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Actually, the recipe is a cake.  But it makes perfect muffins.  Especially because it's a dense and sturdy and moist cake filled with grated zucchini, lots of cocoa, and both butter and oil and eggs.  Plus buttermilk gives it that muffin-like texture and crumb.   The muffins are perfect for this time of year with zucchini is at its peak and grows like crazy (like the giant zucchini behind the muffins).

Because of a broken bathtub that flooded the floor, we have need for an update to a bathroom in one of my homes.  The house is in a suburb just west of Chicago and was built midcentury early 1950's.  I believe it was built in 1952.  It still has a coal heat stove in the basement although has been retrofitted with central heat and air conditioning throughout.   And although Chicago Water and Fire were able to remove and dry the old boards and remove the tub without damaging any tile, we will have to replace it to install a new tub.   So although I love the design and handiwork of this tile job, it looks like it will...

Last summer I did a series of paintings around butterflies including caterpillars, milkweed, and a variety of butterfly paintings in both oil paint and watercolor.   I still have a few left!  Here is a peek at the butterfly collection: