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Good morning, my friends. As expected, I spent most of my day in the kitchen yesterday. It's kind of fun to create a meal to celebrate a holiday, and so I don't mind a kitchen day every now and then. 

My morning started with the baking of this Irish Brown Bread. It's made with whole-wheat flour, buttermilk, and two kinds of oatmeal. The only sweetener is 2 tablespoons of honey (or golden syrup), and so it's a good loaf for anyone watching their calories and fat. Straight from the oven, it looked like this:

Good morning, my friends. As expected, I spent most of my day in the kitchen yesterday. It's kind of fun to create a meal to celebrate a holiday, and so I don't mind a kitchen day every now and then. 

My morning started with the baking of this Irish Brown Bread. It's made with whole-wheat flour, buttermilk, and two kinds of oatmeal. The only sweetener is 2 tablespoons of honey (or golden syrup), and so it's a good loaf for anyone watching their calories and fat. Straight from the oven, it looked like this:

Good morning, my friends. Hopefully, you're wearing your green this morning. I haven't decided on today's wardrobe, but it will definitely include my Irish socks from actual Ireland.

It's going to be a kitchen day here. I like to get my Irish up for St. Patrick's Day, and so I'm making an Irish themed dinner tonight. We'll have some Irish Brown Bread...a new recipe to me, so I hope it's good. That'll go with our Irish Beef Stew. For dessert we'll have these Bruleed Key Lime Tarts. I made ...

Good morning, my friends. Hopefully, you're wearing your green this morning. I haven't decided on today's wardrobe, but it will definitely include my Irish socks from actual Ireland.

It's going to be a kitchen day here. I like to get my Irish up for St. Patrick's Day, and so I'm making an Irish themed dinner tonight. We'll have some Irish Brown Bread...a new recipe to me, so I hope it's good. That'll go with our Irish Beef Stew. For dessert we'll have these Bruleed Key Lime Tarts. I made ...

 Good morning, my friends. I didn't think I'd have time to write this morning. As it turns out, my doctor's appointment isn't until 11:00, and so I have plenty of time for writing and for slow-stitching.

Before I tell you about yesterday's comings and goings, I can scarcely believe that I forgot to tell you about the pie I baked for Pi Day on Saturday. This was a Sweet Cherry Crumb Pie for Two. 

 Good morning, my friends. I didn't think I'd have time to write this morning. As it turns out, my doctor's appointment isn't until 11:00, and so I have plenty of time for writing and for slow-stitching.

Before I tell you about yesterday's comings and goings, I can scarcely believe that I forgot to tell you about the pie I baked for Pi Day on Saturday. This was a Sweet Cherry Crumb Pie for Two. 

My Grandad was a joiner by trade.  For years he hand-built railway wagons in Glasgow. When he retired he had a small selection of hand tools that fitted into an enamel bread bin and he made household things that were built to last. There is still a parcel box outside one of our old houses in Norfolk that was constructed in 1980.  He made a sturdy child’s chair, a doll’s house like a Scottish Butt and Ben Cottage, and a dolly bed. 

My sister has recently rediscovered the dolly bed and has commissioned me to make some bedding ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a day with no quilting. It wasn't planned that way, but my morning doctor's appointment wore me out. It wasn't terribly stressful, and the news I got wasn't unexpected. Nevertheless, I still have no answers, and that left me feeling kind of glum for the remainder of the day. I'll say more about this at the end of my post. If you're not interested in someone's health-related woes, you'll be happy to have me leave it for the end so you can make your escape. Don ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a day with no quilting. It wasn't planned that way, but my morning doctor's appointment wore me out. It wasn't terribly stressful, and the news I got wasn't unexpected. Nevertheless, I still have no answers, and that left me feeling kind of glum for the remainder of the day. I'll say more about this at the end of my post. If you're not interested in someone's health-related woes, you'll be happy to have me leave it for the end so you can make your escape. Don ...

Good morning, my friends. It's past noon as I'm writing this. Did you remember to spring forward?

We did...grudgingly. I don't mind the time change, but I think losing an hour is a more difficult adjustment than gaining an hour in the fall. As I'm writing this, I can hardly believe it's past noon, and I'm still sitting here in my pajamas. It's one of the best things about being home...plenty of pajama time. And plenty of pajamas.

All the unpacking is done, and we can begin to settle into what ...

Good morning, my friends. It's past noon as I'm writing this. Did you remember to spring forward?

We did...grudgingly. I don't mind the time change, but I think losing an hour is a more difficult adjustment than gaining an hour in the fall. As I'm writing this, I can hardly believe it's past noon, and I'm still sitting here in my pajamas. It's one of the best things about being home...plenty of pajama time. And plenty of pajamas.

All the unpacking is done, and we can begin to settle into what ...

 This morning, I left around 9 am for my dentist appointment. I had a cleaning appointment, and it went well. I do like my new dentist office. 

Then I headed over to the garage sale and found one of the big items was marked really cheap and sold. So, I couldn't fix the price. lol I did fix the price on the guitar as it was too cheap also. We sold some stuff even before we started. I brought home the money to put in the box. It's ready to go for tomorrow. 

I baked the bread I ...

Good morning, my friends. The wind blew hard the night before, but it was a calm day for most of the day. The sun was shining, but it was too cold to be out without bundling up first. We had a couple of errands to run, but I had some time to spend on my slow-stitching in the morning.

Good morning, my friends. The wind blew hard the night before, but it was a calm day for most of the day. The sun was shining, but it was too cold to be out without bundling up first. We had a couple of errands to run, but I had some time to spend on my slow-stitching in the morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a nice sunny day yesterday. We both did only what we wanted to do, and nothing more. 

If you've been reading for a long time, then you might remember when Mike retired back in May of 2017. He celebrated his retirement by signing up for a Corvette driving class at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. 

It might have been our first time staying in Pahrump. You can read my posts about the place here and here. Fast forward to yesterday, and we could hear the cars running from where we're staying. The sound ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a nice sunny day yesterday. We both did only what we wanted to do, and nothing more. 

If you've been reading for a long time, then you might remember when Mike retired back in May of 2017. He celebrated his retirement by signing up for a Corvette driving class at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. 

It might have been our first time staying in Pahrump. You can read my posts about the place here and here. Fast forward to yesterday, and we could hear the cars running from where we're staying. The sound ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count has begun, and I’m doing a count every day through today. The first day of the count, the local squirrels made an appearance for the first time in a couple of weeks. I had stopped making sandwiches for them as they would run off when I stepped outside. But this time, one came up to the door, paws folded, looking cute. I decided he hadn’t been here in a while. So, of course, I got out the makings and made two sandwiches just in case someone else got the idea while I was ...

Some of the 2 day classes at QD do not have the serve-yourself tea and coffee table so I become a high-speed waitress, running about with cups of tea and plates of cake. I suppose it is good practise for the day when I open a beach cafe with a very limited menu. 

Later in the week I got some of my video equipment charged up and made a wee movie of my colleague, Karen, doing an Accuquilt demo for Ellen’s quilt group in Glasgow. I had great fun doing that and editing out the bit where she got ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Valentine's Day! We have plans for dinner out tomorrow to celebrate. For now, let's just talk about this new location and yesterday's drive, shall we?

There, he has a luxurious dust bath, and then sniffed around this orange tree. He sniffed, and sniffed, and sniffed. Obviously, some other critter has left its scent here.

While they were ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Valentine's Day! We have plans for dinner out tomorrow to celebrate. For now, let's just talk about this new location and yesterday's drive, shall we?

There, he has a luxurious dust bath, and then sniffed around this orange tree. He sniffed, and sniffed, and sniffed. Obviously, some other critter has left its scent here.

While they were ...