A scotty dog and a lemon cake

I tend to be very productive on Mondays. Yesterday I made this little scotty dog from one of the first Japanese craft books I ever bought, Stuffed Toys Easy to Make.

I have wanted to try this dog for a while and was happy to find a good project for this lovely piece of plaid wool Mimi gave me. He turned out really nicely. I even got him a little collar to wear at the grocery store yesterday.

In evening, I made a lemon bundt cake from the new issue of Cook's Illustrated.

We are hosting the holiday party for Charlie's office this year and, in addition to providing hot beverages, I am also supposed to make a dessert. We auditioned this cake and I would say it is very tasty. I will either make this one or the almond bundt cake made with Solo almond filling that is my old standby. One advantage of the almond cake is it uses less bowls! My kitchen was pretty messy last night.

Today during nap time and going to...take a nap.