For all the whining I exercise nigh the pelting hither inwards the Pacific Northwest, sometimes it comes every bit a slap-up relief. You tin brand all sorts of excuses for non doing things you lot should last doing. Just blame it on the rain. Yard operate together with weeding becomes a matter of the past. Cleaning the house? Nah...people volition simply rail inwards mud, thus what's the point? Grocery shopping? Nah...you could, um...hm...you could move far an accident driving on those moisture roads! Are you lot kidding me? Grocery shopping...far also dangerous. You larn the picture, don't you?
The pelting didn't halt me yesterday though. I finished upward the weeding chore I'd started the 24-hour interval before, together with and then that was the cease of weeding for me...at to the lowest degree until side past times side Wednesday, which is supposed to last the side past times side fourth dimension we'll run into the sun. I convey simply a department left to exercise inwards front end of the house, but I'm seeing the low-cal at the cease of this overgrown tunnel.
So when I came within yesterday, I baked some bread. I had a yen...it happens. This is a Honey Wheat Harvest Loaf recipe I institute on the King Arthur website.
I've linked to the recipe dorsum there, but this isn't a staff of life I'll last making again. How's that for a ringing endorsement? It's fine, but the loaf ended upward variety of dense. It was difficult to mix inwards the raisins together with nuts because it's a potent together with dry out dough. That meant that most of them ended upward on the exterior of the loaf where they burned spell it was baking. Here's how it looks on the inside...you tin run into non many raisins made it to the inside.
I chose this recipe because it used a one-half loving cup of mashed sweetness potato. On our Cooking Light diet, I'm oftentimes ending upward amongst piddling leftovers of this or that, including the sweetness potato. It seemed similar a proficient means to purpose it. The staff of life is fine...just non great. It doesn't convey much flavor, together with thus I don't convey a lot of proficient things to country nigh it. This morn I toasted a piece together with had it amongst some butta. Still nil to write on my spider web log about...except that I am, thus what gives?
And here's something else. Just directly I dropped the final seize amongst teeth of dry out crust onto the flooring beneath my desk. Have you lot e'er noticed how a dropped exceptional vanishes on its means to the floor? So, yeah. The staff of life is getting on my nerves. Sorry I brought it upward at all. I'm non lamentable I baked it. It was 1 of those things I knew I'd regret for the residue of my life if it never crossed the threshold of my oven door. Now that I know, I'm depositing that recipe inwards the proper receptacle.
While the staff of life dough was rising, I did the cutting for framing the half dozen light-green blocks of the Wine Country quilt. Once the cutting was finished, they went together fairly quickly.
That's every bit far every bit I tin move until I larn some burgundy cloth to purpose for framing the other half dozen blocks. Sadie was a slap-up helper. She stayed within the boundaries of her piddling bed, rather than getting correct inwards the middle of my workspace. Good girl, Sadie.
So, I've mentioned I convey a coupon for fabric, but I can't purpose it until side past times side week. That leaves me amongst a postulate for something else to operate on. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 twosome of days ago, I mentioned the challenge for the RV Quilters on Facebook. The challenge is to brand a quilt of whatsoever size to stand upward for whatsoever holiday.
That had me perusing through patterns together with books inwards search of something I mightiness similar to make. Do you lot recollect the Happy Village I made from this book?
Here's the Happy Village quilt I made for the Let's Book It Challenge.
That was such a fun project, together with thus I've been wanting to brand some other one. When I looked within the pages of the book, I saw this idea.
(Sorry for the crappy picture...it's difficult to avoid reflections on that glossy paper.) Karen Eckmeier, the book's author, calls this a "Christmas Village." And that settled it. It'll last a minor quilt, together with it'll last fun to do. So that's what I'll last working on today.
Finally, recollect the "Migration" block I made final calendar week for the Ugly Blocks Rock Challenge on Facebook?
This morning, I saw the quilt that used my block. This was the 20th quilt made past times this grouping of volunteers. There it is...right at that topographic point inwards the transcend row. What fun!
The grouping information says they had a goal to brand twenty quilts, but folks are withal submitting blocks. If they proceed making quilts, I'll proceed making blocks.
This morn I'm dropping off the Snips & Snails quilt to last shown inwards the Northwest Quilters Guild quilt demo side past times side month. I had planned to attend some other effect spell I'm out, but I've variety of decided against it. The rain, you lot know. Probably should play it prophylactic together with pass the 24-hour interval sewing.