The completed vegan roasted caramel carrot cheesecake. Well, the caramel on top isn't vegan, it's made with cultured butter and cultured cream. It turned out great and got devoured.

Well, it's a crap shoot in the kitchen sometimes. I've been creating a recipe in my mind for a few weeks. This is a caramelized roasted carrot cheesecake that is in the oven. It's fully vegan and gluten free. It smells crazy good, I hope it turns out.

I will keep you posted. They're berry sweet but still quite briney. They'll be great for savory applications. Thor is doing so well. Having been in and out of shelters and living situations, full-on trust will be slow. But he's getting there. He used to be afraid of water. Not anymore.

I should make some bloody Marys with thiys fermented cherry tomatoes. They wonderful. They burst brine in your mouth.

This was bomb. I did a Japanese misozuke, vegetables pickled in just miso. It's got 3 ingredients, miso paste, kohlrabi, and kombu. Crazy delicious.

I used one of those giant zucchini for this kimchi. I went to a Korean market for premium gochuchang and gochugaru. Can't wait until I make my cabbage kimchi.

I'm thrilled with the final product!!! It's quite delicious.

These are fermented blueberries. I'll make a dressing for beet salad and a sauce for a salmon fillet.

I should have made more! I did 4 quarts of fermented crispy garlic dill pickles, red peppers gave them a nice kick. I'm living this fermenting I've been playing with.

I started this Eastern European style sourdough dark rye on Sunday and baked it early today. It smells so good. I am a junkie for rye toast.

We went to the neighborhood brewery tonight forgetting there are 6 bands lined up. Thor was on his best behavior. Frankly we were stunned. Each day gets better and better with him. Generally he hates loud noise, even just the TV. He's well liked there, that helps.

Saturday is doggy adventure day. Today's road trip has to be abbreviated because of work.

We've eaten beans and green almost weekly this summer. Tonight I made with hot Italian sausage, mixed braising greens, white beans, and chicken broth. A base of local wheat sourdough I made yesterday. I butter the bread, topped with Parmesan and ran it under the broiler. It rocked.

Oh boy! The new rescue, Thor, loves road trips.

Well this is a big deal. 15 days ago, Thor was afraid to lap water out of the lake. Six days ago he played in a creek and could not have been more pleased with himself. #adoptdon'tshop #rescue #happydad

Things are moving along with the rescue, Thor. He's fit, healthy, and seemingly happy. I weighed him, 78.6# of solid muscle. We don't have a set walk schedule, but a daily long walk and two fetch sessions are required. I'm working hard to help him feel secure with other dogs, he's aggressive.

Thor is a very fit dog. Having lived 5 years in a very rural area, he's bewildered by what he see in Seattle. He's going to do well.

Good morning.

Mother nature's being a bit dramatic this morning. Have a great day!

Congratulations!! I picked up this guy yesterday!

Dumb autocorrect, dumb spell check, dumb spoken texts! The new edition to the household is named Thor, not third! And he's a good boy!

Last night was Third first night with us. I'm no expert, but his body posture while napping tells me he's content. He had a very long day with his new people and a lot of time in the car for a first day. We scored.

Polouse Falls

We left the house early Thursday morning in a rental car and hit the road. One night each spent in Chelan,Ephreta, and Ritzville. We saw Grand Coulee Dam, Polouse Falls, Steptoe Butte, Steamboat Rock, Dry Falls, Lake Lenora Caves,shops, farmers markets, cool sites, critters, and we ate and walked.

I'm interrupting my silence. We saw Florence and the Machine tonight and it was fantastic. What a great night. A school night, ouch. 5:30, when I wake up tomorrow, I won't be pretty..... 😵

I'm still in hiding but I want to say hello to friends. Spring continues in the PNW. My yard was looking good but I'm falling behind. Running to catch a ferry I fell hard due to a pinched sciatic nerve. Stitches are out, I'm healing. My Rock's peony is happy, 50+ giant flowers.

I would have been unfair of me to not post this. We were up north at the dairy farm store. This group of calves just lounging I wasn't going to get too close and startle them. This sweet girl was having none of that, she pushed herself through and let me dote on her. I got licks she got skritches.

I posted this image of one of the ponds upsides down, and it almost works, it was so still this AM.

Good morning. It's springing at the beaver pond on a beautiful morning. My break from social media has been beneficial, I feel healthier, I am getting more done. I got more hours in the yard in the past week than most of last summer, man I have so much more to do.

Good morning. I hope everyone is doing okay. I'm still taking a bit of a break. I'm keeping busy with cooking, cleaning, doing yardwork when I can. The dumb job is still there. We're in good health. I paid my taxes in anger, it needs to be better spent. #Nokings