Friday morning’s snow has disappeared from all but the most sheltered corners, and the temperature has already risen to sixty, up from yesterday’s high of 41. L and M are discussing (or maybe squabbling over) the cloth goody bags L is making for M’s birthday party this afternoon. (M turned ten on Wednesday, but scheduling prevented the party from happening before today.) They’re having a cupcake-decorating party at JoAnn’s this afternoon, with six of M’s friends.
I baked the cupcakes last night: chocolate with cream-cheese filling, and a bittersweet chocolate chunk floated in the centre of each one. I need to revisit how many cupcakes that recipe makes; I thought I made a recipe and a half, which should have given me two dozen, but I barely squeezed out enough chocolate base for twenty-two, while I had a ton of cream-cheese filling left over. (Fortunately, I only needed twenty-one—three for each girl.)
Conditions at 12:00:
Temp 62° F. (16° C.), dew point 19° F. (-7° C.), humidity 19%, wind variable at 3 mph gusting 4½ mph, barometer 29.21” ↓, sky clear, visibility 10 miles.
A button buck has a grass glass for his painted lady. Fnord.
