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// The Weekend Chocolate Slim Cake

{chocolate slim cake success!}

 

The things we just might do on an unexpectedly lighter midweek work day, after breakfast and a little work from home, a glass of sweet-red and a nap-- make a chocolate slim cake of course(!) I've had this cake on my to-do ideas list since I made this lemon slim cake (scroll down) and wanted to experiment with a chocolate variation of it before summer was officially no more. To-dos often happen in their own right time and with our days of summer on single-digit countdown last week, I felt I would get around to it by mid-fall when the sugar-y cravings would perhaps begin making themselves be known. But, alas, after an early afternoon nap last week, I was wide-eyed and ready to make something-- flavourful yes, and not too sweet. With needed and said goods in-house, I smiled at the potential possibilities of the chocolate slim cake to take us into and through our weekend. Such a simple and delicious cake the whole family can enjoy. Serendipity. Have a soothing weekend... ~xx

// Flavour of the Month: Salted Chocolate

This voluptuously smooth and velvety Salted Chocolate ice cream has been the order of our days this month for a refreshing time-out with our escalating and humid temperatures on quite the rotation. The soft sea salt flakes drive the flavour, allowing for a very modest amount of incorporated sugar, while giving the cocoa full-reign to shine through each and every scoop. It's become my new favourite in recent times for this very fact, with its fresh, clean and pure taste.

 

// The Tuesday Six, Plus...

 

A few recent reads and loved finds from around the web...

 

...  New add to ♥ favourites: Five minutes and nine seconds of pure bliss~.

...  20 Simple secrets of happy families and more winning nuggets.

...  Currently loving this colorblock cardigan for casual date nights.

...  A fun, can-do way to transition into the new classroom school day. (check here)

...  Serenading our greenery with Miranda Brooks' life-changing gardens.

...  And inspired by Sarah Remmer for our weekend.

 

>>> Plus... Another quiz(!), of course... What's your 'pleasure personality'? :) 

 

 

// Summer Serendipity (in September)

KITCHEN PRINT: BLONDE RAINIER CHERRIES (these were so so good)

 

Hello Monday. :) Three new bountiful prints from simple everyday travels around our city this month, celebrating our seasonal fruits, botanicals and outdoor nature joys...

// So Long Summer, We've Enjoyed You!

{heading home; touched by our rainy day; a little watercolour effect; #andthosewavyedges}

 

This weekend marks our last 'official', official weekend of summer according to our calendar. While many have just hated our overheated days in the north that lingered at times for a whole, entire week (to emphasize it)-- what should the south say?, we're not complaining to tell you the truth. Escape days were enjoyed on and in and around the water: morning, noon and even late at night (swamp hair as proof), and our Mother Nature sights were always new and evolving, and rocking. We mega-relaxed, celebrated milestone moments within our family, relished our cooler indoors, chilled with grilled-everything just about, homemade ice cream on rotation, and much to be thankful and grateful for with another summer. Indeed. And I didn't indulge in even one-fifth of my diet pepsi that I thought I'd need to survive it! So we'll take our happy memories, bank them, and keep on keeping on right into our next season, just a week away. Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with those south of us affected by this week's earlier storm, and of course Hurricane Florence. Hang together, and stay as safe as you can as a community. Together is the only way. Have a loving weekend everybody. xo

// Our Teaching Portfolio (and What to Include in It)

In a nutshell, our teacher-created portfolios show what we've been up to over the years: from our college days all the way through our grad school years, in and out of our standard, everyday classrooms, and where our career journey in Education has taken us. It carries a tremendous amount of reference and can-do weight wherever we are in the world as our field of Education has many overlapping elements and commonalities such as learning basic Mathematics, Language and Life Skills. We can often branch out into additional leadership roles in Education such as Webinar presentations, Materials, Compliance, and Health and Safety positions, which allow for more humanitarian work with elevating, overseeing/ governing larger groups of our whole for the greater wellness of our society. Ever so often, I am asked by new teachers what should they put in their portfolio, and the very first thing that always comes to mind are photos(!) of our experiences, and lots of them! As we settle into our new school year, I decided to highlight five important content-rich areas that continue to be the most significant and where we should focus our photo-happy moments...