It was hence exciting yesterday to larn a start on the Appalachian Dreams quilt. Isn't it terrible to larn old? You know you're quondam when a novel embroidery projection makes you lot desire to outpouring upwards too shout, "Isn't life grand!?!" Laugh if you lot want. I'm non proud. But I am excited most this novel project. Of course, I started alongside the quilt block because I was curious to run across how it was going to hold back alongside the brownish floss. When I finished for the morning, it looked similar this.
So, I'm liking that. I worried that I would require to role dissimilar colors of floss for the quilt block, but I intend stitching the whole affair inwards brownish volition last only fine.
After that I did my grocery shopping, had some lunch, took a brusque nap, too hence I made my means into the sewing room to do a picayune function on the cardinal. Only i department was completed yesterday, too it was practiced to direct keep a picayune fleck of a suspension from it.
The adjacent department is pose out nether its protective shield. Having given myself a picayune fourth dimension off, I'm pose upwards to larn dorsum to it today.
It was belatedly inwards the twenty-four hours yesteryear that time. I noticed how pretty i of the Japanese maple trees is looking inwards the waning rays of sunshine. I similar the contrast alongside the bluish spruce behind.
In its prime, its leaves are purple. With tumble inwards total swing, its leaves are fading to a rusty red.
Smitty was on his catio enjoying the belatedly afternoon. I was taking his film through the laundry room window.
Really? Must you?
I tried some other novel recipe final night. This is Pan-Roasted Eggplant alongside Peanut-Chile Sauce. You require to last seriously inwards beloved alongside eggplant to beloved this, but I'll tell you lot most it, only inwards instance "seriously inwards beloved alongside eggplant" describes you. We're form of lukewarm on eggplant or hence here. I similar it roasted. That's most it.
So this is done inwards a skillet. I used my heavy LeCreuset skillet too used my smaller Lodge form Fe skillet every bit a sort of "press" to pan roast the eggplant slices. You'll direct keep to read the recipe for a improve explanation. Then it's served upwards alongside a peanut-chile sauce (very spicy...so larn piece of cake alongside the sambal oelek), too sprinkled alongside greenish onion too cilantro. We liked it plenty that I added it to my recipe database.
In the future, I intend I'd cutting the eggplant slices thinner (say 1/2-inch) too hence only roast them inwards the oven. The whole pan-roasting affair didn't add together that much to it, too oven roasting would yield an eggplant that is a picayune less mushy. (How's that for a rousing endorsement of a recipe?) Actually, nosotros did similar it too sometimes we're only looking for novel ways to role the less-familiar too less-favored things that come upwards inwards our CSA shares. This is worth a minute look.
On the other hand, the pan-roasting affair taught me a means to press panini without the require for a panini press. Certain recipes require sure enough rather expensive pocket-size appliances too I'm at a house inwards my life where I'm trying to larn rid of stuff, non add together novel stuff. So, I've resisted the panini press inwards the same means I've resisted getting an Instant Pot. Matthew swears yesteryear the Instant Pot. I'm sure enough it's a really useful special for a working person, but I'll stick alongside my tiresome cooker. We're non inwards a hurry hither at the Three Cats Ranch.
Which brings me dorsum total circle to the outset of this post. Now, I'm itching to larn at that slow-stitching. Does tiresome larn whatever improve than that?