My addiction to the British Bakeoff continues. I'm polishing off an early season before they remove it on January 1. One strawberry mousse roll with chocolate-covered strawberries looked particularly good.
Zoe is friends with two snakes at her school: Sandy and Rex. Sandy is shedding her skin, and Zoe says, "They look sad when they do that." The snakes take naps in her lap, and sometimes give her hand a gentle squeeze.