Golden hazy days of summer, and the humming of the bees, sunlight glinting, telling you to rest a little. Lay down in the field. Autumn labors will be here soon enough…
Adorable for Tea Parties and Baby Showers
Wouldn’t these be incredibly adorable at a tea party or baby shower? So sweet! (Cut out before baking if you want the edges to brown.)
Can’t Resist a Little Gilding
These were perfectly charming without additional decorating, but I can’t resist a little gilding. Luster dust does help the relief patterns ‘pop’.
Honey at Work
These browned up a little bit more than the previous batch of cookies — I think that must be the honey at work.
Got a New Set of Cutters
Fluted on one side, flat on the other. Clever.
Fluted Edges Work Just Fine
I thought about cutting them out in hexagons, but realized that was going to be tedious and fiddly to do well; fluted edges work just fine and is much faster. 
Shortbread-Obsessed
Another batch for the Patreon boxes…salted honey & lavender shortbread. I’m a little shortbread-obsessed.
What a Good Wife I Am
Me, seeing that a box of peaches has arrived for Kevin, part of a gift subscription from his parents for his birthday last year: “I hope you’re not going to ignore the peaches I’ve spent FIVE YEARS growing for you, just to eat those.”
Kevin: “This could be the subject of an entire sitcom — do I eat your peaches, or my mother’s peaches?”
Dear reader, do not fret! I saved Kevin from this fraught decision, taking the ripest of his mother’s peaches and slicing it up to have with strawberry ice cream, yum.
What a good wife I am, looking out for him that way.
Little Gem
Lunch with Roshani yesterday before she went off to Florida for a few weeks of glorious vacation. I am not going to lounge on a beach, but I did get a very nice seafood risotto at Little Gem (half for lunch, half saved to fill out dinner).
Pork and Peaches
Had some leftover plain roast pork shoulder, really happy with what I did with it in about 10 minutes:
– sliced pork, heated olive oil, added pork, salt, and fresh ground pepper
– sauteed for a few minutes on high, flipping pieces to brown
– added two sliced peaches, gently stirred in to season and sautéed with pork
– added a splash of Cointreau to bring it all together with a bit of tasty orange-peach sauce
YUM.
