apricots before breakfast
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splodgenoodles. I went round there last night, helped pick almost the last of them and then sat socialising and got fed dinner by tenbears, hoorah. I sit here with my toast (budgie nibbling on a bit) pleased that there is 3.5kg of apricots gently stewing on the stove. I write this with breaks to go stir them and make coffee #2. My plan is to freeze them in blocks and cook them into other things as I have the inspiration later. I separated out ~700g of less ripe fruit that should survive transport to bash today. Anyone keen to have them for cooking? did you say you wanted a few more sjkasabi? or should they just be eaten? This is assuming I get to bash- only if the weather behaves and is cooler today.
Yesterday was 37C. frustrating weather for getting things done. Great for laundry but not cooking or sewing, especially when you need to iron yardage for starters. It got to 36C in my kitchen and sewing room in the afternoon. Think I need to shift the machine back into the lounge for a few months. Anyway, I flatly refused to turn the iron on yesterday. I ended up feeling trapped in the loungeroom with the aircon, having finally admitted i needed it on. It seemed that everything I wanted to do was in other rooms too hot to work in. I drifted around a bit and ended up using the time to talk on the phone with a couple of friends from afar. That was good actually, I am losing touch with my Sydney people.
Apricots are done, now cooling. Kitchen is still 29C. I will sit for a while with the iron but in front of an open west window with lovely breeze. I am planning to press fabric:
-taupe fine wool with a white pinstripe and touch of lycra for a work skirt
-grey/brown cotton/lycra satteen, also with a white pinstripe for trousers
-mad watermelon home dyed linen for a 14thC gown
-scrap cotton for a quilt for monstah and son
-wool for remaining pieces of the heart quilt previously mentioned-that project keeps developing.
Wonder if I have the patience to do all that? And I was looking forward to actually sewing this weekend, seems I am only prepping.
I have a long list of gardening things I wanted to do too. Where does the time go?
splodgenoodles. I went round there last night, helped pick almost the last of them and then sat socialising and got fed dinner by tenbears, hoorah. I sit here with my toast (budgie nibbling on a bit) pleased that there is 3.5kg of apricots gently stewing on the stove. I write this with breaks to go stir them and make coffee #2. My plan is to freeze them in blocks and cook them into other things as I have the inspiration later. I separated out ~700g of less ripe fruit that should survive transport to bash today. Anyone keen to have them for cooking? did you say you wanted a few more sjkasabi? or should they just be eaten? This is assuming I get to bash- only if the weather behaves and is cooler today. Yesterday was 37C. frustrating weather for getting things done. Great for laundry but not cooking or sewing, especially when you need to iron yardage for starters. It got to 36C in my kitchen and sewing room in the afternoon. Think I need to shift the machine back into the lounge for a few months. Anyway, I flatly refused to turn the iron on yesterday. I ended up feeling trapped in the loungeroom with the aircon, having finally admitted i needed it on. It seemed that everything I wanted to do was in other rooms too hot to work in. I drifted around a bit and ended up using the time to talk on the phone with a couple of friends from afar. That was good actually, I am losing touch with my Sydney people.
Apricots are done, now cooling. Kitchen is still 29C. I will sit for a while with the iron but in front of an open west window with lovely breeze. I am planning to press fabric:
-taupe fine wool with a white pinstripe and touch of lycra for a work skirt
-grey/brown cotton/lycra satteen, also with a white pinstripe for trousers
-mad watermelon home dyed linen for a 14thC gown
-scrap cotton for a quilt for monstah and son
-wool for remaining pieces of the heart quilt previously mentioned-that project keeps developing.
Wonder if I have the patience to do all that? And I was looking forward to actually sewing this weekend, seems I am only prepping.
I have a long list of gardening things I wanted to do too. Where does the time go?
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