A Weekend's Work

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This morn I had approximately fourth dimension to produce approximately hand-quilting on the Mumm's the Word quilt. Finally , the star block was finished. This goes along pretty fast until I come upward to a star block. Those conduct keep forever. The trivial pieces aren't quite large plenty for "big stitch" manus quilting , too then I'm ever trying to create upward one's take away heed where to run upward too where to not. That's "not" non "knot." (I genuinely exactly wanted to say that.) Anyway...when it was this far , I moved the hoop to the left.

The adjacent department went pretty fast since the adjacent block was exactly 2 one-half foursquare triangles , too then I'm railroad train to movement the hoop again. It was fourth dimension to caput off to the farmers marketplace amongst Erik too Mae though. For this morning's foraging , I was on the hunt for pie cherries , which are surprisingly difficult to find. I wanted v pounds , but was exclusively able to uncovering four 1/4. I decided to conduct keep those too I'll fill upward inward the residue of my recipe amongst blueberries. I'm going to tin flame approximately cherry pie filling since cherry pie is non currently on our diets.

I conduct keep an persuasion that exactly making the filling volition larn me through cherry pie flavour without making an actual pie. Mike has lost twenty lbs. , too I've lost 12. Once nosotros scope our goal , we'll belike consume all the cherry pie filling direct from the jar. Nature abhors a vacuum , y'all know , too where did those pounds go? Huh? Somewhere there's approximately a hole inward the universe into which pie filling volition go.

As for the pie filling , I'm trying something novel amongst that. I looked too looked too looked for a cherry pie filling to live preserved. Almost all that I institute were made amongst frozen pie cherries , too they likewise wanted y'all to collect the cherry juice every bit the cherries thawed. I finally institute ane that used fresh cherries inward this book:

This mass has been on my shelf for a duo of years at to the lowest degree , too this volition live the get-go fourth dimension I've made anything from it. In my kitchen , cookbooks are a lot similar quilting fabric. Sometimes ane must exactly buy the exceptional whether or non ane ever intends to purpose it. I exactly experience ameliorate knowing it's there.

Also , I was on the hunt for tomatillos. I institute approximately overnice ones. With these I'll brand approximately salsa verde. You tin flame uncovering the recipe I'll live using right here.

For that , I needed to halt off at the grocery shop on the means dwelling too larn approximately jalapeno peppers. We institute every multifariousness of pepper imaginable at the farmers marketplace , but no jalapenos. Bummer.

Finally , too this was exactly a spur of the minute determination , I picked upward 3 bunches of beets for making pickled beets. We're on our lastly jar. I conduct keep approximately from the CSA , but I needed to a greater extent than for pickling.

So y'all tin flame run across I conduct keep my weekend cutting out for me. There was no fourth dimension for quilting yesterday , too it doesn't await similar I'll larn dorsum to the Wheel Estate quilt until Mon at the earliest.

Smitty has taken to getting his morn sunbath on these sunshiny mornings. Here , he was taking tending of approximately purrsonal training earlier falling off into a slumber.

Here , he was showing me what he does to people who disturb his morn naps.

Actually...he was exactly yawning , but I scream back in that location was approximately ferocity behind those teeth , don't you?

So...no to a greater extent than whining close my canning duties. The cherries await. Oh yeah , I conduct keep a peachy novel cherry pitter. I'll conduct keep to tell y'all to a greater extent than close it tomorrow...like , afterwards I've genuinely tried it out.