Kenai Wildlife!

We started our day by heading down to the Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage.  There was this adorable baby musk ox there, and the bears were more active than I'd ever seen!

Nom nom!  Tasty bone!  Just as soon as I put my camera down, he threw the bone into the air - it was pretty neat!

As soon as we reached Seward, we headed down towards Caine's Head in search of sea otters.  We found no less than half a dozen, plus a seal that I didn't get any photos of.

Mommy and baby... even though baby is almost as big as mommy!  I really want this same picture, but when baby is just a little fluffball.

Not one, not two, but three otters!  They are so cute playing together!

Bye bye!

And here's a juvie bald eagle.  He took his dinner out onto the gravel bar so as not to be disturbed... except by that seagull lurking around behind him!

BBA #25 - Pizza Napoletana

Pardon the smooshed appearance!

This pizza dough was absolutely fantastic!  The only trouble I had is that I found it very difficult to shape.  It tended to tear, I'm not sure why.

I made two different pizzas.  The first looked a lot better, since I used plenty of cornmeal to slide it onto the baking stone - unfortunately, I used so much cornmeal that I sent black smoke billowing throughout the house.  Between that and how good it tasted, I didn't get any photos of the first pizza.  This second one I tried to avoid the whole burning-thing, and used too little cornmeal instead, resulting in this smooshy look.  I must practice!

BBA #24 - Pannetone

Here's my first complete failure.  After two attempts, I still couldn't get the seed culture going, so this bread will officially wait until I get to the sourdough section.  Then I shall reattack!

Gardening

 I have about a dozen posts I need to make, including several more BBA posts, but I have absolutely no motivation.

In the meantime, enjoy some pretty flowers from my garden.  These are my favorites, my bleeding heart and my forget-me-nots.