Sunday brunch

This was taken on Saturday after a heady, steam afternoon of non stop cooking. Why does this happen every weekend?
I was trying to sort everthing out for Sunday, but it quickly overwhelmed: Pain au levain, chocolate beet cake, shepherd's pie, carrot cashew loaf, cheese bread.

Anyhow. That is in the past. This is what it looked like on Sunday at lunch.



Has anyone out there learned how to better manipulate photos on this thing? I feel I have very little artistic control. The pain au levain turned out well....a series of three days and multiple feeds of the dough, not the starter. I wished I'd photographed the seed, but I only have two photos of feedings, and the finished product (upper right in group photo)...



After one feeding....




After two feedings....

These definitely weren't worth posting. I am to be much more selective in the future, and use only the large photos.

The brunch went well.. the Pryces and the Baldwin/Seretti's. The girls played upstairs shrieking, Artemis orbited between the 'girlies' in the attic and the adults downstairs. And Evan slept through the whole event on my bed. We tried to convince N and J to keep their house and rent it. Nadia was thoughtful but noncommittal.

Spent 3 #$%^#@$%#@%$!^%@!^&*@%&^*#@ hours in the salon on Saturday. Please, there has got to be a better way!! I don't think I can handle it yet can't handle my own heavy-handed attempts at home hair colour. What is the solution to this? Does everyone LOATHE the salon experience as I do?

Feeling very restless -its March but fully winter still. Went on a walk through the forest at Homewood and sank up to my knees in snow.

The beet cake in the photo was very good...and it had 3 cups of pureed beets in it...only 1/2 c oil and 1 c. sugar, but had I more time I could whittle that out.

I think Im being too ambitious here. I can't possibly chronicle everything I cook. I must be more selective.