T Stands for Tuesday, where we gather over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's to share our "doings" with a drink related photo. Find link in sidebar.
I am writing this post early afternoon on Sunday where the weather is glorious! I still don't have a working car as of yet, so Larry drove me for a few groceries early morning. By mid day we had full sunshine, light wind, and warmth-up in the 60's F Loving it!! Tomorrow more of the same.
I had a pretty thick layer of fall leaves on top of the creeping thyme ground cover that I planted last year-and that needed to come off so it would not kill these plants. I ended up with a huge black trash bag full of leaves. I hope to be able to get allot of leaf burning accomplished on Monday as we will have the same weather pattern.
I have dug out my folding table that I use for allot of projects like soap making, and planting seeds in my gallon "greenhouse" bottles-I have a huge bag of bottles ready to use for planting.
Larry caught a sailboat out on the lake Sunday-perfect day for it-very few boaters on the lake, and the perfect wind too.
Friday I grabbed my spinning project-which I have not gotten back to since last year fall. These are the spinning fibers I picked up back in 2018 that reminded me of Yellowstone Park.
The sunshine was really pouring through the window here-this is the coffee table in front of the couch. Behind you will see my drink share-a cup of green tea and lemon balm
This one below I just started today. I still don't make "perfect" yarn, but for weaving I don't mind the thick and thin yarns I am ending up with. This one below is mostly wool and I am having an easier time making nicer yarn. Mine are usually singles. and some of these I will ply together with a fine angora yarn.
I am really loving the colors of this one too
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This past week I made us biscuits and gravy-yum, and a rice dish also made in cast iron with poblano peppers, onion, and beef chorizo to go with the boiled shrimp that I found in the freezer. These are a couple of our favorite dishes.
Amazing-haha the biscuits on the right are gluten free and they gave me a nicer rise than the wheat ones to the left-I used a King Arthur white whole wheat for the biscuits on the left.
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Happy T and an awesome new week
What a beautiful color roving. We are not allowed to burn leaves we were told it ends up in acid rain.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get your car soon. My husband and I had to share a car for awhile it was no fun.
enjoy the weather
Cathy
oh wow that is interesting, I don't really have a way to compost them here at the lake, and for such a small lot there are soooo many leaves here-at the woods house I didn't care about the leaves haha
DeleteLarry is a mechanic but he is not healthy enough to do the work any more-he did have an idea an worked on it when got back from shopping. His care is a suburban-too big for me. thanks hope you get some warmer weather too
Kathy just catching up on visiting. It sounds like your weather is much like ours. Unbelievable for February. I believe I heard a robin singing early this morning. Wow spring must just be around the corner now. What a lovely photo of the sailboat on the lake. Your yarn projects are so inspiring. You certainly know how to keep busy. Those biscuits look delicious. Makes me think I need to stir up some GF ones for hubby and serve them with sausage gravy. Well take care sweet friend. Hugs!
ReplyDeletewe don't see robins here in this area of Missouri much-and I always loved seeing them where we lived in northern Illinois, we have too many rocks here I think-and they are worm eaters.
DeleteI am loving this warm spell in the weather.too, I have been so cold this winter.
I love seeing the sailboats-in the summer there are too many speed boats on the lake here.so it was a perfect day for them to be out on the lake.
I do switch my crafts around-spinning was calling to me again-smiles.
for me its been so difficult to make a good gluten free bread-but the biscuits have been turning out really good-have an awesome new week-hugs
The food looks so good as does the cider.
ReplyDeletePineapple cider sounds delicious, but I can't get past the name! 😂
ReplyDeleteit did have a crazy name-haha
DeleteLooks like that you had quite a productive week. Those biscuits look great!
ReplyDeleteI did thanks
DeleteWe can’t burn leaves here either but we live on almost 2 acres of wooded land. So the leaves stay where they fall except around the house. So good to see spinning coming back! Perfect is not really feasible to achieve, but that’s OK! Whatever you make won’t look like it came from a department store. Hand-made items are under-rated.
ReplyDeletethanks so much, I try to improve my spinning, it is getting better, the main thing for me is I really enjoy it very much
Deletewhen we lived in the woods I never worried about the leaves either just raked away from the house too. here at the lake-they need to get raked up-and there are soooo many of them too I don't like burning either but no where to put them-Missouri rural still does allot of burning here
I am in awe of the many wonderful crafts in which you are proficient. It was good to see you spinning again. Those rovings are beautiful. I suspect you will be able to get the rovings spun by the end of this year. You are on a roll right now. When you said angora, I remember I bought an angora sweater with money I made in the summer when I was in high school. It was the softest sweater I ever owned.
ReplyDeleteYou have made me hungry. I want biscuits, gravy, and a sunny side up egg. Speaking of eggs, I paid over $5.00/doz for eggs when I went grocery shopping last week.
Had to laugh at the pineapple cider. Didn't notice the name at first. Thanks for sharing your tea, your rovings and spinning, your delicious meals you fixed, and your pineapple cider you shared with us for T this week, dear Kathy.
Thank you Elizabeth, I have had spinning on my mind, but wanted to make a few more botanical inks-paints I have enough colors now til I can experiment with some flower petals.
DeleteI was looking for that grey roving which I still can't find-thought it would have been with the other yellowstone colors but did run into a bag of my very early spinning-so I can say I have greatly improved haha and I had forgotten when we moved to the lake that this bag the mice had found-I was able to salvage just one skein which is a pretty color and spun better than the rest-I tossed the rest as they had really chewed it up and it was pretty bad hand spun too haha
we love homemade biscuits and gravy too with an egg on top-I try to make it for us every couple of months. I bought eggs yesterday at wal mart and they were a little over 4.00 a dozen so not too bad as I always buy the large brown eggs that are cage free and in the cardboard cartons.
The name was pretty funny-that has been in the frig since last year summer-it was a 3 pack. This one is pretty good and you can taste the pineapple
oops the cider was in a 6 pack
DeleteLucky you to be able to rake leaves off your plants already. Old man winter is coming back later this week to us with more snow. It is interesting how different parts of our big country can have such different weather patterns. I won't be raking until at least into April. And you look like you've also had lots of fun in the kitchen Kathy. Those biscuits look good, but I can't make a good biscuit for the life of me. But I will keep trying-smile. And how is pineapple cider? I was looking at some in the market yesterday. Happy new week and happy early T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteIt will probably get cold again here, hopefully no more snow although we have had snow here in May after the fruit blossoms were out. I had noticed that the thyme was dying in some places do to the very thick leaves, so needed to get if off of them--we will be 66 F degrees today with rain coming in.
DeleteI never could made a good biscuit either-which drove me crazy since I can bake all sorts of yeast breads. I did find a really good biscuit recipe from an old James Beard bread book that works really well for me.
the pineapple cider was good-the pineapple flavor came through well
Happy new week hugs
Really wonderful post. I love the color of your roving and yarn. It was a beautiful weekend here to. Now we are in for rain, snow at 700 ft, and high wave alerts on the beach. It's still winter I guess. LOL Have a great day today.
ReplyDeletethank you this is a pretty color, I have a rusty brown that is also a soft wool with silk. we are to get rain in here tonight and tomorrow-it's still a bit chilly yet this morning for me-need to wait a bit before working on the leaves today. Yes it is still winter-enjoy your day
DeleteLovely food, and love the name of your drink, too funny! Your yellow yarn looks like it's on fire, such a great colour. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteHi Valerie, the name of this cider is pretty funny. This is one of my favorite colors of these Yellowstone inspired colors-like the lava flowing
DeleteWow, you really do a lot - am I glad we have but a small balcony...
ReplyDeleteThen again.... you have space and possiblities! (and a lke, of course!).
It´s great you keep that spinning doing.
And!!! I wanted to buy eggs today. Empty shelves. (I tried but one shop but.. huh?!)
Pineapple, yum!!! We call it Ananas. Stupid, huh?!
I´ll join tomorrow, to a happy week (if grey over here) hugs and also a great T-Day.
Yes the lake gives us these lovely lake views and sunrises and also full moons really nice. I really need to get back to this spinning project-I am getting older and would like to get a garment woven too that I can wear.
Deletewow sorry about empty shelves-we have had eggs and dairy here pretty much every time I go shopping-I only shop every 3-4 weeks though.
This was a lovely pineapple cider Happy Y hugs
I love that you are getting back to your spinning. The colors are just gorgeous. It's exciting to read some gardening plans in this post. I wondered if you would be starting seed in jugs again this year. I hope you had another great day there. It was a warm 70 degrees here but mostly cloudy. I love walking the trail without my heavy coat.
ReplyDeletewow 70 degrees that's nice. we were mid 60's so that's pretty nice too. I bought more creeping thyme seeds for ground cover-I got 17 bottles planted, it looks like I may have close to that again tomorrow-I bought 25,000 small seeds-last year I planted 20,000.sounds like allot but the seeds are much cheaper in bulk and they are really tiny seeds.
DeleteIt feels good to be spinning again, I had set myself up to spin this past winter but I just didn't get to it-didn't feel all that great during this bitter cold. I also dug out a bag of white roving that is made up of usa long wools-that is now spinning well too-forgot how much I love the feel of wool-over bamboo fibers.
I need to get out walking again even if I don't walk up these steep hills here which are a bit much for my bad knee to handle. I can walk on the road that leads out to the highway which is more flat. I miss that at the woods house I was was walking 3 miles a day
we have warm weather again tomorrow and then warm weather wednesday but with allot of rain-we'll see they keep changing it haha
The orange color is fabulous, cheery.
ReplyDeleteThank you I loved this one too
DeleteWhat a lovely photo of the lake (and the sailing boat), so tranquil.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are having better weather. Spring is on its way. I hope it will chango here soon too. I'm fed up with grey and cloudy. Not like Spain at all. We normally have sunny weather all through the year.
I love the orange color of the wool.
Interesting to see the difference in rising of the bread. Your food looks absolutely delicious!
Happy T-Day,
Keep smiling,
Hugs,
Lisca
Thank you LIsca, the weekend was really so lovely here, a little cooler today but full sunshine, rain tomorrow. This pretty roving spun up really nice- I am on a roll now haha digging out roving to be spun.
Deletethat was a surprise with the gluten free biscuits-the baking powder was the rise Happy T and new week
I love the orange roving-it will be beautiful yarn. Of course your cooking always looks so good!
ReplyDeletethanks so much Debra
DeleteLove the roving, I too have so many things not finished or not even started. I don't know where all the time disappears too, but I really want to make an effort to get things done, so I need to work out a way to be more productive (probably cancel netflix lol) Your yarn looks lovely and smooth, mine is always knobbly lol. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteYes remembering that I am in my mid 70's now there is no time to waste for all of my spinning and weaving projects-and more My spinning has much improved-finally- but it is still thick and thin and parts a bit over spun. I enjoy my drop spindle more than figuring out my wheel haha Happy T
DeleteWhat fun to be on the lake and enjoy the sailing. It's fabulous to see that you've started your weaving again and the colours of your yarn are beautiful ☺️. Loving all your bakes, those biscuits look delicious. I've just found out one of my friends is gluten free now so if you would recommend any recipe books or online sites or even recipes it would be much appreciated. Also many apologies for not visiting recently, had lots of family stuff to sort out. I hope you are keeping well and wishing you a very Happy T Day! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeletethank you so much Jo
DeleteHasn't this weather been interesting. That sailboat photo is delightful! Your views there are gorgeous. Happy T Tuesday
ReplyDeleteYes interesting-up and down-weather for sure here too. It was so fun to watch the sailboat on the lake. we are spoiled with the views for sure hugs Happy T
DeleteThat yarn is a lovely and bright color! Perfect to get ones spirits up while awaiting spring. Loved seeing the sailboat and the your various dishes. They all look yummy.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
thank you so much
DeleteIt looks so peaceful on the lake to watch the lone sailboat. The colors of your yarn are so pretty and look so soft. Food looks delicious, too. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteGood morning, thank you so much CJ I love seeing the sailboat on the lake they chose the perfect day to be out there too
DeleteHi Jan, yes these few days of warmer weather has been so nice to enjoy. I love seeing the sailboat too
ReplyDeletethanks, Larry ended up working on my car yesterday. so sorry you got rear ended that is awful I am not super good at spinning but my yarn is getting better and I enjoy the process very much. Happy T if you see this I can't get on to your blog-google has it blocked with a big red danger warning on it
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to read of weather good enough to be back in the garden. Great to know that you have a plan for more spinning and weaving. Loving the lake pics. Your food all looks delicious- I often wonder what biscuits and gravy is like to eat - biscuits look like a bigger version of a scone that we would eat here spread with butter, or adding cream and jam. Belated Happy T Day, hugs, Chrisx ps I think we could all do with some Original Sin in our lives ;-D
ReplyDeleteGood morning Chirs, You are not late for T at all-I just visited your post this morning. it does feel good to be spinning again. I was going through weaving magazines that I have saved looking for pattern ideas on what I want to weave with the yellowstone colors-a rauna or poncho of some sort.
Deletethe biscuits are heavier than a scone-mine baked up so big that I cut mine in half before adding the gravy-this is a real treat for us. Happy T hugs
I love the color of the roving and am impressed by your spinning, Kathy. How lovely! And hearing of your temps and seeing a sailboat on water? Oh my! We're having an ice storm here... it seems like we'll never see that kind of thing again. But it won't be long.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, It feels good to get back to my spinning-I am spinning white long hair wool from usa sheep-forgot how much nicer it is for me to spin wool instead of the bamboo and silk I have been spinning.
DeleteI just saw that on the news that the upper midwest is getting an ice storm-those are the worse-stay safe hope your power stays on we had rain all day today instead-