Gluten-free brownies...

I made these gluten-free brownies twice already.  I basically followed the recipe on the back of the bag of coconut flour, but I only had 3 eggs, not 6 as they suggested:

• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup coconut flour

Preheat oven to 350'F.  Melt butter in saucepan and add cocoa, let cool a bit, then add beaten eggs, sugar and vanilla and coconut flour.  My batter was a bit lumpy, next time I'll mix it until smoother.  Baked in 8x8 or 9 inch round ban for 30 minutes.
We brought some to my parent's house to share and topped it with caramel ice cream.

Bokeh.  I love this effect that I found here: http://cavalars.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/canon-50mm-bokeh-cardboar/
My friend Joscie made a simple tutorial here:   http://www.cutchens.com/2009/12/how-to-make-a-high-tech-bokeh-shaper/

The rest of the photos are taken with our new (used) camera that we bought from a friend.  It's a Canon DSLR and we bought a Tamron 28-300 lens that takes nice pictures close-up and had a great zoom, too.

This is the last dahlia (and a bit of basil that has flowered) from our garden, the rest were all hit by the frost this weekend.

 I love that I can choose where to focus. 
Foreground vs. background!

We now only have 2 chickens.  Pepper died. 
They are moulting now and look pathetic.

 Nutmeg's favorite place to look for bugs is under the logs.

 And they are not laying eggs...hopefully in 2 months or so they will resume, although Cinnamon is now 2 and a half and Nutmeg is 3 and a half.  They are getting old.