7.03.2013

Tuesday...

(it's currently a few minutes after 10 PM on the West Coast, so i'm counting it as still Tuesday across the entire North American continent)

the trash story is not quite ready to be told (it involves some photo-editing that is being delayed by a combination of technical problems and user-laziness), so i will share a few of the several thousand shots i've taken in the past month or two (each of which tells a story that was intended as an individual posts... did i mention user-laziness???).

i have a fondness for collective nouns, which is evidenced by the title of this forum, and i learned a new one today.  while they lack the numbers to properly qualify as a nuisance of cats, my girls more than make up for it with their total lack of respect for my fiber crafting lifestyle.



the box they're perching on contains some quality mill-spun yarns i purchased to hand dye and (potentially) resell.  i made the incredible mistake of leaving the box on that table for a few minutes, and they have claimed it as a new resting spot... within petting-range of the studio computer, so they get even more love all day (and night, cause insomnia is my default setting most days)...


i'm growing tomatoes on the windowsill.  the plants have grown quite a bit since i took this photo a month ago. will have to take some more soon.  there are a few large clusters of decent-sized cherry tomatoes at this point, but they are still refusing to ripen.  the plants, however, have reached little shop of horrors proportions, and i am fairly certain that they will attack any day now.



i've been engaging in experimental baking almost every weekend.  recent episodes include: pita od jabuka (Croatian apple pie)...



old fashioned donuts (technically not baking, but there was flour and kneading involved)...




and spicy, cheesy crackers made with white cheddar and freshly-grated Parmesan.  before...



and, after!!!  (i had to nibble a few to make sure they tasted good enough to photograph)...



finally got started turning the empty hot chocolate containers i've been collecting all winter into a really nifty system for displaying some of my yarns (way less loony than it sounds, trust me)...



and i made this interesting looking contraption out of an old canvas stretcher (rescued a year or two ago from a stack of horrible paintings one of my aspiring-artist neighbors left leaning up next to the trash) and about 50¢ worth of tiny nails.




2 comments:

  1. I am so hungry now. When I'm a billionaire, you can be my chef.

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    1. oh wow... i think you're the first person to leave a comment (other than one left by my bf on my very first post). i almost didn't know what to do when i saw the "message" button lit up. thanks! i'm pretty much an unpaid, private chef these days, so you may not need to wait till you get billions to hire me away.

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