Part two : fill and and crumb coat with chocolate frosting. Complete! As you can see I've delayed grocery shopping until next week so we can empty out our fridge to make room for the cake. If you're wondering, I made an extra 10" cake to make sure they wouldn't run out - second helpings of this cake are always likely. Tomorrow I load up and pray - transport is definitely the most nerve racking part. 
I'm back on track now with the quilt-along ; all fabrics cut into nice neat 2 1/2 " strips. Hopefully I can get next week's task done before we leave on our trip - but hey, not that it really matters. I'm feeling all warm and cozy inside because when I checked my flickr account a lot of people had some very nice comments about my fabric choices.
Andy went on an amazing hike the other day and took some killer photos. Wish I could've been there - the trail descends from White Rock down to the Rio Grande. Gorgeous.
Andy is very into petraglyphs. This is just a sampling of the several incredible ones he was able to photograph (despite the rain).
We're headed to the circus tonite - hopefully it won't give my kids clown nightmares - or me for that matter.
And I was more interested in the vintage circus posters on the wall in the play area. I tweeked this photo quite a bit to come up with what's called a "posterized collage." You can try this on 