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Signature Desserts

Inspired by the great cooking done by my wife and three daughters , and daughter-in-law, I knew it was time for me to do as they do, which is, (1) make a delicious something, (2) take a sumptuous-looking photograph of it, and (3) upload it to my blog for all the world to enjoy vicariously. This would not be difficult for me, as I like to bake from a box, and I like to take pictures. So since it's Friday (every day is Friday in my world) I rolled up my sleeves and got started, noting without alarm that the sell-by date was 4 years ago, seriously. My choice dessert for this project was the Boston Cream Pie, which honors my New England roots, of course. So let's go. (1) Start the oven (2) Add milk, oil, and eggs to the cake mix, (3) Bake at 350 in a 9" pan, (4) Cool cake on a wire rack, good so far, (5) Slice horizontally. The package didn't say that slicing a layer cake horizontally is not possible, as I have now discovered (6) Prepare the vanilla-pudding and spre...

At the dolphin tank

This grandson loves to lie down next to the dolphin tank and just watch the big creatures glide through the water, occasionally moving friskily, as if after something, but mostly just looking like they love to swim. Makes me think when I was a kid how I could easily immerse myself in watching something move, whether an ant or an elephant. Come to think of it I still do.... now it's mostly birds at the feeder.

Ready or knot, Let's get Papa's blog going

Get going? Why with this picture? Because Sal's been helping me with the mechanics of my first blog, and I recently took this picture for her to incorporate in her knitting project. Plus, she made me a fabulously comfortable pair of warm sox last month. Not shown in photo. This is a jerky start, but I'm looking forward to having some fun with this form of comunication. ptcp