My BFF turned 29 yesterday, so to ease her suffering I baked yummy treats for her! I made organic & vegan peanut butter filled chocolate cookies. The recipe can be found here; I used dark chocolate cocoa, though. They were rich and decadent!

I also made a stack of triple chocolate brownies for her. I always suggest my brownies be refrigerated for a bit before eating to achieve the perfect ratio of chewiness. They were NOT a disappointment! :) I'm baking up a storm lately.

My dear, sweet vintage couch is still in my storage unit in Nashville. I miss her so. I will soon be driving up to bring her home and getting some much-needed closure to that part of my life. It is quite difficult to move on when you're still hangin' on.

I don't think I'll ever be able to say goodbye completely to the city I've had a 20-year-old love affair with. Maybe I'll just say "see ya later" instead of "goodbye." :/

My best friend has been begging me to make her creme brulee for years now, so I finally decided to appease her wishes. It was made of all organic ingredients and, at her request, I added extra turbinado to the top. I LOVE my cooking torch!
Mine were prettier because I didn't go overboard on the burnt sugar! ha

When she came over with her son, she also brought me furniture! She bought me this fantastic chair and two side tables that I can paint all crazy. I LOVE free furniture just as much as I love my new cooking torch. ;)

Hello pretty girl! What's that you say? You want to be electric? No problem!

The 1970 VW Type 3 Squareback conversion to EV...more info soon!

Sir Willem Jack Tucker is the most adorable dog on Earth!

I am jumping up and down at the anticipation of owning the of Montreal Skeletal Lamping wall decals by Gemini Tactics at blik!

Of Montreal is my absolute favorite band, I'm completely stoked about this!

We have a praying mantid who doesn't want the visit to end. It's been hanging out on my garage door for two days now. After handling it several times, I found out the awful truth about mantids. Luckily, I was treated fairly by my visitor. It did jump on my camera lens, though.

If it is still outside tomorrow morning I'm going to set up a cage for it and take it in to K's classroom on Monday for a presentation. We spent twenty minutes just watching it watch us yesterday, so I'm sure the other kids will be just as thrilled to see one up-close.

Unfortunately, I think it might be the end of his life cycle. I hate when the summer ends, we lose all the neat insects, like our pet rhino beetles last year! I hope he stays alive until Monday...