beautiful environments~

These pictures bring me feel great serenity.  I love these landscapes- these beautiful environments.  I would love to spend time in these places. 

Audrey's paintings

I often find that art is where beauty makes itself known most easily.

The artist Audrey Kawasaki has done some work, most with "an air of melancholy" according to her own website, that really speaks to me.  

God is so cool

bones

so addicted!! 

100 days of marriage!

My cutie hubby gave me roses and chocolate in celebration of 100 days of marriage!

Angry Birds real life game!

So I got my youth kids to play a real life angry birds game! 

It's my latest addiction.  Here's a website that helps me find the golden eggs!

cooking

I'm really enjoying experimenting with making different food!

chili in a bread bowl

pork steak

stuffed tuna steak with raspberry salad and asparagus

flavoured honey for a picnic

murder mystery dinner

cherry chocolate croissants

stuffed manicotti

cranberry almond topped baked brie

lasagna

peach cobbler

My latest masterpiece is a olive garden style chicken and gnocchi soup! Yum!

My next upcoming challenge: Vietnamese Pho soup!