Horror Movie Coloring Book by Colour Me Good
I felt it only appropriate to share this, being so close to Halloween. A Horror Coloring Book!
I want to color (or colour, since it’s from the UK) this while watching The Fly, or House on Haunted Hill.
This also really inspires me to make my own coloring book. If only I could draw better!
Pierre Hebert Lost and Found Photos
I found out about Pierre Hebert in March and I have no idea why I didn’t post the story then. These photos, knowing that they came from a seven year old, fascinate me. I can’t wait until all the little kids around me grow old enough to handle a camera and we can go on photowalks together.
Pretty Glowing Orbs
1. Patterns of Light, 2. Untitled, 3. The last one…, 4. Have a Very Bokeh Christmas, 5. lustro, 6. Untitled
I found this collage in my Drafts folder, and I couldn’t remember if there was something significant I was planning on writing with it – thanks, memory.
But I thought I’d share it with the wish of a fantastic weekend!
Week in Review
What a week – let’s review!
I made some apple pecan cinnamon rolls that were gone entirely too quickly, and on the subject of apples, I stayed in my car to listen to this feature with an apple lover (whose cookbook is now on my library queue!) and it turns out The Beau was listening at the same time!
The editor of AZ Highways was on my local news station talking about their new issue and I can’t wait for it to come out. The amazing pictures they get always inspire me to get out and explore my own state. Which also inspired me to paint a little home state love.
I took a family portrait of my sis, SIL and neice with my new camera. I am totally in love and bought some color film I cannot wait to test out with sunsets and fall picnics.
Also, I was able to finish an obstacle at work that had been bothering me since the beginning of summer, so I feel like I’m Walking on Sunshine for most of the day. And on a Friday, that’s the best feeling I could hope for.
Home State Love
If you take out all the political quandaries my state has had, Arizona has a lot of things to be proud of. Canyon de Chelly, Grand Canyon, San Xavier, vineyards, statuesque saguaros – the Wild West is alive and breathing.
I do love my home state, and, inspired by this post from Design Mom and a little help from Jordan Ferney, I was able to make my own affordable State Love art.
All I needed was: water color paper, an outline of the state, beautiful piece of our state song, .99 cent watercolors and bam! A little goes a long way.
Nom Nom Nom: Apple Cinnamon Pecan Rolls
Cinnamon rolls! Ride the sugar rush! Well, as you would not be surprised, I got this recipe from Paula Deen and I was very surprised that there was only one stick of butter used!
The above link has the recipe, but if you must know, I did make a few changes to make them mine:
Out of the 6.5 cups of flour, I substituted one cup with wheat flour. Actually, I ran out of regular flour and that was all we had – but I’m glad it worked that way because it is slightly healthier, hehe. I also used skim milk instead of regular milk. I also warmed the towels up before I put them on top of the bowl – you can either warm them outside (because we live in AZ), or in the dryer (but that’s pretty energy wasteful) or pop them in the microwave for a few seconds, like I did.
When the recipe calls for you to brush the butter on, don’t skimp. If you still have butter leftover after brushing the tops, keep going! If you are going to make cupcakes as the recipe says, good luck trying to roll that dough log small enough to fit it in a cupcake tin! I made mine into regular rolls and just brushed a casserole dish with butter.
Instead of making the glaze on top, I used an extra icing we got with some dessert sticks from a local pizza establishment. It probably isn’t as healthy as making my own, since I don’t know exactly what’s in there, but I am recycling and that should count!
I would post some more pictures, but yeah, they’re already gone. 
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