Day 84: Snowpocalypse Day 1

Snow Day! I had arranged for a substitute teacher today ANYWAY since I had a Reading Conference to attend. But then it snowed and kept snowing. :) There is tons of snow on the ground now and it's a fun time to sit and reflect on life.

Materials: ink, pencil

Time: 30 minutes

Day 83: Marble

I loved playing marble games when I was a kid. My Uncle Bob also made me a wooden marble slide that I played with constantly. When the marbles would shoot off, Sugar would run and chase them. :)

Here is my take on the "cat's eye" marble.

Time: 20 minutes

Materials: ink, pencil, colored pencil

Day 82: KitKat

I am starting to read "The Kite Runner" with my seniors. So I had thought to draw the kites with the string with glass shards glued to it but the shape of the dangling kitty on the end of the string just surfaced instead. I think if this cat could talk he would say, "oh mittens!"

Time: 45 minutes

Materials: pencil, ink, colored pencil

Day 81: skirt steak

Decided to make something without a recipe.

Skirt steak marinated in Apple cider with a splash of Siracha

Ingredients: flank steak, carrots, apple cider, Siracha. Cook for 3 hours after braising meat.

Dessert: Apple bake

Ingredients: apples, pecans, brown sugar baked at 350 for 20 minutes.

I nommed on this and I forgot to take pictures on the finished dishes. They were excellent.

Day 80: Mr. Mole

"The Wind in the Willows" is one of those books I remember fondly from my childhood. 

Here's Mr. Mole :)

Materials: ink

Time: 15 minutes

Day 79: macaroons

Isn't macaroon spelled wrong in this prompt? In Vancouver Canada I ate my first one. They are addictive! My favorite ones were lavender and Earl Grey.

Materials: ink, colored pencil

Time: 10 minutes

Day 78: Shigezo outfit

Each year the people I study Japanese Tea Ceremony with meet up for an annual New Years dinner at local Portland izukaya, Shigezo. Michelle does an excellent job sending hand-made invitations and creating gifts for the attendees which embodies the year's artistic theme from Japan. This year's is calm or stillness so the gift represented the theme.

Here is what I wore. Taken at a Starbucks to make sure I wouldn't forget later (which I did):

Vest: Ann Taylor

Necklace: wrapped wire globes

Dress: black and white dress

Black boots and leggings