"Mine, mine!"

"Mine, mine!"
Originally uploaded by Leenechan

Here's Lucas acting cute as usual. Whenever sometimes comes to visit he usually shrinks aways from excess petting but eventually returns to the living room to roll all over and cheekrub their belongings. XD

I'm warning you. I've got more pictures!

The view from my backyard deck, Autumn 2010.
Originally uploaded by Leenechan

There's no more beautiful color than the sky on an autumn day. It's too bad that we aren't getting a good leaf display this year! Maybe I'll be able to take better landscape pictures when we have our first snowfall.

The Birthday Cake, Several Days Late.

Chocolate-Strawberry Cake from Marjolaine in New Haven, CT.
Originally uploaded by Leenechan

But still appreciated!

I had been eyeing this cake on Marjolaine's website for months. We ended up ordering an 8-inch, which turned out to be a little too large for 4 people. Won't somebody eat some of this cake?

Inside the Chocolate-Strawberry.

I wonder what's inside?
Originally uploaded by Leenechan

I hope my sloppy cutting hasn't diminished its beauty!

This chocolate sponge layer cake is iced with European strawberry buttercream. The filling is vanilla pastry cream and fresh strawberries.

We've been storing it in the refrigerator, and last night we made the mistake of not warming it up all the way at room temperature before serving. The cake isn't very sweet, and serving it cold really dulled the flavor. This afternoon I tried leaving my slice on the kitchen counter for a half hour being eating and it was quite nice!

I've probably eaten desserts that have tasted better, but none that were as pretty as this cake.