Happy 2026!

 May the New Year bring peace, health, joy and prosperity.

Happy Christmas

 

Festival of lights

 

It's been a while ....

Wow, looking at the date of my last post made me aware of how fast the time has flown. Summer has come and gone. It was a wonderful summer .... an adventure in self care. More to come later.

In the meantime, I have been keeping busy with knitting and looking after Bob the Blob, my sourdough starter. 

I have been working on this new pattern by Isabell Kraemer (love her patterns) called Fiorellino. A summer tee using Fleece & Flax by Sonder Yarn Co. 

I have frogged that project more times that I care to admit. But, I think I'm good now.

Anyway, I just wanted to touch base. I'll blog more at a later time. Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!

All over the place ....

Not sure if it's the state of the world, but for the past two (2) weeks I have not been able to focus ... squirrel!  I seem to be all over the place, not knowing what to work on and continuously wanting to start a new project ... not to mention that I've been on social media (Instagram) way more than I would like.  I feel zoned out .... I'm numbing ..... Sigh! 

On the sourdough front, Bob the Blob is doing well. 

I baked my first loaf of bread.

My oven tends to run 25 degrees hotter and I adjusted the time but not the temperature. It's darker than I would like but tastes yummy.

The recipe that I used is from King Arthur and I had to substitute bread flour (had none on hand) for all purpose. It still turned out lovely. I did notice that their recipe calls for a bit of instant yeast. That is to reduce the bulk rise time. Traditional sourdough can take up to eight (8) hours of bulk rise. This recipe called for (two) hours maximum (always depending on the temperature of your room).

On the home front, I decided to embellish my back porch with flowers, and herbs. I needed more than ever the beauty of nature in my life ... create a little oasis .... 

I may add more .... haven't decided yet ... You'll know in two weeks! 

I would so love to own a little farm house with at least an acre of land for gardens, as well as chickens, but at this point in time it is not in the financial plan. This will have to do for now. I love daisies!

I do have one grape tomato plant. I have not had much success with vegetables in containers ... I'm hoping the grape tomato plant will be a success.

Well, that's it for now. Today, I'm working on my motivation. Perhaps I will go in my sewing studio and organize some stuff. 

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by my little corner in cyberspace. Cheers1