baking & blood

for me yesterday started out with grocery shopping and ended in a bloody mess.
it all started when i decided to make cupcakes. from vegan cupcakes take over the world i present Toasted Coconut Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Frosting. everything went really well, though the cakes themselves came out a little flat which makes the frosting look less attractive.





then i made a sweet potato pie. but i started by making the wrong crust and then had a difficult time decided what to do about it. ultimately i just put the incorrect crust in the fridge and started over. the part of the filling i was unsure about was the 3 seedless oranges.




then george came home and we decided to go for a bike ride up to and possibly around pheonix lake. we also discovered a trail that went back across the ridge to town so we thought we'd try it out. on the way there george took a tumble when he decided to ride in the little paved drain think that was right next to the road (presumably trying to stay further from traffic) and got some scrapes and bruises. we got to the lake and found mostly it went up up up and around around around. there were some great views of the whole bay area - we could see richmond and the city at the same time. after a while i declared it "offical not fun anymore" but luckily we were near the top of the climb and started down. everything was going fine and then i fell.




i tried to get some good macro pictures of the gore, dad, but the camera couldn't quite focus enough to see it. also, i got a hair cut, but that was a few days ago.