apparently when you start blogging again, blog-worthy stuff starts happening! who knew it was a cause and effect thing?

case in point - look what the mailman left on my front step today:

a gorgeous pink box!

the label on it says “Liz Lovely,” and i didn’t know what that meant until i took a peek inside and saw:

a big assortment of vegan cookies!!!

as it turns out, liz lovely is a bakery making yummy things while trying to make as little impact on the planet as possible. and they do it from vermont. what could be more perfect?

thank you so much, christina and pat. now i can’t wait for dinner to be finished tonight so i can dig into dessert!

a very good question! i’m not quite sure of the answer.

i have heard, loud and clear, from quite a few people, that leaving a waffle-related post up for over two weeks is not enough to keep everyone entertained. (but it’s about waffles! how can you grow tired of waffles?) fair enough.

so, here i am. getting back in the habit of posting on the blog. a quick look through recent photos on my computer makes me wonder just what has been going on in life around here. apparently nothing camera-worthy. while there has been no blogging, there has also been very little picture taking.

i think that part of the problem is that i have yet to figure out how to knit and blog at the same time. unfortunately, both hobbies seem to use both of my hands. and while i can normally commit enough time to blogging and knitting, i have been facing some wacky knitting deadlines, both work-related and personal. i was a bit in over my head in yarn. but those deadlines have passed and i would show you the results, but again…there are no pics. odd.

i promise to try to do better moving forward.

recently, an item has entered the house that makes sunday lunches pretty much non-existent.

tom’s birthday waffle maker:

it has been in use almost every sunday morning since he got it and because of it, sundays have become a two-meal day.

i like mine topped with some fruit and syrup, while tom enjoys a smearing of unsweetened strawberry jam.

we now have a pretty good recipe of our own that combines ideas from vegan with a vengeance and a recipe from ben. (my favorite detail is that all of the sweetness comes from bananas)

before we had settled on a tasty way of doing it ourselves, we bought a box mix to get us started. since i can’t have dairy, finding a suitable box mix was a challenge. but i found this:

how can you not buy a box with such a cute graphic design?!
these were pretty good, but i’m glad to have moved past the box.

i had promised the pups that we would have an afternoon in the woods on tuesday. the weather turned out not to be great, it was a little rainy and foggy, but a promise is a promise and they needed some good outside time. So off we went!

abby loves the brook that runs through the park and was so thrilled as we walked closer to it. once it was in sight, she went exploring:

where’s abby?

grendel isn’t allowed off-leash until he learns to listen to me despite distractions (which is not likely to happen in the near future) so he has to enjoy what he can from wherever he is anchored. but he honestly doesn’t seem to mind much. he’s just happy to be out and about:

the lousy weather cut our exploration short, but all in all, it was worth risking frozen paws for some new sights and smells.

i have lots of old milk bottles:

this isn’t even half of them.

but they aren’t just any old milk bottles. the ones i like are printed with graphics, advertisements, public health messages and/or reminders. here are some of my favorites:

and bonus points are given if they rhyme: