We’ve had a couple of cold-for-Florida mornings and today started at 38f (4c); the Manatees swim in to warm springs in weather like this so we headed to Blue Spring State Park – where there were 500+ for us to try and see. It’s not too hard to spot the Manatees as shadows in the water, and sometimes a nose will pop up to breath, but it’s quite hard to photograph them … but this is what I captured for you (after a lot of deleting!)
Here also is one video:
I took a walk to City Hall last night to watch their annual Christmas projection for a while; I took photos and some video also …
Approaching Christmas we thought that the latest class at Le Petit Paris would be perfect, being their Feuilletine Buche (similar to a chocolate log cake), and today for the first time Margaret joined me. This class was more of a “watching” one, with very little for us to actually do, so a bit less fun than many. On the other hand we came home with two chocolate log cakes ready for Christmas!
The cake has a chocolate mousse center (frozen during making so it’s easier to handle) with almond sponge base with a crunchy “Feuilletine” filling, all coated in a shiny chocolate glaze. Here are photos during the making …
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