Day 2059: Life is good!

♥: teabag, collage & machine stitching.

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Click here for Maze, Golden time of day.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

A gorgeous SoCal day, no promised rain but look!

When I was a little girl, about 100 years ago,

when I would see lines in the sky ...

I thought it was God writing on his blackboard. ♥

3.15.2018

One of her best birthday gifts ever ... my daughters,
40 years "Best Friends Forever!"

WonderWoman's days around her birthday fill up fast!

So I asked for Monday to take her to breakfast & a pedicure.

Thinking that would be it till church on Sunday, I settled in.

But, I got a text Thursday morning saying ...

"I'd like to spend part of my birthday with my Mom"

(picture my heart melting?) 

So Friday, March 16, 2018 

WW will pick me up at noon and we will head over 

to Ivy's Cottage for a chicken walnut salad. 

Before she & Superman fly into LA for the Laker game.

Life is good!

A smile for Friday ...

Day 2058: Five at Eastside

heart: teabag, collage & stitches

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Click here for Stevie Wonder, Do I do.

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Second Wednesday of the month is Eastside!

A group of 8, but today we were 5.

We missed you Norma, Erin and Jody.

We were lucky to visit Libby's new studio in Orange, CA. 

What a treat, Libby's work & eye candy everywhere.

Just in six month's, how about a tour?

Libby's office

Libby was featured earlier on this blog here, here, here and here.

Libby's office

Prominent artist, Libby is featured currently on covers ...

Talented & prolific are understatements!

Libby's creativity is evident everywhere.

On to the work-space ...

work-space

One possibility for today was tea bags ...

tea bags

Libby is famous for her tea bags!

So with every possible supply & tool, we started...

with an expert experienced instructor.

We had a wonderful day! 

tea bags by Linda

Talking, laughing, experimenting and creating.

tea bags by Josie

Thank you Libby Williamson!

For FB Throwback Thursday ...

the very young WonderWoman, 1976

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 1571: A step-by-step, kombucha & ramen, oh my!

postcard: ink, watercolor & junk mail collage

A step by step, kombushcha & ramen, oh my!

I probably could have split this into three posts?

Or omitted B or C sections, but maybe you can edit for me?

A.

A postcard step-by-step ...

step 1.

a quick sketch on 4x6" postcard using brush & ink.

step 2

Adding watercolor quickly & sparingly.

step 3

Adding junk mail for collage ...

step 4

not everywhere, but selectively.

step 5

Reverse side is ready for address & postage,

then off to Neptune, New Jersey!

 B.

I am learning to make Kombucha! 

"Kombucha is fermented, lightly effervescent sweetened

black or green tea drink  commonly intended as functional pro-biotic beverages with supposed health benefits." Wikipedia

some commercial Kombucha

You can (& I have) purchase it commercially.

It is expensive & possibly the qualities vary.

 WonderWoman's friend Tami teaches classes  ...

& I went on Wednesday.

Thursday I made my first batch of Kombucha.

And I took photos to document the process.

Dissolving organic raw sugar in hot water ...

adding green & black organic tea & steep.

When the tea is room temperature, I added the SCOBY.

An acronym for symbiotic colony of bacteria & yeast. 

 It is the mother culture required to make kombucha tea,

like the yeast starter in making bread.

left insert: SCOBY, and at bottom on right

So now SCOBY is working for up to 15 days ...

left shows SCOBY today, near top

after which I will add organic frozen berries to flavor the tea.

I am just learning, and next to cure veggies!

 C.

Orange County Register reviewed the best ramen in the OC.

My favorite was in the top ten, so I am sharing their review:

.

Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen

Founded in Los Angeles, this chain has two ramen shops in O.C. The gritty Fountain Valley branch feels more like vintage Japan, while the sparkling new Irvine branch comes across rather sterile. The soup is delicious either way.

The Hakata-style tonkotsu is made from Berkshire pork, 

cooked more than 15 hours. 

They let you control the firmness of the noodles 

as well as the thickness of the soup. 

18315 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley; 714-962-8971. 6404 Irvine Blvd., Irvine; 949-596-7036, shinsengumigroup.com.

Wishing you a great weekend, 

whatever you are up to ... "in your neck of the woods".

A smile for Sunday ...