Life: Idiotropic

All the rave here in Spain this holiday season are turrones - bars of what traditionally consists of marzipan flavored or combined with fruit, nuts, chocolate, or other things. Each region has their own brand of turron. Those of Jijona are made up of almonds encased in a sticky white sweet. Some are flavored with Yema - a combination of egg yolks and sugar similar to the Dutch Advocaat, but without the alcohol. We got one that is like a Mounds bar on steroids - one 3" x 7" bar of sweetened coconut covered in dark chocolate. Bottom line - it's delicious and dangerous, yet something specifically Spain, so I must try it all, mustn't I? In order to fully embrace the culture of Spain, of course.

So, today I photographed these three twists on Turron - marzipan flavored with kiwi, strawberry, and orange. All delicious. Luci, Arianna, and I sampled these at my coffee shop today after dropping Tiara and Elise off at school. All the girls had eye appointments today, but the middles had their eyes dilated, so couldn't see enough to read or write, but could see enough to drink some hot chocolate and eat a donut. :)

In other news, Logan, now 10 days post-op had her check up and all looks good. She can have her cone off tomorrow. I think we're all as happy as she. Nothing like the sound of dog claws on plastic as she tried to scratch each night. This has been my alarm clock for the past 10 days.

Though she and cat try to act like the rivals nature intended, I think their desperation for a playmate is wearing them down. Stealing each other's toys and chasing the same ball, the safety distance between them has decreased to nil.