#notasweetnightingale

[magicalkristoffeismann]

“ can i help you? ”

"Oh uh sorry I seemed to have been a bit distracted." He hadn't wanted to stare at the other, well actually he had not - he was looking at the feline on the window next to this lady. He vaguely recalled Ella showing a picture of her one day, he thought she was Ella's sister. "You're Ella's sister right?"

[sweetellafontaine]

“ i thought you’d like this. ”

Ella looked at the card in question with a bit of confusion flickering through her eyes. Ursula, where had she heard of this name. It seemed to be on the tip of her tongue. "Is there any reason you have given me this business card?" Ella asked curiously. Had Ursula spoken to her sister?

[positivelyminnie]

☕ Our muses drinking something warm on a cool evening

“This is a simple drink inspired by the Studio Ghibli film, Ponyo. It’s just cinnamon, milk, honey, and a dash of vanilla served warm. But, I thought it would compliment the cake. It’s Apple Cider Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting. I used Redwood’s famous local cider, so you must have a bite.”

 Minnie implored, as she carefully handed Deziree a pink paisley china plate with a generous slice of cake upon it, along with a fork. The brunette wasn’t ashamed to admit that she often tried to recreate food and beverages that she saw in animated films. Really, Studio Ghibli had no busy making animated food look so delicious. It had led to much research and numerous kitchen experiments. 

And offering hot chocolate would be too rich combined with the cake would be too rich. Apple cider, too similar and the effect would be a wash. Minnie had decided that plain milk wouldn’t have that certain something. Hence her thrown together concoction. If her guest didn’t like it, Minnie would offer some warm spiced chai latte as a substitute. 

It was after all, a perfect fall evening to be seated on the front porch, in the bench that sported plush pillows. Even, Minnie’s tuxedo cat was lazily sprawled out on the porch steps, purring away as the sun streamed through the nearby trees, illuminated their fall colors. While, Minnie’s garden wasn’t as impressive as it was in the spring, the brunette had tried to spruce it up with fall flora, and a smiley scarecrow, situated in-between some artfully placed gourds and miniature hay bays.