waffles

no waffling over waffles

~ jama ~ 33 Comments

“Poetry is a mystic, sensuous mathematics of fire, smoke-stacks, waffles, pansies, people, and purple sunsets.” ~ Carl Sandburg

Would you like butter and syrup, or fruit and whipped cream with yours?

“Summer Breakfast” by Dwight Luna (oil on canvas).
WAITING FOR WAFFLES
by Pam Lewis

Eons pass
as steam swirls from the waffle iron.
 
Inside lies the pale magma                                            
of an unformed planet                          
 
the Precambrian                        
in the geology of breakfast
 
terrain untouched by syrup rivers,  
innocent of cinnamon showers
 
its pocked topography slowly               
browning, its ridges crusting
 
as epochs roll on in miniature
beneath a jagged steel sky.  

~ ©2023 Pam Lewis, as posted at Your Daily Poem.
“Big Waffles” by Mary Ellen Johnson (oil on panel).
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a baker’s dozen of cool things on a tuesday (including Lidia giveaway winner)

~ jama ~ 18 Comments

Happy Tuesday!

Enjoy these bits and bobs on today’s mixed platter. 🙂

1. I’m quite partial to elephants and pancakes and love Tina Kugler’s charming German Pancakes recipe at They Draw and Cook. Tina’s new picture book, In Mary’s Garden (HMH, 2015), which she wrote and illustrated with her husband Carson, is about Wisconsin artist Mary Nohl.

(click for larger image at TDAC)

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2. Have you been following Stéphanie Kilgast’s (PetitPlat’s) Daily Miniature Roots, Veggies & Fruit project? Since the beginning of the year, she’s been creating a new tiny sculpture each day from polymer clay. She decided to do this after discovering a lot of people don’t like veggies. She wanted to celebrate the great diversity of fruits and veggies the earth has to offer as well as arouse our curiosity and appetite.

 

 

 

Stéphanie was one of the first artists we interviewed for our Indie Artist Spotlight Series. I still think she’s the best miniature food artist out there. Don’t know how she does it, but she keeps getting better and better. Her miniature fruits and veggies brilliantly showcase all their beautiful colors, shapes and textures. Incredible! You can follow her project on Facebook, tumblr, or Instagram.

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