Climb every mountain; search high and low…
Like hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of people, I’m enamored with The Sound of Music.  Decades ago, I was in the musical, and played the part of…..Baroness Elsa Schraeder (much better costuming than Maria). I was a little bitter that these two men had been to Trapp Villa in Austria.

Follow every byway; every path you know…

A couple of years ago, I was giddy to be on a mountain in Central Asia– there was a goat path (maybe it was sheep)–I was inspired and couldn’t hold back–I went all ‘Maria Von Trapp’ and yodeled “High on a hill…” at the top of my lungs.
I was a little bitter that my friend had danced and sang in the Sound of Music gazeboo in Austria.

Follow every rainbow; ’till you find your dream…
Last month, I climbed a mountain (actually my cousin drove up it)…and we took a baking class….at the Trapp Family Lodge–THE Trapp Family Lodge! I was as excited as piddle puppy, but I was in a professional kitchen and tried to contain myself. My cousin was just as excited, even though, she too, had been to the Villa Trapp in Austria.

Cream lovin’ cousins.

View from the tall girls’ work station–much better than looking at stranger bakers.

The tall girls at the tall work station.

We made tarts,  creampuffs, and galletes, but alas…

Too many bakers, not enough pins.

“Be sure to use plenty of cheese.”

A rose made of cream tastes as sweet.

Vanilla-infused sugar…with enough left-over to take home.

The art of piping lemon curd.

Savory galletes for supper.

We got to take it ALL home.

 no crisp apple strudel, but still…

a baking class at the Trapp Family Lodge with my cousin

–one of my favorite things.