the muffins are vegan pumpkin mini muffins I baked for the bike even last Sunday. Here is the recipe: The Best Pumpkin Muffins by IsaChandra Makes 1 dozen muffins Everyone loves these muffins. (You think I throw around phrases like “The Best” for nothing?) I created them when I was baking for a café and they sold like nobody’s business. They truly are perfect in every way. Variation: Fold in a cup of either chopped fresh cranberries or chopped walnuts, or a mixture of the two. 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup pureed pumpkin (Fresh or from a can; do not use pumpkin pie mix) 1/2 cup soy milk 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons molasses Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a twelve-muffin tin. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices. In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, soy milk, oil, and molasses. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix. Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick or knife inserted in the center comes out clean. I baked them for 15 minutes.

Glenda's green, segmented, tube rafts were the exact color of a caterpillar I plucked from my holiday cactus the other day. It even curled into a circle when I grabbed him. Before my brain registered the true subject of Glenda's photo, it flashed a "OMG, it is a huge pile of those caterpillars!" lol It was a bit more vibrantly colored than the one below, but the same species.

My son-in-law and his daughter silhouetted on their dock yesterday.

my husband bought the hardware to make some of those drawers for me and then made the drawers out of wood. I love them. I had a useless cupboard that I would have had to lay on the floor to get anything out of it or put in it, He took the doors off and attached them to the front of the drawer with the handles on the outside instead of in the middle. I use it for my lids now and it is one of my favorite things about my kitchen and the other cupboard he made the drawers for.