My west coast brother informed me that, on this date in 1903, the Wright brothers got off the ground. This is special to me because without airplanes I would have traveled a lot less in my lifetime, or taken much longer to get where I wanted to go. I'm also interested because, according to family lore we are distantly related to the Wright brothers. My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Wright and they were third cousins or something like that.
The other relative (or almost relative) I want to celebrate today is my FF because it's "National Maple Syrup Day." Back at Thanksgiving I baked a carrot cake following my sister-in-law's excellent recipe (another relative to be celebrated). Carrot cake is traditionally topped with cream cheese frosting and I bought some. I admit I don't make frosting. Unfortunately the frosting I bought was made with corn syrup to which my FF is allergic. So, ingenious person that he is, he found a recipe for cream cheese frosting made with pure maple syrup which is absolutely delicious. In fact it's so good that I am feeling compelled to bake another carrot cake sometime soon. Or maybe he could make it again and we could just spread it on graham crackers or ginger snaps or eat it with a spoon. I'm not proud.
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