The 24-hour interval got off to its commons start yesterday. We didn't demand to larn out for our Farm & Forage luncheon until only about 12:30, in addition to that left plenty of fourth dimension for slow-stitching in addition to rainbow fight blocks.
First, I got a start on my 3rd mystery project. If you've been paying attention, I've done 4 mystery projects inwards the past times distich of weeks. I've already finished #4, which was the teal mini swap, to hold out revealed afterward this month. Earlier, I traced out #3, in addition to yesterday I started stitching it. It'll attain got me almost a calendar week to run upward this in addition to thence some other calendar week or thence earlier it is received past times its recipient. Until then, only peeks for you:
When I'd finished amongst that for the morning, I went exterior to document the reblooming of the minute gerbera daisy. If you lot follow along, thence you lot know I've whined incessantly almost how I tin dismiss never larn the gerbera daisies to rebloom. I moved them to a sunnier location this year, in addition to I've had improve luck.
It's vecino to the left, the 3rd of the 3 plants, has a bud on it too. Now, if the squirrels volition only larn out it alone, it every bit good should attain got a bloom pretty soon.
Sadie was all ears in addition to eyes piece I was out, fifty-fifty if she is a niggling out of focus.
Back inside, I surprised myself past times finishing the 4 calorie-free bluish blocks for the Paintbox Pizzazz quilt. This is the minute of this year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts.
And that left me only plenty fourth dimension to shower in addition to larn dressed to larn to the Farm & Forage consequence at Sokol-Blosser winery only downwards the road. We alive inwards the pump of Oregon vino province here, in addition to thence we're members at several local wineries, this i included.
The persuasion amongst Farm & Forage, is that we're tasting wines, but a chef is also making upward niggling "snacks" to swallow piece nosotros taste. Here's the "menu," although it doesn't genuinely tell what the dish is. It only notes what is included inwards each dish. The items listed inwards ruddy are items farmed in addition to foraged from their ain vineyards in addition to gardens.
There was some other grouping inwards the room amongst us, in addition to they asked the "wine guy" to attain got their picture, which emboldened me to inquire to attain got our motion-picture demo taken every bit well.
This is chef Travis dressing upward the inaugural off course.
The inaugural off class was a modest bowl of gazpacho made amongst cucumber, tomato, in addition to onion, all from their ain farm. The niggling flowers you lot come across are edible. This was thence tasty.
After that, a distich of niggling raviolis. One was stuffed amongst mash puree. The other amongst kale in addition to something else...I forget. They made their ain yogurt, in addition to the broth for this was made amongst the whey from the yogurt. All the niggling bloom garnishes are edible.
The adjacent class was a lamb chop, sourced from a local farm. The dishes were thence pretty.
Those niggling circular "grapes" are genuinely husk cherry, which is a kind of niggling mini tomatillo. The meat was quite a fight to a greater extent than rare than I unremarkably like, in addition to I've had problem existence overnice almost lamb inwards recent years (although nosotros used to swallow it all the time). Anyway...I hesitated only a infinitesimal amongst this, in addition to thence ate it amongst no problem. It was really yummy. The "schmear" underneath is some of their yogurt, but it's been mixed amongst materials to brand it gustatory modality a niggling similar hummus.
The modest setting in addition to closed seating made it fun watching the cooking every bit it progressed.
The adjacent dish was albacore on the left in addition to fillet mignon on the right. Along amongst the beef were some shishito peppers. I mentioned those recently. They are some of my CSA favorites. Also the peach had been browned on its cutting side, in addition to thence sprinkled amongst a niggling ruddy pepper. It was a surprisingly delicious combination. On the left, the albacore was accompanied past times some pickled chanterelle mushrooms, in addition to those were really tasty.
Finally, this niggling dessert. It has a distich of dollops of a yogurt whipped cream, layered in addition to topped amongst a niggling yogurt cakes. The reddish syrup only about it is made from their ain plums.
Having devoured everything, I walked only about the room taking pictures of all the items they've harvested from their gardens. Below are cherry tomatoes on top, in addition to thence the husk cherries below.
They had tons of tomatoes. I told them I'd attain got my canning kettle on to boil if I had this many tomatoes.
Turning to the left in that location was to a greater extent than of everything.
They'd also been preserving plum jam in addition to jelly in addition to the jars were sitting around.
On a trip to the restroom, I noticed these chocolates inwards their tasting room.
Proceeds are donated to local animate existence rescue organizations.
We took a niggling walk through the vineyards earlier heading for home. The skies were cloudy, but the Sun was shining.
Interestingly, the grapes were only get-go to ripen. The adjacent 3 pictures were taken only feet apart in addition to on the same vines. Some were however quite green.
Others were get-go to color-up.
Still others had nearly all-purple clusters.
There were also some pretty blooming things around. They attain got lovely bloom gardens at this winery, but nosotros were peculiarly taken amongst these. They grew along i whole wall of the tasting room, in addition to each bloom was perfect. They were prolific bloomers.
And that was pretty much the destination of the day. We arrived habitation only about 4:30 p.m. After all that wine, I was laid upward for a nap. I noted it was belatedly inwards the 24-hour interval for that, but my eyes had other ideas. I roughshod asleep on the couch in addition to didn't wake upward until 7:00 p.m. Geez. I worried I wouldn't slumber concluding night, but I did. I suppose I needed the sleep, fifty-fifty without the wine.
So today I'm going to larn started on the paper-pieced unicorn. I genuinely desire to larn both quilts off (the zebra in addition to the unicorn) to my friend thence she tin dismiss transcend them along to her granddaughters. There are a few house-keeping chores on today's calendar, in addition to they'll in all probability hold out a welcome break from the paper-piecing. But first, slow-stitching.