Bake this - NOW!

I'm still catching my breath from being in Colorado for twelve days, albeit glorious ones :-)

We flew in yesterday, and after getting a reasonable amount of sleep, I climbed out of bed, got dressed and headed to the yarn store to take a class on "finishing". That's techno talk for sewing knit stuff together so it doesn't look like something the cat dragged in.

At the class, a woman who works at the store while working undercover as an angel in disguise, presented us with a platter of this. Still warm from the oven.

When you might doubt whether there's a God in the heavens, or maybe you're just a bit road weary from double digit days away from home, you're presented with a platter of warm wonderfulness by someone who had to get up and go to work, but took the time to bake for ladies who had the day off and chose to spend part of it at a yarn store.

This sweet woman told me there is a King Arthur Flour website, and on that website are wonderful recipes in tons of categories. She told me there are quick breads, pumpkin breads, then there's Emmy's Pumpkin Bread.

Warm, moist, with just the right amount of chocolate thrown in. She suggested adding a pinch of the spices you'd throw in a pumpkin pie (cloves, cinnamon, etc.) It makes two loaves, one for your family, and one to slice up, put on a platter and bless someone else with.

Bake it, eat some of it, and maybe by then I'll be back to share all the wonderful things we did on our trip. I'd like to show you photos of elk mating in the wild in Estes Park, Colorado, but I couldn't get the camera to focus fast enough. (Is there a ladylike way to say they're pretty quick?) Whether it's your loss or there was another angel in disguise on duty that day - hard to say - you decide.