Death Comes to Violet

Today I watched Violet, my ever faithful 1GB jump drive, disintegrate before my very eyes.

First bits of plastic shards...then the exterior casing fell off and now it seems as even the mini motherboard is hanging on by a mere thread.

Lots of very important things are saved on this jump drive.  I'm such a wandering spirit, portable digital storage is like lifeblood.  

I'm very sad to say goodbye to my first and most cherished.

Cloud Cover

Nights in Roma

Aquamarine

She bought a sun dress, it was the color of the sea, summer didn't seem so far away then.

Cupcake Wednesday

Something cute and sweet for the belly.  

Not from a box.  

     Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

Basic Lemon Cake Batter

(this is for a layer cake, I halved it to make 12 cupcakes)

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter, softened

3 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp lemon extract

3 cups cake flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

 Preheat oven to 350.

 Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

 Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until yellow disappears after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts.

 Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat a medium-low speed just until blended after each addition. (batter will be thick)

 For two 9 inch pans, cook for 32-36 minutes.

Strawberry Vanilla Buttercream

 1/2 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp salt

1 (16 oz) package powdered sugar

1/2 cup of fresh strawberries, chopped

Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with strawberries, beating at low speed until blended and smooth.

Rumi Poetry

Poems I found today in my wanderings

A thousand half loves must be forsaken

to take one whole heart home

Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent minded.

Someone sober will worry about things going badly

Let the lover be

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere

They're in each other all along

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People want you to be happy

Don't keep serving them your pain

If you could untie your wings 

and free your soul of jealousy

you and everyone around you

would fly up like doves

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Speak quietly

and say nothing that is not true

Things not found in Oregon

Lemon Trees

Clock Tower at UC Berkeley

Cute Shoes from H&M

southeast 28th

in the pink

Life Path Exploration

All roads lead to the same point.
All paths are true.