Yesterday was hot and humid, and I baked. I'd started before I realized this wasn't a great move. In fact I got wobbly partway through and had to sit in front of the fan, push the cooling down a bit and drink water till I recovered. Which I did, and here's the plum snacking cake that resulted.
It's crisp on top, crunchy with raw sugar, cake-like inside and the plums are tart and just very good. Plenty for Handsome Son, neighbors and the baker.
The daylilies are starting to blaze, with the lavender now just ebbing a bit, and the daisies blooming away, though, against the stucco, they're hard to see in a picture.
You know how to the writer everything is copy? To the artist everything's a subject.I never understand people saying they can't think what to draw.
Anyway here's a Sharpie and black Crayola pencil of the grubby old sneakers I wear for working the back forty.
As always I present this humbly, not assuming it's great, just that it's the best I can do right now, and I'm sharing.
Happy summer Sunday, everyone!
The plum cake looks so good - and lots for sharing, which is always a good thing. We're going to have to find a new person to share with because our across-the-hall-neighbour has moved into assisted living. He was the best taste tester for anything we felt inspired to share.
ReplyDeleteShoes are a good subject to draw but I certainly wouldn't have thought of them.
Your garden is so lush, even in the middle of summer!
ReplyDeleteI looked back at this day last year's pictures and found this exact cake, also with plums, same baking tray. I guess the same mood came over me then,too, same day.
ReplyDeleteGlad you recovered from heat! Heat exhaustion is scary.
ReplyDeleteThe plum cake looks good. Your drawing has charm, movement.
I remember you baking the cake last year too. I do like the drawing of your sneakers. I do the same as your neighbor. Buy some plant and then have a hard time finding a place for it. My daylilies are all but done now.
ReplyDeleteI am trying not to use my big oven these days and have discovered that my small air fryer/toaster oven makes delicious biscuits in about a third of the time! Of course, not too many but that's a good thing. A regular sized cake wouldn't fit in it, but a half recipe probably would.
ReplyDeleteBe careful in the heat!
And this is how I know I am not an artist or a creative writer. Every time I see a clever creation I just look at it in awe, wondering how on earth people continue to come up with new stuff. Surely everything new has already been imagined and created, and every clever phrase has already been turned... Recently a friend read some of her poetry to me and when she finished, I sincerely sat back amazed and said, "That's it! There can't possibly be anything more to write!"
ReplyDeleteYour plum cake sounds delicious. A little tart with a little sweet - a perfect combination.
Interesting comment, Becki. The thing is that everything hasn't been made or said by that person, from their own need. That's how you don't run out!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful audience you were for your friend. You complete the art by experiencing it.
Recently I am making fruit cakes, single fruit that is, apple, rhubarb, banana, pineapple. Plum sounds yummy! Hmmm…
ReplyDeleteYou did those grubby old sneakers justice! And that plum cake looks deelish!
ReplyDeleteThat plum cake will make everyone happy.
ReplyDeleteSue really feels the heat. so the oven won’t go on a whole lot until the fall.
ReplyDelete(Now he's put on what looks like a haz-mat suit!)
ReplyDeleteThat cake looks delicious. And your sneaker drawing is great.