Last week I took a class at City Folk's Farm Shop in Clintonville. City Folk's Farm Shop is a store which sells tools and materials for growing and making your own food and other products. City Folk's also offers urban homesteading classes year round to teach Central Ohioans how to live off the land.
I saw this awesome drawing of Mr. Ron Swanson at Whole Foods in Upper Arlington this afternoon. I think my camera was coming out of my purse before I realized I wanted to take a picture of it (which I didn't actually do with a polaroid camera, I was just playing around with some of the cool features on PicMonkey)!
Always keep your kitty in the upright position.
Another one of my fairy tale themed collages.
I'm not a fan of winter, as I've stated previously on this blog. I do admit that snow can be pretty, but I hate being cold and dealing with winter driving. As I write this post, the current temperature in Columbus is 2°F and with the windchill it feels like -15°. I've spent a lot of time lately wondering why we don't hibernate during January and February, just to avoid these cold temperatures... I really hate winter.
Aab India is a great Indian restaurant in Grandview Heights with a ton of gluten-free and vegetarian options! I went to Aab India with my parents, my sister and her boyfriend, Cam, and Kenneth about a month ago.
Olivia has been keeping me company while I'm home sick with a nasty cold. She's such a sweetheart!
I am a cat lady, obviously. I don't use the word crazy though - how can anyone be crazy for loving cats? These are some of my cool cat lady accessories, the sleep mask and magnet arrived the mail today!
My mini orchid plus some bokeh sparkle!
I've read online that if you blow bubbles when it's below freezing outside, the bubbles will freeze. I thought frozen bubbles would make a cool photo of the day and be a way to try and have fun with this cold winter weather. When I got home from work today I kept my winter clothes on, grabbed a bottle of bubbles and stepped out on our balcony. With cold fingers and high expectations I blew bubbles while wondering how crazy I might look to my neighbors. The bubbles floated around the balcony being pushed and pulled by a light breeze, but none froze. I tried for a few more minutes before turning to go back inside, cold and disappointed. Then I noticed that all three cats were sitting watching me with their noses practically glued to the window. They thought the bubbles were fascinating!
These are the tins of Skin Salve and Lip Balm I made last night in the Winter Wellness in a Jar class I took at City Folk's Farm Shop in Clintonville. I can't wait to use them and will be sharing a review of the class with you soon!
Another one of my fairy tale themed collages.
This year marked the 25th year of Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium! I visited the Zoo during the last week of Wildlights with Kenneth, my parents, my sister, Brittney, and her boyfriend, Cam. It was a wonderful evening full of gorgeous light displays and some adorable zoo animals!
Yesterday Kenneth and I went to City Folk's Farm Shop in Clintonville, where we saw this cute tea towel! City Folk's is an urban homesteading store with tools and supplies for gardening, composting, canning, cheese and yogurt making, soap making, bee keeping and other DIY/homesteading adventures. In addition to their well supplied storefront, City Folk's also offers classes to teach you how to use these awesome tools. I will be taking Winter Wellness in a Jar this Tuesday and can't wait!
Kenneth had a surprise for me for yesterday's photo of the day. He saw this amazing mural earlier this week and wanted to show it to me. It was such an awesome surprise! I love finding murals and other public art and Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite fairy tales! This gorgeous mural is a great example of some of the amazing public art to be found here in Columbus.
Bob's Red Mill has a great recipe for gluten-free chocolate cupcakes on their website (and the back of the bag of quinoa flour). The recipe is for Sour Cream Fudge Cupcakes - they're so delicious they don't even need frosting! The only change I make to the recipe is that I add a half cup of mini chocolate chips. This is a great recipe to try out if you're new to baking with quinoa flour, it's the only flour in the recipe and it tastes great with chocolate.
