As I've already mentioned to a few of you, I've been enjoying my costless weekend thus far. I haven't genuinely done anything I wouldn't exercise ordinarily, but I've been doing it without having to consider anyone else's needs, in addition to that makes it experience thus much to a greater extent than spontaneous than my park carefully-planned days.
We kickoff went exterior to teach a flick of the fourth(!) poppy that has bloomed. Sadie was only amazed past times this.
They were to a greater extent than interested inwards hunting downwards those squirrel kits, however. I don't encounter the kits at all when the kitties are out. When the kitties come upwards inwards for the day, they locomote out in addition to start doing their mischief.
There were some things to exercise outside. I needed to H2O the annuals, cheque on the sunflower seedlings inwards the greenhouse, wander or thus pulling upwards weeds when the urge hitting me. In my wanderings I noticed the apple tree tree has quite a few apples...the most ever. It's soundless a spindly petty thing, but I'm starting to think it mightiness genuinely plough into a fully-functioning fruit tree.
These 2 were carefully watching 2 tree squirrels squabbling...apparently over territory...or access to the plane feeder. I'm non genuinely sure. They idea in that location mightiness hold out a snack for them when the fur stopped flying.
Back inside, I had to a greater extent than veggie stock on the stove top. This boiled away for most of the morning, in addition to it made the family odor good.
Also, I mixed upwards some other batch of breadstuff dough from my novel favorite King Arthur Flour recipe. When I had it all mixed up, it looked similar this.
The directions receive got y'all allow it sit down at room temperature for 2 hours earlier refrigerating it. Also, it says y'all tin usage either "instant" or "regular" yeast. I've e'er used instant, but yesterday I decided to encounter how it would piece of occupation amongst regular yeast. It appears to hold out much to a greater extent than vigorous. At the halt of 2 hours, it looked similar this.
Since I wasn't planning to bake breadstuff yesterday, I position it inwards the refrigerator, in addition to I tin proceed it for upwards to seven days. It gets amend the longer I wait. Later inwards the evening, I looked at it i time again after it had been refrigerated for several hours, in addition to I noticed it had risen all the way to the locomote past times of the container. If the lid hadn't been clamped down, it mightiness receive got pushed it off the top. So, directly I'm interested to encounter how it volition bake off. Maybe I'll exercise that today.
Also yesterday, I finished off Block 2 for the Dancing Chickens in addition to Flying Pigs quilt. This block is called "Angels Watching."
And yay! That way I teach to start a novel project...this one:
You mightiness shout out upwards I saw this blueprint the solar daytime I spent inwards a course of report amongst Meg Hawkey. This is a blueprint from Bunny Hill Designs. It has xvi pocket-sized embroidered blocks, in addition to thus enough of pieced blocks. I receive got some fabrics pulled from my stash in addition to laid aside.
The blocks are small...trimmed to vi 1/2 inches foursquare when they're finished...and thus they shouldn't accept long to stitch. The background textile has petty white randomly placed dots, making it facial expression similar falling snow.
I started stitching on this i precisely earlier sitting downwards here. Starting amongst the French knots on the snowman's face, the minute i knotted unexpectedly earlier I was ready, in addition to that meant I needed to cutting the floss in addition to start again. I decided to position it inwards time-out in addition to laissez passer on it some fourth dimension to think nigh what form of embroidery projection it wanted to be. When I'm finished here, I'll laissez passer on it some other chance.
Finally, I finished sewing together the blocks for the Republic of Guatemala quilt, aka Quiltemala. In this picture, it soundless needs its borders. It has a 2-inch greyness edge all around, in addition to thus it volition hold out finished. It shouldn't accept long this morning time to complete it off.
I desire to usage the leftover woven fabrics in addition to the greyness homespun to slice together a dorsum for it. I think I receive got enough of textile to teach the task done, in addition to thus I'll hold out finished amongst it until I sandwich the adjacent bunch of quilts for quilting.
At the halt of the day, I made myself a salad that's off limits when seedless Mike is around. I used to brand this salad earlier nosotros swore him off of seeds for good. It's a Strawberry Salad amongst Poppy Seed Dressing. Mine is made amongst romaine lettuce from our CSA share. I was responding to a comment from i of y'all nigh fruit inwards salad when I remembered this one. Since I had both strawberries in addition to romaine, it seemed a perfect dinner to receive got piece the big cat's away. It was every chip equally delicious equally I remembered it. You could add together chicken to this salad to teach inwards a main dish, but I ate it precisely equally y'all encounter it here. Yum.
I receive got strawberries on manus because I desire to sweat i time again on the Fresh Strawberry Mousse from final week. It didn't ready when I made it final week, in addition to thus I'll usage to a greater extent than gelatin this fourth dimension in addition to encounter if I teach amend results.
So today, I'll teach the borders sewn on the Republic of Guatemala quilt, slice together a dorsum for it, in addition to brand the strawberry mousse. There are a few housekeeping chores to do, but zip major. Otherwise, I'll precisely bask some other solar daytime to myself. Mike volition hold out domicile subsequently this evening, but I'll hold out eating dinner on my ain again.