Friday 25 February 2011
The Week in Planes :: 8
Wombat, 22.02.11
Foldability: good
Flyability: OK
I still don't see how this resembles a wombat...
Skylark, 24.02.11
Foldability: fine
Flyability: OK
Delta Dart, 25.02.11
Foldability: good
Flyability: not great
Labels:
weekinplanes
Friday 18 February 2011
The Week in Planes :: 7
Space Orbiter, 14.02.11
Foldability: good
Flyability: spin, spin, spin, nose dive, crash!
Good thing NASA designs better space shuttles than this!
But the paper version looks good on a desk...
Hammerhead Dart, 15.02.11
Foldability: a bit fiddly
Flyability: surprisingly good
Starship, 16.02.11
Foldability: OK
Flyability: OK
Labels:
weekinplanes
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Monday 14 February 2011
Sunday 13 February 2011
lavender cupcakes
If I had to pick a favorite floral aroma, it would be a close tie between lavender and lilies. But as far as I know, you can't eat lilies...
I made lavender cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I wish you could smell them from the photos... they're heavenly.
The recipe calls for whole milk infused with dried lavender flowers, preferably left overnight. I bought a bunch of lavender last weekend. I wonder if the woman who sold it to me had any idea how I planned to use it. It took about an hour to cut the flowers off the stems and stuff them into the milk jug yesterday.
This afternoon I started with the nesting bowls that M gave us for xmas.
Hard not to feel happy with such fun colors and smart design.
The infused milk goes into the batter for the cupcakes, as well as the frosting.
While the cupcakes cooled, I made the frosting. It's not easy to make purple food coloring; I had to be careful not to oversaturate it. But I was pleased with the end result.
Delicious! So fragrant and sweeeeeeet.
The only downside to making lavender cupcakes for Valentines/my birthday this week, is that it all but guarantees S won't send a box of cupcakes to my office again... Gotta make the lavender ones last. Good thing I have enough infused milk for one more batch!
I made lavender cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I wish you could smell them from the photos... they're heavenly.
The recipe calls for whole milk infused with dried lavender flowers, preferably left overnight. I bought a bunch of lavender last weekend. I wonder if the woman who sold it to me had any idea how I planned to use it. It took about an hour to cut the flowers off the stems and stuff them into the milk jug yesterday.
This afternoon I started with the nesting bowls that M gave us for xmas.
Hard not to feel happy with such fun colors and smart design.
The infused milk goes into the batter for the cupcakes, as well as the frosting.
While the cupcakes cooled, I made the frosting. It's not easy to make purple food coloring; I had to be careful not to oversaturate it. But I was pleased with the end result.
Delicious! So fragrant and sweeeeeeet.
The only downside to making lavender cupcakes for Valentines/my birthday this week, is that it all but guarantees S won't send a box of cupcakes to my office again... Gotta make the lavender ones last. Good thing I have enough infused milk for one more batch!
Labels:
celebrations,
flowers,
food
Friday 11 February 2011
The Week in Planes :: 6
Wide Wing, 07.02.11
Foldability: difficult
Flyability: so-so
Dagon, 08.02.11
Foldability: fine
Flyability: good
B-2 Spirit, 09.02.11
Foldability: OK
Flyability: so-so
Glider, 11.02.11
Foldability: good
Flyability: great, very smooth
Labels:
weekinplanes
Friday 4 February 2011
The Week in Planes :: 5
Arrowing, 29.01.11
Foldability: fine; cut sheet into 2 pieces and folded together to make the plane
Flyability: good
Seaplane, 31.01.11
Foldability: difficult; not sure I got this one right
Flyability: so-so
Ladybug, 01.02.11
Foldability: good
Flyability: good
B-52 Stratofortress, 02.02.11
Foldability: difficult
Flyability: good
Double Eagle, 04.02.11
Foldability: stumped!
For the first time, I was not able to finish folding a plane. And unfortunately there was no plane for 3 Feb - someone took it from my desk!
Labels:
weekinplanes
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