Сталкер

Tonight we watched Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 Stalker. So amazing.

Breakfast at 2PM

Sleepy gray day with a toasted blueberry muffin, cinnamon swirl french toast, swedish pancakes and coffee at Sweet Sue's in Arlington.





A walk to Spy Pond. ...look at the curled tail feathers!

Orphée

Ce soir un peu de Cocteau avec mes amies...tout le monde s'est endormi sauf moi!

Teatime

Today the sun came out just in time for us to have a lovely teatime outdoors. Maman takes her tea with milk and I have mine plain. She made scones so quickly right before so they were hot and lovely. What a nice treat for my last day in Virginia!

This is the very best recipe for scones, tried and true*:
*thanks to a combination of Mr. Beard and Ms. Moulton

2 cups flour
1 tbls baking powder
3 tbls sugar (plus more for sprinkling)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup currants (or chopped, dried, apricots)
1 1/2 cups + 2 tbls of heavy cream

Set oven to 425°

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the currants. Pour in 1 1/4 cups to 1 1/2 cups of cream or enough to just form a soft dough. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough gently 3 times and pat it our into a 1/2 inch thich circle. (Handle the dough as lightly as possible to avoid tough scones). Cut the circle into 12 wedges. Transfer wedges to an ungreased baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining 2 tbls cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until they are pale and golden or about 15 minutes. Serve hot!

To make savory scones, reduce the amount of sugar to 1 tbls and substitute currants with cheddar cheese and rosemary. Mmmmm....

Seven Samurai II

Watched The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen!

Takezo-San!

Watched Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto tonight with my Vati.
It was a lovely film, as you can see. I am excited to see the next two.

One day my log will have something to say about this.

Recently went through a bit of a Twin Peaks phase.



Through the dark of futures past
The magician longs to see
One chance out between two worlds
Fire, walk with me

Tokens of Invisibility

Happy day, Papa!

High Seas

I'm in the midst of writing two papers in one night, both of which are due tomorrow. Ouf da!
Drinking juice and coffee, planning a power nap, and listening to the mice scurry about the kitchen.

(This is a collage I did in November 2008)

Une semaine me reste...

MM Day

This is a line-drawing I did just a few weeks ago...
Have a lovely day dearest Maman!

BULLies

This is the bull necklace I crafted to help me through reading period and May, of course.



This is the big mug of coffee that helps me too, along with the enduring inspiration of Tolkien caricatures.

I cannot wait to emerge from my books a week from now. Then, I'll watch the wind and light in the leaves.