Love All of Your Work

At least that is what I keep telling myself. I was making this hat for my mom and like all projects it took way too long because I put it down, for a loooooong time. So I started it in October and finished knitting it by November and then it sat.....

So I needed to block it I wanted this totally stove pipe, square at the top hat, but in doing so it just got stretchy and too big. So I decided would have to felt it and that I did. It is just about the right size, but you can't see the fact that it is lovingly crafted out of individual diamonds all knit together. Sigh...

My husband Mark thinks it looks fine. But when whatever you are working on doesn't turn out the way you want it too (generally like the picture in the book), its disaster. But I keep telling myself, "Love all of your work." I'll tell my mom that when I send it to her. She has been waiting all winter for this hat. She'll have to wait until next winter to wear it.

Happy Easter!

Well Easter is here even if Spring has left for the week. It's so cold I can hardly believe Spring is here! This is also the last candy holiday until Halloween, so eat up!

Three Months: No Post

Well been super busy the last few months. I was studying for a professional exam (which I passed). Was really sick with not one, but two sinus infections. Finally took a trip to Paris. All this before Christmas.

Favorite dessert in Paris - French Toast Brioche with ice cream and maple syrup. Now that's a breakfast I can get into!

More regular blogs should follow.

Blogs I have been looking at regularly

www.supereggplant.com
www.masondixonknitting.com

Two Months, No Posts

Been so busy this fall trying to get some yard work done (ugh!) and just relaxing. Made some delish beef stew last week on the first really fall weekend of the year. Sooooo delish. Just last night made some black bean soup. I started with dried black beans and they were taking too long to cook and all I wanted to do was go to sleep. So I threw the whole pot into the crock pot and let it cook while I slept. The house smelled so good all night.

Hopefully there will be more regular posts.

I didn't make the salmon

Made grilled cheese instead because I got lazy. Hey it happens. In the meantime it is a gorgeous day here in Baltimore. Probably time to deal with some weeds. :-( Football season is starting soon which is good because that means the office pool is starting as well. My husband and I need a team name. Any suggestions?

Fridays

Work has been totally insane so I have not had any energy to update the blog. I am really glad that I finally have a weekend at home too. Last weekend I went the Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. Due to a rather relaxed schedule, my friends and I only caught one band, the Red Elvises. I highly recommend them if you are in the mood for something totally silly, yet entertaining. They are very engaging. I don't really know how else to describe them. Making some salmon tonight. Something easy for a Friday night. I haven't really baked too much except a pound cake and a peach cobbler. Have a great weekend! (I don't know who that is addressed to, cuz no one reads this!)

Summertime

Tonight I stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few green tomatoes to fry and make fried green tomato blts. I got the idea last week when I was in Asheville, NC at Early Girl Eatery. They had such a blt on the specials board. I chose the grilled pimento cheese sandwich instead.

I had some issues trying to get the clerk at the grocery store understand that the bag had green tomatoes in it and not granny smith apples. Actually every time he held up the bag to get some help some other employee kept saying, "Oh Granny Smith apples!".

The thing is as I cooked my tomatoes and bacon I was thinking that Summer is a wonderful season because there are certain things that are only available in summer. No matter how far produce is shipped in from whatever temperate climate, tomatoes taste awful in December and like heaven in August. There is this brief period each year where markets just burst with juicy, sweet local tomatoes (an even shorter period for green tomatoes). The summer corn, peaches, melons and berries are just perfection. It is almost reassuring that in this time where just about anything can be found on the internet that there are still things we need to wait for...

...like a perfect tomato.