After strawberry picking with Navirino Orchard, I baked this fabulous cake alongside cream puffs to compliment the glorious freshly picked strawberries. A lovely Victorian sponge cake infused with a vanilla bean simple syrup covered with piped dollops of whipped cream. Madegascar vanilla beans made this dessert deserve the two <<s's>> in the term dessert, because the powerful flavor encouraged everyone to have two pieces! I filled the cream puffs with egg custard combined with whipped cream which is very delicious.

This morning, I went on a hilly ten mile run wearing my Nike Pegasus trainers and enjoyed an orange Gatorade five miles into my excursion. A simple stretch I love for the summer is sitting up straight on a chair or cooler, and stretching my legs and toes out as far as I possibly can, repeating ten reps for each leg maybe add some side stretches to stay loose after a cool down. My yoga bolster is also a favorite way of mine to stretch with my band resistance. Last week, I started doing my 50 toe-touching sit ups and push ups everyday, and it’s a pretty big deal.

Then, I enjoyed my garden until it was time to walk my Chihuahuas on their favorite trail. The marathon is such a tantalizing event, it will feel really terrific to run one after becoming in shape all summer. 🌞