Crinkly pizza

We invented a new style of pizza. Haven't really decided on a name yet, but the crinklecrust was the first one that came to mind. I'm not sure about the market appeal for that name though. Anyway, this is what happens when you roll out your crust to be bigger than your pizza stone and then force it to fit anyway.

The pizza tasted great by the way! Here's the crust recipe (for 2 pizzas): 3/4 cup warm water + 2 teaspoons yeast (mixed together first).  Then, add 3/4 cup warm water, 2 Tablespoons sugar, some salt, 2 Tablespoons olive oil, 4 cups flour:  mix, knead, let rise, roll out etc... Its a pretty typical dough recipe that makes a soft chewy crust, not a crispy crust, but pretty darn good if that's what you're looking for. Also, just for fun here is another crunchy segment.
I think its funny that most of these animals are shown eating foods that they probably would not choose (or at least not have access to) in nature.

Darn big dragonfly!

We saw this monster sitting on the side of our house last week.

Its a Green Darner dragonfly. They are one of the largest dragonflies around.  To give you some idea of scale, here is another picture.

 

That cement block is 8 inches tall, so the dragonfly is about 3 inches long, at least! They are called green darners because their bodies are shaped somewhat like a darning needle. I'm still trying to figure out what a darning needle is. I'll get back to you on that one.