I feel like it has been a long time since I have done anything for my patron saint’s day. I tried to make it a priority this year, but it ended up only going half way. I did manage to make the
Magdalenbokt, or Magdalene fingers which O made the very first time Zi celebrated this back when we lived at the Laburnum Bungalow. (I managed to have white sanding sugar on hand this time instead of pink. 😆) I’m always saving recipes for different madeleines, and yet I never remember this idea and default to my copy of
Cooking With the Saints which has two almond themed desserts in it. Maybe I’ll remember next summer? Or maybe I’ll try the pumpkin ones this fall and that will trigger me doing it properly next July.
In any event I did get the cookies made and set out a humble tea table outside.
I did not have the memory or energy to get the little Magdalene icon I bought this Lent in advance of Easter.
My mom happened to be dropping by with some birdseed at about the same time so she socially distanced a cookie for herself. Little Miss was
not at all interested in having her picture taken. But look at how long her hair is getting!
My Mary Magdalene rose is also in bloom which is nice. It was my intention to have a little bouquet of these for our tea, but I didn’t manage to get that together either.
