This weekend’s contribution to the pantry was Vanilla-Maple Applesauce, which used up nearly all the rest of the apples I had from the CSA. What little I was able to sample was pretty darn good, though I think I’d add cinnamon and nutmeg if I made this again.
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These are my new best friends. After watching some neighbors one year, I’ve been bagging my leaves by using a trash can as a bag holder, and using a snow shovel to get the leaves into the bag. Last spring, I saw the green claw hand extenders next to the shovel in a magazine, and
Pattern: Saroyan Scarf by Liz AbinanteYarn: Malabrigo Silky Merino in the indicieta colorwayNeedles: Size 10 Circs This project went so fast, I never bothered to photograph it or blog it until it was done. The pattern is really easy, but the leaf repeat is long enough to keep things interesting, so I was never bored,
Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. The Princetta is pretty standard sheltered girl rebels against what she considers to be a constricted life, runs away, has grand adventures, falls in love and returns to her life, realizing it isn’t as bad as she thought it was. And as adventures go, this book does those
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Read for the Foodie’s Reading Challenge. Ruth Reichl is among other things, the former editor of Gourmet magazine, as well as a former restaurant critic for the New York Times. I’ve started a bit backwards with her books, already having read Garlic and Sapphires, which chronicled some of her time at the New York Times.
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In some ways, I miss the way fantasy novels were written in the 80s. They were shorter then, and seemed more likely to be one offs. This could be a good thing, compared to some of the recent trilogies turned behemoths that the authors are unable to finish in their lifetimes because the plot lines
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The final apple CSA delivery had six types: Golden Russet, Yellow Bellflower, Black Oxford, Winter Banana, Rome Beauty and Black Gilliflower. I think the Black Oxfords are definitely the prettiest this week. This CSA has been really interesting. I got to try a whole bunch of apples types I’d never seen before, and it was
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Pattern: Pearl-Barred Scallop Scarf by Cheri BordenYarn: Sanguine Gryphon Bugga in the Cowkiller colorwayNeedles: Size 8 circs Christmas gift #3 (for my mother) is done!! This actually completes everything I’ve planned to do for Christmas – after this, everything else is gravy. The pattern for this scarf is super easy, but of a long enough
This year’s final haul was: kale, salad mix, a pumpkin, sweet potatoes, peppers, and the most adorable baby chiogga beets. It’s been a good year for the CSA. I really liked the extra level of choice we were given – I’ve stocked up where I was able (winter squash and garlic), and the canning was
It’s close enough to the end of the month that I can safely say I’ve finished my RIP V challenge reading. This year, I read: This year, I was trying to read exclusively from my TBR bookcase, so I was a little more limited than I normally would be. I had two other books (A
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