Mmmmm, springerle / Flower Show news

On an extended lunch hour today, I went to the Post Office, where my special cookie cutter for the Amo Te springerle heart mold was waiting for me. Then I went to Fante's, the font of all cooking supply wonderfulness in the Italian Market, and bought four vials of flavoring -- oils, not extracts -- almond, anise, lemon, and lavender. I have everything else I need. So I think that springerle is going to be GAME ON this weekend. I read another recipe that has another set of baking instructions -- put them in a 375 oven to set the design and then drop the temp to 300. Okay, I'm game for a trial of that method.

Meanwhile, back at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, I've been invited to become one of the bloggers on the official Flower Show blog. The dewy-faced laddie who does social media wanted to train me on the software. I got there and, sheesh, it's Wordpress. I've done my first blog entry and it's sitting in draft form waiting for his approval. The deal we struck is that he's going to provide secure storage for my Nikon so that I won't have to drag it along on the Show floor when I'm leading tours. I am hoping that I'll be able to transition from tour guide to social media and still retain the coveted access button at some time in the future.

It was a pretty nice day today, temps in the high 40s, so I biked about 8 miles. It felt awfully good.