“THROUGH THE DANCING POPPIES STOLE A BREEZE MOST SOFTLY LULLING TO MY SOUL”  John Keats

The unseasonably warm temperature here in D.C. yesterday was the talk of the entire afternoon!  Every where I went on my errand runs, store clerks, customers, UPS men in their cute little shorts and their really nice legs…..everyone……was beaming about the absolutely beautiful, warm, sunny day.  Everyone, that is, but me!  You see, the hectic holiday has had me a little out of touch with the news and weather.  With everyone hogging the tv for football,  and with me totally saturated with holiday sweets…..I decided to set out to pick up some ingredients for some savory baking.  Little did I know that I wouldn’t be needing my long sleeved sweater and fleece jacket!  I could only strip down so much and my errands kept me out most of the day.  So by the time I got home, the last thing I wanted to do was bake and the only thing I wanted to do was take a shower!  But the beautiful day soon turned into an even more beautiful evening.  And with a couple of hours of solitude, I baked these delicious, savory wafers and enjoyed them with a cup of tea on my deck at dusk.  The colors of these wafers were so striking, that I decided to photograph them before baking.  But it was after they came out of the oven, and when the sun began to set, that the magic began….. [Read more...]