It's been a busy yoke of mornings, as well as this morning time volition travel busy too. I've been preparing nutrient for our identify unit of measurement weekend. If you're novel to this blog, as well as hence I'll percentage amongst y'all that our identify unit of measurement plans a weekend get-away inward lieu of exchanging Christmas gifts each year. This volition travel our 5th twelvemonth doing it (I think), as well as it has turned out to travel a wonderful agency to pass fourth dimension together as well as grab up. Matthew made a movement to Las Vegas final month, as well as hence I'm non for certain what the futurity holds for these get-togethers. For this year, at least, he's hither for the entire weekend. Lucky us!
Yesterday morning time I started out baking this Muesli Toasting Bread. We'll own got it for breakfast tomorrow. I'm also making a Chili Egg Puff. Someone gave me the recipe for the Chili Egg Puff a long fourth dimension ago, as well as hence I was form of surprised to respect it online. It's slow to mix up, as well as it doesn't accept a lot of ingredients. I commonly brand only half. We'll toast the breadstuff as well as own got it on the side.
Also, I made upwardly a Mexican Corn Salad. I'll travel adding some materials to the salad. I'm non linking to the recipe since it's a novel ane to me. There are lots of recipes online for dissimilar versions of Mexican Corn Salad. The ane I'm making is from Cook's Illustrated, as well as hence we'll reckon how it goes. This morning time I'm making Enchiladas Suizas. I'll brand upwardly the sauce as well as the enchiladas as well as travel along them split upwardly until I'm gear upwardly to bake it this evening. We'll pair that amongst the corn salad as well as this Tequila Slaw amongst Lime as well as Cilantro. That's also on this morning's agenda. So dinner this evening is taken aid of along amongst breakfast for tomorrow. We'll travel smoking some salmon on Saturday, as well as I don't know what else Erik as well as Mae own got planned. From there, we'll travel winging it.
When I had my kitchen materials done yesterday, I needed to create total the aeroplane feeders as well as cheque the greenhouse. I noticed that the lavander is real around blooming.
Also, the root tomatoes are showing themselves. I found all sauce tomatoes. Romas are my favorites, but I couldn't respect whatever starts this year, as well as hence these are San Marzanos.
Also, the roses are blooming. This piffling bush is a floribunda, as well as it's covered inward buds correct now. I'm hoping they'll all the same travel hither when nosotros instruct dorsum inward a few days.
While I was out, I encountered this piffling critter happily eating the strawberries.
He wasn't for certain he could trust me, as well as hence he hopped on the sidewalk to brand a quick getaway, if necessary. This is a piffling ruddy tree squirrel. They are most one-half the size of the to a greater extent than problematic grayness diggers.
Apparently deciding I posed no threat amongst my camera, he hopped dorsum over to the strawberries.
"Thank y'all for planting these. They are sublime."
The poppies are fading, but to a greater extent than are coming. I'm specially interested inward the seed pods now. They are almost every bit pretty every bit the poppies themselves.
Despite all the kitchen work, at that topographic point was some fourth dimension for sewing inward the afternoon. Sadie had already claimed the quilts-to-be-quilted pile earlier I fifty-fifty entered the room.
She actually hopes I'll only travel along tranquility because at that topographic point is serious napping afoot.
The side past times side row of blocks is finished now, as well as 2 of the iii blocks for row iii are also sewn together.
I had a piffling scare amongst this Chicken Chow Mein block. The machine embroidery was exclusively most 1/2-inch from the border of the block...plenty for a seam allowance, but I'd forgotten at that topographic point was a flange hither too. It meant fudging most an eighth-inch amongst the placement of the flange, but it worked out.
With that piffling scare behind me, it seemed similar a practiced identify to halt for the day.
It was a pretty sunrise this morning. We're expecting pelting later on inward the day, but the weekend is looking good.
Knowing I would own got real piffling fourth dimension this morning, I've already done my ho-hum stitching for the day. The July pump was started yesterday, as well as I've stitched it this far now.
As I'm sitting here, Smitty is sitting inward the window beside me, glaring, as well as hoping he isn't headed for some other solar daytime cooped upwardly inside.
I'm afraid he is, but assist is on the way. We've hired a Wildlife Control Operator to come upwardly inward side past times side calendar week as well as laid some traps. Mike as well as I were discussing this coyote effect yesterday evening, as well as pieces are starting to autumn into place. If you've been reading long enough, y'all mightiness recollect that nosotros lost our kitty Maggie to coyotes (presumably) almost precisely 2 years ago. Back then, nosotros started seeing a coyote pair running across the route as well as inward other places. We started keeping Smitty inward dorsum as well as hence spell nosotros built the catio for him as well as Sadie (who hadn't yet joined us). It occurs to us that this breeding pair has likely been raising pups successfully inward our woods each twelvemonth for a yoke of years, as well as hence it makes feel they would travel along coming dorsum annually.
Last black nosotros watched every bit they crossed the champaign nigh the fence, pausing to hunt some gophers...or moles...or squirrels...I don't know what they're hunting, but I'm for certain cats are on the carte du jour every bit well. Whatever. We're hopeful they tin travel rounded upwardly as well as "removed" presently enough. Smitty as well as Sadie are likely resigned to at to the lowest degree a yoke of to a greater extent than weeks of confinement until nosotros instruct the all clear sign from our guy. It can't travel on presently enough. We've tried to alive cooperatively amongst all of our wild animals inward our 17 years here, but plenty is enough.
Okay, hence much to do, as well as those enchiladas aren't going to brand themselves. I'll travel dorsum hither past times Tuesday to nation y'all most our weekend. Until then, run upwardly on.