Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat

I adore Swedish pancakes. They are tasty, not too sweet, not too heavy and really quite simple. (Okay, they do require a special pan, but cast-iron is easy to care for once you get it going.) The Fop doesn’t share my adoration so I end up making them for myself when he’s not around. My recipe for Swedish pancakes comes from my mother and probably is actually from one of the cookbooks on her vast wall of cookbooks…

Swedish pancakes

One batch makes approximately 19 pancakes.
The batter can be stored in the fridge for a few days – just stir it well before using it.
An eggbeater or whisk is ideal for mixing up the batter.

Visual aids can be found in my Swedish Pancake Flickr set. (Who knew I’d ever have a Swedish pancake Flickr set?)

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With two rambunctious kittens running around, Monster Cat grabs a nap whenever he can!

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“You will submit to my authority as a fierce kitten, you ridiculous excuse for a toy,” snarls Tasha.

Kittens grow. Abby’s growth has out-paced Tasha’s. We think Abby is more likely to become the solid, 14 pound tiger while Tasha maintains a more lithe runner’s build like a cheetah. We’re finally starting to see some more social-with-thumb-monkey’s behavior as well. Mostly, though, Tenny is their first true love. Of course.

Autumn has come early down here it seems. A pair of nor’easters are swinging through this weekend and the weather is a positively delightful bright gray with temperatures in the 40s. It’s going to warm up the end of next week but I may not be picking roses on Thanksgiving this year like I was last year. The roses are still going, especially the one out front… sometimes I think no one told my roses when they’re supposed to stop blooming. But if temperatures stay lower in the coming weeks, they’ll stop being so enthusiastic. I’m okay with that. It’s terribly pleasant to have some fall weather and some bright gray to set of what little foliage show we get down here. The Almanac promises a harsh winter. I’m perhaps a little too enthusiastic about that.

This week felt productive. I’m chasing a few things, working on some projects and generally getting things done. I also had a minor incident with a book mid-week that kept me up all night. I really shouldn’t read in bed. On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1) was the perpetrator this week – I got reading and just couldn’t talk myself into stopping until I’d finished the book… at 5:30 a.m. Yes, my name is Carla and I have a book problem.

“Why yes, I have grown since those first pictures, and you can tell, but isn’t it impolite to comment on a lady’s size? I’m a delicate flower of beauty and grace,” Abby protests around the strands of toy.

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Zombies attack Glean Abhann Royals: That’s right, a zombie attack during an SCA Coronation event. Just makes me giggle.

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I posted KWAR-KWCS pictures.

There’s also a group pool to collect KWAR-KWCS photos here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1255906@N23/

KWAR-KWCS was fun. I like the SCA convention feel (Birka is one of my favorite events). I enjoy the dissonance of being in a hotel in garb, and fencing in a hotel, and SCA merchants in a hotel… Perhaps I’m easily amused.

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Because almost everything lately is about kittens, right? I think they look most like little wild cats when they’re drinking. They have this watchful look about them and crouch like little lions or tigers. There are 4 more drinking photos at the end of the kitten set on Flickr.

My annoyance with iPhoto ’09 continues. Last week it wouldn’t let me see the photo while I was trying to crop it and whether or not the crop worked was fairly arbitrary. This morning it decided it was going to crash each time I tried to view a photo. Restarting the application, quitting out nicely then restarting again did nothing to help the problem. I did what any IT professional would do in my place. I shut up and rebooted. It seems to have resolved the problem for now. I wonder what annoying little issue will come up next. There are definitely advantages to the new iPhoto – the most exciting part for me is how quickly iPhoto 09 and the new computer download photos off a memory card – but I’m finding the little glitches less than pleasant.

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