Fuchsia, and..How to make a Valentine cake thats Art!

Out In the cold, still blooming away..

Valentines Day soon..

What I do is make a 1 layer red velvet cake, and slice in into two cakes.
(Or make two and end up with a valentine cake for a neighbor).
Then I make a cream cheese or other icing, and fill between the two.

 I use rice paper to make a cut out doily of boys and girls holding hands, and in such a way that there are hearts between them.

These are in a circle and you can do this by folding paper that is round in half, half again and again, about 4-6 times. Then I cut with very sharp scissors into the paper up and down the length and viola I get this beautiful doily that I can't find my photos of now, but you'll figure it out if you try it.

Then lay the doily on to the cake top and sift powdered sugar over it, remove doily and you've got a piece of he/art for your beloved!

Winthrop WA. 5 days for my Birthday!

Kelly's Cafe in Mazama near the trail.

Nice painting I like a lot..

3 Fingered Jacks Cafe

Icy Trees

Miso

leaves and berries with olives..and cukes.

Snow Geese, Mt Baker, Skagit Valley

The Snow Geese are back down from Alaska. 

The Trumpeter Swans are as well. 

Also in the right area you will find the bald eagles wintering here.

I have photos here of snow geese, some swans may be mixed in.

 The swans are nice to watch in spring when mating dances go on, and I love their honking.

Baker at sunset is a true gem.

Methow Valley

Snow Country

It's cold here! 

Colder than in Yellowstone where snow is dry, powdery,

 and yet altitude is almost painful there, dryness is so noticeable.

Here frost forms over night even if theres no snow, and it clings to trees like this
becoming  quintessentially
 frozen, and beautiful against a blue sky in particular.

Mule deer, my favorite kind of deer has big ears!

I love icicles, in my home in PA they hung to the ground, 

were huge, and clear , and shortly used as weapons, very shortly. ^^

 It's beautiful here. But I have but gotten many photos.

We enjoy visiting the Snow Geese that Visit in The Skagit Valley

I added this Mt Baker photo For City Daily Photo, which this blog is a model of, even tho Mukilteo is a tiny city, it is a portal to my wider world of travel. A video apparently shows up blank on the CDP site.