempt: taste- and texture-wise, it was pretty damned close to the original! It also worked well sandwiching a scoop of my other homemade creation, avocado ice cream.
More Sun-Chasing Shenanigans
Jiro continues to chase the sun throughout the house all day.
Sun Lover
Jiro loves the sun. He’s learned to drag his bed to the spot wherever the sun is coming into the house at the time. And when it moves to the other end of the house later in the day, he just moves over to where it is and flops down on the floor.
Guiding Light
The FINAL final touch to my spring time house number pillar project: a solar-powered LED spot light to help direct visitors at night.
Marble Rock
The final touch to my spring time house number pillar project: a bed of white marble rock to dress it all up.
Yakiniku at Home
A little bit of Korean-style BBQ on my Japanese-style tabletop charcoal grill ("shichirin").
A Lazy Kind of Sunday
Sunflower Clock
The George Nelson Sundlower Clock arrived today. Straight up on the fireplace wall it went.
Crazy Dog
New toy, destroyed toy.
Season’s Planters
The annual spring ritual of re-planting the planters happened this weekend. Completely different selections from last year’s.
New Dining Chairs
My new Eames Molded Plastic Dowel Leg side chairs arrived today. They match the live edge walnut top dining table much better, I think.
Lording It Over the Manor
... and loving the freshly-mowed front lawn.
Chemical Romance
Treating the spa tub to keep it in tip-top condition, always-ready mode.
