It was a pretty relaxing twenty-four hr stream yesterday. With Scott the window guy here, I was form of confined to the house, as well as trying to rest out of his way. The best agency to produce that is to rest inwards the sewing room, as well as so I did. Wasn't that considerate of me? So, I did some catching upward on the Tiny Tuesday blocks. I finished off May's oranges.
First, this rails debate block...
I form of similar that configuration of the rails fences. Then this "monarch" butterfly...a cute blueprint alongside no newspaper piecing, which I hate.
There is some other Tiny Tuesday block out today inwards June's blues. I'll larn to that 1 later on this afternoon. (Okay, I but checked, as well as there's aught yet. Maybe tomorrow.) Before I quit for the twenty-four hr stream yesterday, I had the pieces cutting for 1 of my Rainbow Scrap projects, The Charm Stars. These receive got half dozen darks as well as 2 lights of the blues, as well as and so half dozen neutrals. Since I'm making 2 blocks, I postulate twice that many. The biggest challenge alongside these blocks is getting adept contrast so the stars volition exhibit upward when they're all sewn together.
Smitty helped me pick out the fabrics. He's non at all happy alongside his novel stay-inside rules. He sat looking slitty-eyed at me all twenty-four hr stream long.
Sadie turned her dorsum on me as well as won't await at me until I mend my ways.
We're hoping this novel stay-inside policy isn't permanent because the coyotes by as well as large motility approximately during the year, as well as eventually, they'll motility on downwards the hill...or upward the hill. I don't attention where they larn every bit long every bit they go. Mike is going to caput downwards into the woods as well as over onto the neighbor's holding to brand certain they haven't laid upward housekeeping nearby.
Smitty was on the carriage for nigh 45 minutes, but this novel policy has him returning to fixes of catnip to receive got the border off his psychological pain.
I was out but briefly yesterday to create total the aeroplane feeders. While I was out I cast my gaze toward the weed field formerly known every bit our vegetable garden. I noticed a wild foxglove growing there. We tried to grow foxglove inwards a shaded expanse a spell back. It grew for a while, but never actually thrived, as well as eventually, it stopped coming dorsum at all. Probably it didn't larn plenty sun. Seeing this, I decided to operate on an optic on it as well as endeavor to capture some of its seeds. Maybe I'll endeavor 1 time again alongside the foxglove as well as laissez passer on it a amend abode this time. It was windy, as well as thus, the blur.
Also, I baked off 1 of the breadstuff loaves yesterday. You mightiness recollect I used regular "active" yeast inwards this dough rather than the "instant" I've used inwards the past. The texture was much improved every bit a effect of the change. It was adept alongside the instant yeast, but the active yeast made it a much crustier loaf. It's wonderful for toasting. Here's a await at the interior. Some prissy holes similar sourdough.
I all the same had collard greens from our most recent CSA share, as well as so I tried this recipe from the NYTimes, Pasta alongside Collard Greens as well as Onions.
Before nosotros started getting CSA shares, I'd never eaten collard greens, as well as I didn't know how to railroad train them. We larn them fairly regularly inwards our shares (sometimes alongside enormous leaves!), as well as I've grown to honey them. I think, of the greens, they mightiness locomote my favorites. Anyway, this is a swell recipe...easy, as well as the collard greens are delicious alongside the pasta. There is essentially no sauce on this pasta, but the cooking H2O from the collards. At the end, I was supposed to add together a one-half loving cup of the pasta H2O to the dish, but at that topographic point was plenty liquid left inwards the pan that it wasn't necessary. You tin role whatever shape of pasta alongside this. I had several opened packages of farfalle, as well as that's what I used.
Today I postulate to caput to the grocery store, as well as and so I'll larn dorsum to my sewing. The kitties are already hounding me for an opened upward door. It's difficult keeping them in. They aren't happy nigh it, as well as neither are we.