Ado and the Bee

Ado and the Bee

Ado Assists in Packaging Cookies

Ado and Honey-Vanilla Cookie

Caterpillars Feast on Bronze Fennel

caterpillar on bronze fennel

I identified these caterpillars as papilio polyxenes larva.

Ado needs a closer look.

These caterpillars will turn into Black Swallowtail butterflies.

Original Ink Drawings: Whimsical Bird Collection

Pear Pie

Homemade Pear Pie

Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing

Coconut Flour/Brown Rice Flour Cookies

Honey-Vanilla Cookie

Honey-Vanilla Cookie

Decorated Cookies: Lemon-Rosemary, Lemon-Anise, and Gingerbread

Mehendi Inspired Piping on Lemon-Rosemary and Lemon-Anise Dipping Cookies

Piping on Gingerbread Cookies

Lemon-Rosemary and Lemon-Anise Dipping Cookies

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I now sell cookies on Etsy.

Handmade Asparagus Sushi

The first sushi I've made.

Asparagus Sushi

I did my best to teach myself how to make sushi today.  The photos above are of my homemade asparagus sushi.

Day Out in New Orleans, Louisiana

Maison Blanche Building

Fried Squash Blossoms at Domenica

French Empire Chandelier at the Roosevelt Hotel, Barrone Street

The Sazerac Bar, Roosevelt Hotel

Enjoying a Drink at The Sazerac Bar

Detail of Church Door, Barrone Street

Detail of Brass Elevator Door, First National Bank of Commerce, Barrone Street, New Orleans

Brass Elevator Doors, First National Bank of Commerce, Barrone Street, New Orleans

Lovely Cappuccino, Antoine's Annex, French Quarter

Father's Day Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Chocolate Cake