Barley

As this fine month comes to a close, what could be better than a nice pastel drawing of a barley field. Nothing like fields of crops to make me think of fall, oh I also hear that it's Halloween, so I guess that's an acceptable view of the season as well.

I do love pastels, they are a perfect mix of paints and sketching.

All Good Things...

Must someday come to an end. No, I'm not cancelling the blog. What I am referring to is the free internet signal everyone was mooching off of. I guess the people across the river were tired of paying for everyone else, and yesterday morning they password protected their signal. We now have to pay for our internet, or have none at all. Well, it was acceptable while it lasted. 

BBQ

There is nothing quite like the taste of food that has been properly cooked over an open flame. I don't know what witchcraft it is, but somehow flame cooked food is simply superior. So if you have the chance (lol, not with your weather), get out the grill and get cooking. There is one little problem however...

These stupid grills are impossible to clean! What a way to ruin something nice... :(

Soap

I went to the store today to pick up some things, and I realized something. Soap is crazy expensive here. I don't  know why, it's only regular dish soap. Does it cure cancer? Is it made of gold? No, it is neither of those things. Simply one of those things they do to gouge people.

Thankful

There is someone who I recently started following on Twitter who has started writing about things that make her thankful. With such an uplifting piece, I figured that perhaps I should get a piece of the action. So what am I thankful for after all this time here? 

Hm...

Perhaps...

No...

Ah! This could be it...

???

I don't even...  I'll leave this here. Do you know what these are?

Cookie for whoever can correctly identify this thing. 

More Cake?

Is such a thing even possible? Yes it is.

Today, my parents as they often do, stopped at the bakery and picked up another cake. This time it was a chocolate cake, and boy is it good. I even has a fancy ring of chocolate going around the edge.