Day 240: Tea and Biscuits

I discovered these tea biscuits back in December, but because the blogger is from Europe, the recipe was in grams. I had to do some converting, which wasn't exactly easy, but I must have gotten something right, because these tea cookies are super yummy and addictive. Another reason I like this recipe is because I make it without special tools, like a mixer, which I do not have here in California. Here is the recipe I use:

Put 10 tablespoons of butter in a mixing bowl and allow it to soften (at least an hour). Using a fork, mix in 1/2 cup packed brown sugar. Cut open 2 Earl Grey tea bags (really, you can use any tea you like) and pour into the mixing bowl, mix well. Mix in 1 egg. Next mix in 1 1/2 heaping cups of flour, in 1/2 cup intervals. Place bowl in fridge for at least an hour. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a spatula, scrape biscuit dough out onto a floured surface. Roll into a cylinder and cut into half inch slices. Place on baking sheet--the cookies don't rise or spread much, so you can put them pretty close together. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy right out of the oven with a cup of Earl Grey tea.

Day 239: You're a wonder!

Day 238: Homesick?

Day 237: Pretty Please

Can we please go outside, RIGHT NOW!?

Day 236: Happy Cows

Ashley and I decided to go to Point Reyes National Seashore in hopes of seeing migrating whales. We didn't see any. But we did see lots of cows, ravens, deer, a colony of elephant seals, and several herds of elk. Those commercials about happy cows coming from California... well, I can see why. Look at that view!

The trip to Point Reyes was only supposed to take a little over an hour, but it ended up taking us two hours. We realized on the way up that we would have to cross a bridge and therefore need cash for the toll--we still aren't used to this and don't always remember. Anyway, so we exited the freeway to find an ATM, but we ended up finding a bad area (Richmond) and what I'm pretty sure was a crime scene. Even though we didn't get to see what the crime was, it had to be pretty bad since they had an entire intersection blocked off and I didn't see any civilian cars on the scene...

And since I'm sharing weird stories... on the way home from Point Reyes, we stopped at the grocery store where we saw a guy buying a dozen large bottles of rubbing alcohol... and that's it. Perhaps he has a back alley surgery to perform. We also saw a girl walking through the store, holding her side like she had just gotten stabbed... And lastly, there was a weird couple that was yelling to each other across the store and in a big hurry. The guy pushing the cart almost ran me over.

Day 235: Bird Watching

It rained this morning, so there were some birds hanging out on the front porch, probably because it's covered. Rodney stood there watching them intently for several minutes before he decided he needed to bark at them.

Day 234: January Last

Today was the last day of January and I didn't take a picture the whole day. I worked more on the tree quilt (see yesterday's photo) and I worked on my novel.