weekend decadence

Peach-rum-soaked fresh strawberries; freshly whipped orange cream + vanilla bean ice cream topping; powdered cocoa garnish.

(forgive the flash-y picture; it was too late at night to get a clear shot without it)

Spent a lazy Sunday afternoon listening to the rain fall outside my open window and watching the clouds attempt to consume the Catalinas.

sunday, in pictures

At about noon. By then half the snow had melted from what I saw when I woke up at 7:30.










Tomatoes. Two knives because the first wasn't properly sharpened.


Poached eggs Provençal, thick-cut bacon, hash browns, bloody mary.


Tak thinks she's a person, so she always joins us while we're eating.


2 pm. Snowing again.





Oh, the palm trees.


My grading set up. You'll notice Tak in the bottom left chair, keeping me company.

the palm trees

They ring the pool that belongs to the row of houses across from ours. We can see them clearly from our balcony; I love that the line of them mirrors the shape of the ridge behind. We take pictures often.


In sun.



At sunset.



In snow.



In fog. (photo cred goes to Colin for this one)