Wait...what? Hunting? Yes, hunting. Do yous desire to regard what a bad truthful cat looks like?
The get-go matter this niggling lady did yesterday was to convey a terrified as well as fast mouse into the house. Mike captured it nether a bowl, as well as thence liberated it to the outdoors earlier it was likewise badly damaged. When I went exterior a niggling piece later, I establish this. And, what just is going on here?
Well, it seems that fifty-fifty though Mike gave the mouse a skillful caput start, the kitties rounded it upwards again. There it is correct there.
So, they harassed the pitiable matter for the amend role of an hr yesterday morning, but I think it escaped inwards the end. When I checked later, the kitties had moved on, as well as neither the mouse nor its remains were anywhere to live seen.
When I went out, it was to regard if at that topographic point were whatsoever cherries left inwards the trees. And at that topographic point were! Oooooh...they're getting closer as well as closer.
The ones inwards the tippy transcend of the tree are belike laid for picking. The ones nosotros tin give the sack accomplish are even thence by as well as large not, but we'll maintain checking. I receive got an catch the raccoons are marker their calendars too, planning for their overnight marauding sweep. It would live overnice if nosotros could acquire plenty for some barbecue sauce or some chutney. If not, I'll but pick some upwards at the farmer's market.
The breadstuff even thence had a yoke of hours to become on its 2nd rise, but eventually, into the oven it went, i loaf at a time. First loaf out...
Second loaf out...
The 2nd loaf didn't receive got the "oven spring" of the get-go loaf. I suspect it's because it had an extra 45 minutes of fourth dimension earlier going into the oven, as well as the yeast was belike pooping out nigh then. If I'm going to maintain baking ii loaves at a time, it powerfulness live worth investing inwards a 2nd Dutch oven for baking. Lodge makes i that isn't likewise hurtful to one's banking concern account, as well as it would live convenient to live able to bake them both at the same time.
One loaf is going to a friend, but I cutting into the get-go loaf when it was cool. It has a pretty crumb too.
While I was waiting for the breadstuff to bake, I got dorsum to move on the Heart & Home block. It's been several days since I had fourth dimension for embroidery. I stitched most of my hooping, as well as that took me nearly to the transcend of the piece.
Then, I moved my hoop to embrace the northeast corner, as well as that's where I'll pick it upwards today.
After that I headed out to the grocery store. Man, at that topographic point were a lot of wearisome people inwards the grocery store yesterday. Ordinarily, I'd vantage myself with a pocketbook of M&M's for non murdering anyone, but the diet, yous know. I had other plans for the diet, every bit I'll elevate inwards a bit.
Finally, finally, finally, I was able to build my way into the sewing room. I'm even thence hoping to acquire some other row sewn on earlier month's end. My goal is to complete a row per month, as well as that volition convey me to a Dec flimsy. Since the lastly fourth dimension I worked on this, I decided I'll set the blueish sashing as well as yellowish cornerstones some the outer edges of the quilt, as well as non add together whatsoever border. I'll but bind it without doing more. It's going to live a large quilt fifty-fifty without a border. So I needed to add together that to the transcend as well as side edges, as well as I did that first. Here's how it's looking.
After that, I was laid to build the blocks for the 3rd row. Oh, but wait...
Were yous thinking of using these rulers? Some attending to my catnip bowl would impurrove your chances significantly.
Well, I know amend than to debate with that logic, thence nosotros took assist of his needs, as well as thence I got to move on the blocks.
The get-go i was from a quilt store I visited inwards Tucson called Quilter's Market. You tin give the sack read my weblog post nigh it right here. When I checked the cyberspace to regard if this store is even thence open, the link was dead. They receive got a page on Facebook, but I receive got a feeling this store is no longer inwards business. The spider web link establish at that topographic point goes nowhere either.
When I visited this shop, I wasn't yet collecting "regional" fabrics, but I picked upwards i that was perfect for my purposes. In the metropolis where Saguaro National Park is located, what else could it live but Saguaro cactus?
Next upwards was this shop, Bernina Sewing & Design, inwards Las Cruces, New Mexico. Here's the blog post I wrote nigh it. There were several quilt shops inwards Las Cruces when nosotros visited this trip, as well as I think liking this i rattling much. When the ladies at that topographic point learned I was visiting from Oregon, they invited me to pick out a fatty quarter every bit a gift. Also with my selections was this i that I'm using inwards the quilt. You powerfulness think I used this i inwards my Solstice to Solstice quilt (yet to live finished). The block I made using this stuff was to celebrate my Cinco de Mayo birthday.
The store appears even thence to live open, but peradventure nether a unlike name. Clicking on the link to the website takes me to a store forthwith known every bit Be Sew Creative. You tin give the sack check it out correct here.
My fourth dimension inwards the sewing room was express yesterday since I got a belatedly start, but I had fourth dimension for i to a greater extent than block...this i from Quilt Corner inwards Beaver Bay, Minnesota. This was a cracking store nosotros visited piece on our way to Split Rock Lighthouse. You tin give the sack read my weblog post nigh it right here. For my regional print, I chose this i inwards accolade of the terrible roads nosotros encountered on our drive that day.
Checking the internet, they appear to live even thence inwards business, but without a spider web presence. I uncovering a page on Facebook for them, but no spider web page.
So it was fourth dimension to halt for the twenty-four hours when I got that far. As I was checking my e-mail afterward, I came across a novel recipe for Bread Pudding for Two. Oh. My Gosh...I dearest breadstuff pudding! So I read the recipe which, every bit it turns out, was published ii years ago. The writer was doing a elbow grease with Hershey's chocolate at the time, as well as she used Hershey's kisses inwards hers. The kisses (eight of them) were to live chopped with a abrupt knife. And I said to myself, "Self, why would i chop upwards Hershey's kisses when at that topographic point are perfectly skillful chocolate chips available?" And I couldn't actually come upwards up with a skillful reason, except that chocolate chips are made past times Nestle, non Hershey...and yes, at that topographic point are others, but Tollhouse cookies. Puh-leeze. Do non say some other word, as well as don't fifty-fifty entertain the possibility that i powerfulness exercise a unlike brand. So, anyway...
I hopped correct on that, because the diet, yous know. (You knew I'd acquire at that topographic point eventually, didn't you?)
And this turned out great. Chocolate chips were perfect...no chopping required. I used ii tablespoons inwards each. The master copy recipe tops them with some other Hershey's kiss. I occur to receive got Dove chocolates on hand...they're our after-lunch guilty pleasance piece nosotros drinkable our loving cup of espresso, as well as thence I but plopped i of those on transcend of each when I took them out of the oven. Otherwise, I made them just every bit the master copy recipe states. And I encourage yous to give this a try. It takes nigh twoscore minutes total, as well as thence yous tin give the sack easily whip it upwards after dinner. By the fourth dimension your repast has settled, dessert volition live ready. Oh yes, as well as I used ramekins instead of mugs. Perfect.
So this must live my calendar week for appointments because I receive got some other i inwards downtown Portland today. I'm non certain why I planned thence poorly for the week, but at that topographic point yous go. I'm even thence working at getting caught upwards on my housework too. Here's the thing: I never mix housework with grocery shopping. It makes me plough into the Incredible Hulk, as well as no i wants that. Hopefully, I'll acquire dorsum into the sewing room afterward today.