I know, I lost you already.

I do a lot of work for a computer hardware company and sometimes I have no idea what anyone is talking about. But I feel like I should kind of pretend like maybe I might understand a small iota of a sentence while I'm there. So while in a circle of middle-aged male engineers I smile, nod, and take lots and lots of notes. Then I rush back to my desk and read over my scribbles trying to decipher half of what I wrote down.

I was recently art directing some new collateral materials and I had to compare one company's processing speed to another company's processing speed. Of course nobody wants to compare apples to apples so I had the task of formulating a chart. A chart about flops, or rather FLOPS because it's an acronym, you know. Oh, you don't know? FLOPS or FLoating point Operations Per Second is how many times a little processor chip is computing data. I learned that yesterday. I imagine it like a fish out of water flailing about on a boat deck but it might be a bit more structured than that.

Anyway, I'm happily making my chart when I realize one company is talking about their product in gigaFLOPS and the other is in teraFLOPS. What's a girl to do? I'm certainly not going to go back over to the gaggle of guys and let on that I didn't comprehend a single word they said. So I find my own engineer.



The engineer at home who knows more about computer hardware, computer software, computer programming, computer anything than anyone else, ever. He gives me a bit more information than necessary, which I love by the way. Because I do firmly believe that a designer should learn as much about their client's products as possible to give them the ability to do the best work possible. But the extra information he delivered wasn't correct and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity for a little jab.



But then I got leveled. I can feel the sarcasm dripping out of that last bubble. It should read more like "riiiiiiiiiiiight."

Do your dogs get crazy at a certain time of day? These two do. Lola finds her favorite toy and plays and runs and chases. And Henry, well he's just Henry.

Do you follow Plymouth Yarn on Twitter? You should! They're always doling out cute free patterns and helpful knitting advice. This week I had the very fun project of photographing a new Twitter background for them. This photo features Taria Tweed, Covington, Coffee Beenz, Zino, and Boku. It just looks like a big basket of fun, doesn't it?

Fruit Stacks with Drizzling Sauce
Makes 2

Ingredients:
3 ripe nectarines, thinly sliced (about a cup)
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 sheet puff pastry dough (I use Pepperidge Farm from the grocery freezer case)
3 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp milk

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400˚F. Allow puff pastry dough to come to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cut dough in thirds along fold lines forming long strips, cut each strip in half. You now have six sections of dough. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and position two sections of dough about four inches apart, these will be the base pieces for the desserts. Layer nectarines neatly on each piece. Cover nectarines with a piece of dough. Layer raspberries gently pressing them into the dough so they don't roll away. Cover raspberries with the last two pieces of dough. Add a raspberry to the top for garnish. Place fruit stacks in the oven for about 25 minutes or until the dough is crisp and golden.

To make the drizzling sauce combine powdered sugar and milk and whisk until combined. Serve fruit stacks warm and drizzled with sugar sauce. Yum!