Out with the old year. In with the new.
Wishing everyone an unsafe, wild, crazy, do-whatever-you-want New Year.
Balloons
It’s Stinky Toby’s birthday. Happy Birthday little boy!
Happy, happy birthday
From all of us to you!
And on this very special day
May all your dreams come true!
Presents on the table
And folks who give a hoot.
Now blow out your candles
And kindly please don’t toot!
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Is there a party going on at your house? Then consider buying one of these eco-friendly gift bags for presenting your gift! These lovely bags can be reused to give yet another gift, or they can be used as a handy tote. If you are concerned about germs, bags are machine washable!
Gift Presentation Bags are available from my shop.
Do You Love Me?
Never ask a question you don’t want to know the answer to.
I love (to bite) you!
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Copies of Dream Our World are still available! Don’t forget all of those friends and family who have birthdays that fall around the holidays. You can get them their very own copy of Bitey and Toby’s adventure. Inside, the boys visit the museum of their dreams.
Sweet Potato Cookie Recipe
This is not my recipe. I found it on the internet and have no idea where.
Sweet Potato Cookies
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup sweet potato puree
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
Mix dry ingredients. Cream butter, potato, sugar and egg. Mix with dry ingredients, then add pecans. Scoop 1” balls. Bake 400 degrees for 10 min until set. Can be glazed.
I have to use alternative ingredients, so my cookies are brown rice flour with coconut oil and very little sugar. To me, they remind me of Snickerdoodles in that they have a mild flavor and a medium texture (not hard, not soft). If you wanted to get adventurous and put mini chocolate chips in them, that would probably be good too!
If you try them, you’ll have to let me know how they turn out. 😊
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If you try them, send me some. Dogs like Christmas cookies too!
Christmas Cookies
I don’t usually bake cookies because…well….I’m lazy.
I still have an abundance of sweet potatoes from the garden, so I decided to try out a new recipe – Sweet Potato Cookies.
A surprise arrived when I went to make the cookies – a double yolked egg! I have no idea if they are good luck or not, but they did make the cookies extra cholesterol-y.
I got this cookie plate probably 30 years ago, but I never got to use it until now. I just felt like celebrating that the puppy and kitty finally got to watch for Santa.
Don’t I get to have some? I like sweet potatoes.
To make your celebrations even more festive, add this hand-stitched Chicken and Egg Bread Cloth to your table!
Foods will taste even better when their presentation is enhanced with hand made care. Chicken and Egg Bread Cloth is available from my shop.
Boots
Mommy’s boots and puppies’ boots
After a day of play.
They go with us on our ADventures
and then by the door they stay.
Climbing hills, breaking trails,
They go wherever we go.
We take them off when we say goodnight
And dream of more days of snow.
Ooh, tough break Toby.
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Many fine cardigans and sweaters are still available at L Bowman Studios! These incredibly soft cardigans are hand knit of merino wool, superfine alpaca and Donnegal tweed. The buttons are made of eco-friendly natural coconut shell. Warm cozy sweaters allow us to keep the thermostat turned back to save both money and the environment.
Many gifts are available at my shop at L Bowman Studios.
The Tall Snow
Toby thought he liked snow until he encountered the deep stuff.
Now, like the rest of us, he is waiting for a thaw. *
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Escape your snowy world with a trip to The Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World! Inside Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun. Dream Our World makes a great gift for all ages.
Dream Our World is available from my shop and from Amazon.
*After the Storm, oil on canvas
(What genius at WordPress decided that an asterisk is the same as a bullet point? Quit changing what I type!)
The Christmas Letter
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To keep your little monsters out of trouble, get them a copy of Dream Our World to read so they will be busy. Inside, Bitey and Toby go to the museum of their dreams and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.
Dream Our World is available from my shop and from Amazon.
Handles
Yeah…no more bunny slippers around here.
My tail is NOT a “Dog Handle”!
To get a handle on your little monsters’ terrible behavior, exhaust them by taking them to the Museum of the Imagination with Bitey and Toby’s book, Dream Our World!
Inside, my boys visit the museum of their dreams while enjoying a day of unsupervised fun. A gift that is fun for all ages.
Dream Our World is available from my shop and from Amazon.
Tobysaurus
Hey, you don’t know you can’t eat it until you try!
If you would like to eat your plastic leaves off of something nicer than the ground, considering adding this hand drawn Linen Blend Tablecloth and Napkin Set to your home dining set.
Tablecloth and Napkin Set is available from my shop.
The Adventures of Bitey Dog 