A lovely hunk of walnut, a basket of beignets, and one jaded gater.

Eek!  How sad is it that this is only my second time blogging this month.  My excuse this time is that D became very sick the day before Valentine's Day and he's only just starting to bounce back.  That may not sound like much of an excuse, but the thing with D is that if he's sick then he's sick.  And he's a total baby about it too and requires lots of care which means I get even less sleep than he does.  I think I averaged about 4 hours last week.  I'm worn out!

I got a break from my nursing duties on Friday to go antiquing in a nearby town.  Sadly, I didn't come home with anything except a longing for this beautiful 1930s walnut table.

Sigh.

As a consolation prize I devoured some beignet bites stuffed with bavarian cream.

For those not in the know, a beignet is like a doughnut sprinkled with confectioner's sugar.  They are the official state doughnut of Louisiana.  ;-)  I'd never had a stuffed beignet before and I feel as though my eyes have been opened.  Really fantastic.

I also had a nice chat with a gater, whose name, apparently, is Ole Hardhide. 

He seemed rather bored and sadly not impressed by my conversation skills, but then nobody is so I can't really blame him.

Fingers crossed the cat doesn't come down with something this week!