Ready, set, bake!

Fun for a Sunday. This is a white hearth loaf that took me (with the rising cycles) all of Sunday. It starts with a sponge which is always fun because the risen size is always dramatic. The kids enjoyed looking at it, but weren't as blown away by the rising as I expected.

The full gallery, including a few pictures showing the various stages is here.

HereThere Be Dragons

I came home from work to find Beth taking pictures of this guy on the bushes in the yard. I couldn't resist trying one myself. Full-sized here.

Humming Past the Graveyard

So this guy comes and goes from my parents-in-law's feeder. I got two pretty good shots of him here.

Reds

Same feeder, different day. A red-bellied woodpecker talks to a red-winged blackbird. Full-sized here.