Art and BASIL!

It's been too long...I know. I've been busy! But, now Fall is in full swing and I'm back to living more indoors than out and finding more time to be creative. Phew!
Here's a preview of yesterday:



we started the day with some painting! The girls got "into it" a little more than I did...I was more tame and followed instructions from Kelly Rae Robert's FABULOUS book, Taking Flight. I don't love it yet...but it's still a work in progress:

And then came the BASIL!!! 2 POUNDS of Basil to be cleaned and then made into....
PESTO!!!!