The smokiness has improved inward our area, but there's nevertheless enough of haze. It's possible to barely brand out the outlines of the mountains off inward the distance, but piddling else. We're heading over to Seaside, Oregon, today. Seaside is on the coast, but we'll survive inland simply a bit. I'm hoping the air lineament is improve over at that spot since we'll survive exterior most of the day.
There was no sewing yesterday, but that doesn't hateful I wasn't busy all day. After writing my weblog post, I got to run on the Pumpkin Pie block.
You mightiness notice those basting stitches through the middle together with around the exterior of this piece. My embroidery pieces are e'er backed alongside something, together with Meg Hawkey gave us a slice of muslin to dorsum our pieces piece nosotros were at class. At home, I would accept spray basted those pieces together. Since at that spot was no spray baste available, nosotros were encouraged to baste them alongside thread. I was compliant, but ordinarily, I wouldn't create this. The other agency I've backed embroidery pieces is alongside an iron-on stabilizer. I role Pellon 931TD or else Pellon SF101. The old has been less-than-satisfactory lately. I'm suspicious Pellon has changed the formula somehow, together with it wants to crinkle upward unless I role a real cool iron. When my electrical flow provide is used up, I in all likelihood won't purchase more.
This slice is simply 1 block, together with I'm thinking of making a pocket-sized wallhanging from it. I tin envision using 2 pumpkins from the designing I used for this Pumpkin Patch tabular array topper a span of years ago, together with thence putting some form of autumn edge around it.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piddling afterwards inward the morning, I got to run on the Small Batch Tomato-Jalapeno Jam. This was super easy, together with I intend it mightiness accept replaced Amy's Tomato Jam every bit my novel favorite. I used all tomatoes from our ain plants together with a span of jalapenos from our CSA share. Then I cooked it downwards inward a frying pan. With such a broad together with shallow pan, it cooked downwards fast.
About xx minutes later, I had this.
It was boiled frantically over high estrus together with stirred frequently. When it was syrupy, I called it quits. For love apple tree jams, the seeds together with skins are left inward for texture. As for the jalapenos, the recipe calls for iii tablespoons. I had simply a piddling to a greater extent than than that from 2 jalapeno peppers. We similar a piddling kick, but I'm leery of using likewise much, together with thence I took the ribs together with seeds out of 1 of the jalapenos.When it was processed, it looked similar this:
My yield was 4 half-pints. And allow me nation you...that is some tasty stuff. I can't hold back to endeavour it on my eggs this morning. You tin find the recipe correct here. As I said, I used 2 jalapenos. Next fourth dimension I'll larn out the seeds together with ribs inward both. Also, alongside such a shallow pan, an immersion blender was out of the question. I simply mashed mine upward alongside a Irish Gaelic patato masher together with called it good.
After lunch, it was fourth dimension to caput downwards to Salem to drib off my quilts for the Oregon State Fair. It was a irksome trip, together with zilch to write about. When I got home, I constitute Mike difficult at run installing hooks on the side of the RV to back upward the catio. It was an essential project since we'll all survive heading over to the beach side yesteryear side week. Here's how it looks from the outside.
You tin come across a kitty's optic sentiment from the inside.
The old RV had a window that slid to the side, together with thence the opening wasn't every bit large. The catio barely covers this window opening, together with thence the kitties accept enough of room to come upward together with go. There are some piddling "stoppers" nosotros tin add together to the frame to allow a half-open seat if it gets likewise drafty. There's also a covert if ever nosotros desire 1 there.
As I mentioned earlier, we're heading over to Seaside today. I'd much rather rest home, but I don't e'er larn what I want. That mightiness surprise you. With that inward mind, I'm making the large garden salad that was requested of me. There won't survive whatever sewing today, but I mightiness come upward habitation this eventide alongside some practiced pictures from the day. Only fourth dimension volition tell.