Most of the twenty-four hours yesterday was taken upwards baking a lemon meringue pie. Lemon meringue is my favorite. My grandmother ever baked 1 when nosotros visited. She knew I loved it, together with at nowadays I can't bake my ain pie without thinking of her.
My luck amongst pies is sort of hitting or miss, peculiarly amongst the crust. Fortunately, lemon meringue has alone a bottom crust together with thence all sins are hidden. Still, I'm trying my best for a flaky, together with non soggy, crust. Also, I'm striving for custard that sets upwards perfectly, thence it doesn't run when y'all cutting into it, nor is it rubbery inward its "mouth feel." Finally I'm seeking meringue that is lite together with fluffy together with melts inward your mouth, also without beingness rubbery. The "weeping" of meringue (when it forms those piddling syrupy droplets) doesn't bother me, exactly I know it warrants demerits at the solid soil fair, together with thence I endeavour to avoid it. So amongst all those piddling challenges, my pies ofttimes autumn downward on at to the lowest degree 1 count. Yesterday's pie was perfect. I gain got no explanation for this, other than obviously dumb luck...and perhaps a piddling fleck of practice.
With that finished, together with the kitchen cleaned up, I had or thence fourth dimension to run upwards together the Charm Stars. First this one...
Sadie slept through these cloth choices, together with thence she felt she needed to critique my ain selections. This is how nosotros learn.
Purrsonally, I powerfulness gain got chosen a dissimilar pinkish for that corner piece.
There was however or thence fourth dimension left inward the day, together with thence I did the almost recent Tiny Tuesday block. Smitty helped past times reading the instructions to me every bit I worked.
Are y'all gain fur the adjacent part?
This block was created past times Libby who blogs at Life on the Hill. It was thence elementary together with turned out thence cute. This block would endure slow to resize too. I could run into a whole quilt made from these...or brand multiple modest ones to gain a unmarried block. Here's what I did amongst it.
And together with thence it was laid inward a at nowadays setting.
With that finished, together with the kitchen cleaned up, I had or thence fourth dimension to run upwards together the Charm Stars. First this one...
Sadie slept through these cloth choices, together with thence she felt she needed to critique my ain selections. This is how nosotros learn.
Purrsonally, I powerfulness gain got chosen a dissimilar pinkish for that corner piece.
And together with thence this one...
There was however or thence fourth dimension left inward the day, together with thence I did the almost recent Tiny Tuesday block. Smitty helped past times reading the instructions to me every bit I worked.
Are y'all gain fur the adjacent part?
This block was created past times Libby who blogs at Life on the Hill. It was thence elementary together with turned out thence cute. This block would endure slow to resize too. I could run into a whole quilt made from these...or brand multiple modest ones to gain a unmarried block. Here's what I did amongst it.
And together with thence it was laid inward a at nowadays setting.
After that, it was fourth dimension to acquire gain for identify unit of measurement arriving. We had such a prissy placidity Fourth, amongst lots of adept nutrient together with laughter. On the menu, Mike grilled together with smoked ii flank steaks. I made a dill Irish Gaelic patato salad. Erik together with Mae contributed a delicious radicchio mixed salad made amongst all CSA veggies. Matthew together with Lyndsay contributed a watermelon, which was a prissy refreshing choice. Everything was tasty.
Today is going to endure an easy-going day. I'll exit together with fill upwards the plane feeders, exactly together with thence I shout back it's going to endure an NBS day. Next on the listing is to brand the pinkish Paintbox Pizzazz (awesome alliteration) blocks. The alone affair left on my listing of "monthlies" at that signal volition endure the July Garden Sunshine blocks. It looks similar I'll endure able to acquire an early on showtime quilting the Solstice to Solstice quilt.
Sadie already has co-opted it for her purrsonal fort, together with thence I should in all probability acquire to it shortly earlier it is lost forever.