Yes!

Been waiting for this day for months.  When I reached 229, I baked a small batch (cut everything down so it made 1 dozen instead of 4) of M&M cookies, which was the first batch I'd made since last July.  In the days since, I've crept up to 231, but have stayed there.  So this weekend the gang is having a shindig and needs some light refreshments, and I took it on myself to make Ghirardelli 60% Cacao cookies.  Three dozen go to the group and PG and I will have the other dozen.  

Light breakfast, light lunch, then time to bake the cookies.  I sampled several throughout the afternoon.  Then pizza and Pepsi for supper, followed by a cup of vanilla pudding.  Thousands of calories, but it seems to have worked, because I have no cravings now.  Tomorrow, back to normal.  

A warm welcome to...

I only check blog stats to see if anyone's dropped in lately, and lately it's been scraper bots from Hong Kong.  Those are for the past seven days.   They've even found my unlinked, unpublicized other blog and left more hits than there are posts.  Can't imagine what AI is going to learn from either of them.  

Making something out of a nothing day

This past Tuesday was cloudy and cold, so I didn't want to go outside.  Inside, work was slow, and neither PG nor I had any appointments on the calendar.  

There was nothing to look forward to.  

I decided to make something happen.  In mid-afternoon, I baked a blueberry streusel cake for her breakfasts.  When I came downstairs to take it out of the oven, I sat in the recliner and Good Queen Swirly took the opportunity to hop into my lap and lie down.  Minutes later, I was napping.

Close to sunset, I took a brown banana to the shed in back, and spooked the rabbit who's the intended recipient of the fruit.  The cottontail ran to the maple stump, then disappeared around the side of the house.  But when I checked this afternoon, all signs of the banana were gone.  

Pangram-ish

All together now!

 

Early spring wildflowers

Just around the corner from Tabby's Place, there's a tiny stream that's visible from the road.  Yesterday, these yellow flowers were sharing space with blue speedwell.  Based on the photo at this link, which has not only the yellow flowers but also the speedwell, I'm going to say it's Ranunculus ficaria.  

 

Adding to the sum total of human knowledge

First came this...

...and I contributed the bit on the right below.  Which was followed a few hours later by the post on the left.  (Click to embiggen)

 

Speedwell in morning sun

 

Spring: The Return

The creeping speedwell has blossomed once more in our yard.  There's also some red dead nettle that's starting to show its colors in the background.