Master of the Mojito

i have been spending my time whipping up this lovely cocktail. it is my new favorite drink this summer. it's light, refreshing, and cool. here's the recipe for the blackberry mojito:

Rough chop about 6-8 mint leaves and put them in an empty glass. add about a teaspoon of sugar. squeeze a good size lime wedge into the glass. add 2-3 plump blackberries. next, add a good shot of clear rum. i use bacardi. muddle the ingredients together. fill the glass a little more than half full with ginger ale and and add a splash of club soda. depending on how sweet you like it, you can add a bit of simple syrup. stir it up and top with ice. garnish with a lime wedge and a sprig of mint. i always throw in an extra blackberry for eating when i drain the glass. so yummy! enjoy!

firecracker, firecracker, boom, boom, boom

stargazers, chocolate lounge, blue skies, limes, homemade mojitos, and firecrackers. it's summer y'all!

sharing

thought i would share this lovely little video.

just cruisin'

my new wheels. i've managed to bike a couple miles around the neighborhood every evening. let's hope i can keep it up. i'm looking for a basket and a bell and then maybe i'll haul her to charleston and cruise around looking fabulous in a pretty dress. ;)

in a baking mood

i'm not really that good at baking....well, i should say i'm not good at making baked goods look lovely. my pies, cakes, desserts and such may be really tasty but they are usually lacking in the presentation part. for instance, in my two attempts over the years at making a strawberry cake with starwberry cream cheese icing, i have successfully screwed it up. the first one i made i followed the recipe to a T, and some home how forgot to butter the pan the cakes where in. so none the less when i went to turn over the pan, there came the cake, in crumbles. this was my sisters birthday cake too. sigh. my second attempt i remembered to butter the pan. A-HA! that wasn't the issue this go round. this time it was the frosting. it never thickened. i added 2 WHOLE boxes of powdered sugar and it was still a runny goop. so i slathered it on and we ate it quickly before all the frostings ran off. this was mother's day last year. hmph. today i decided to make a homemade, from scratch blueberry pie. i had about 4 cups of blueberries that were from my mama's bushes and i didn't want them to go to waste. so i whipped up this beauty above. it's not the most beautiful thing, but OMG is it good! go ahead, stare at it...it will make you drool, right?? recipe can be found here. although i cheated and used ready-made piecrust.

Bright eyed and bushy tailed

saturday morning. homemade banana bread. coffee. what will i get into today. maybe a stroll downtown. possibly hit up the farmers market. what will you do today?

Miss Kitty

this is lulu. she is such a big baby. she likes her tummy rubbed and the top of her head. she has morning chats with me and the birds. her favorite snack is marshmellows and she would really like it if we had chicken at every meal. spoiled rotten.