I love the way a little flake salt sprinkled on the top makes the honey sweetness dance on your tongue. (Press in a bit with your fingers while still warm.)
Golden Hazy Days of Summer
Golden hazy days of summer, and the humming of the bees, sunlight glinting, telling you to rest a little. Lay down in the field. Autumn labors will be here soon enough…
Can’t Resist a Little Gilding
These were perfectly charming without additional decorating, but I can’t resist a little gilding. Luster dust does help the relief patterns ‘pop’.
Adorable for Tea Parties and Baby Showers
Wouldn’t these be incredibly adorable at a tea party or baby shower? So sweet! (Cut out before baking if you want the edges to brown.)
Honey at Work
These browned up a little bit more than the previous batch of cookies — I think that must be the honey at work.
Got a New Set of Cutters
Fluted on one side, flat on the other. Clever.
Fluted Edges Work Just Fine
I thought about cutting them out in hexagons, but realized that was going to be tedious and fiddly to do well; fluted edges work just fine and is much faster. 
Shortbread-Obsessed
Another batch for the Patreon boxes…salted honey & lavender shortbread. I’m a little shortbread-obsessed.
Building in a Little Structure
Amanda Chablani came by yesterday — first time I’ve seen her in a year and a half, and we ended up talking for three hours. She brought delicious scones from Courageous Bakery & Cafe — with peaches from the garden, apples from the grocery store, coffee and tea, it was a perfect brunch on the porch.
I think we’re also going to get together for pizza and board games sometime soon, as part of my scheme to organize play dates for Kevin so we can have more mutual friends. I’m finding as I look ahead to possible shelter-in-place again this winter (maybe I’m pessimistic, I don’t know), it’s assuaging my anxiety a little to make some actual plans to socialize with a few people, building in a little structure, just in case.
Heart outside your body
I put Kavi (age 14) on a plane this morning to go visit her grandparents in California for a week. (Anand isn’t vaccinated yet, so couldn’t go.) She’ll have a great time with them, and they’ll have a great time with her. I was a total anxious mess until she got on the plane, and I miss her like crazy already.
“[Having a child] is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone
