putting the DOG in dogwood tree

I walked Nook all over Tuesday between rain showers.  Ithaca has many fun features, like, I go into the bank to make a deposit and the dog makes a withdrawl... of treats!
There is this cute winding street in Ithaca alongside Cascadilla Gorge and falls... all beautiful and ancient houses...






Oh my.  Yet another friend mentions going gluten free, which is not a concern of mine except as far as making a guest happy with my baked treats AND it is a fun challenge AND I like to make sure my nutrients are varied, and good golly, if you were choosing a baked treat made with oats versus white flour which do you think is more healthy??? (or less bad, should we say...)

ANYWAY, then you have to consider that I am vegan, right? No meat, dairy, eggs? (sometimes I bake with an egg but try to avoid it)

THIS is the most unusual cookie recipe EVER, but sooooooo tasty, what a success!  It uses oats and oat flour, and the interesting part is you grind up 2 cups of walnuts into something like peanut butter to hold it all together...what a healthy sounding treat, right, oats and walnuts?  You would never guess they weren't the most rich and gooey-tasty treat....
http://www.yummly.com/recipe/The-Heart-Healthiest-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies-Recipezaar?columns=3&position=4%2F15

Spike here was like "chocolate cookies are NOT what I had in mind, feed me! NOW!"