Amid the heat

Some places to put pencils and paintbrushes 

(thought it was about time to put some of those old cans to good use and I do so like oil cloth). 

Reversible headbands for the girls 

ohhh and a new Ice cream! 

Carol Jean I call it (after my mother who first introduced the glorious combination of 

dark chocolate and orange to me)

This recipe is much like Zanzibar (found here) except using 75 grams dark unsweetened cocoa, and the 3/4 cup sugar needs to be brown sugar, when you simmer the milk and chocolate add in one strip of an fresh orange rind (roughly two inches by half inch wide), a 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon vanilla and be sure to remove the peel before adding the cream. 

It is very good, the chocolate being dark, the orange a solid hint without being overpowering.