The water saga continued ( Read more... )

OK I get it. New Year's here. Yay! Whoop-dee-doo ( Read more... )

Just got back from a "quick" essentials run pre-holiday closures for the next day or two and empty shelves. OMG is it cold! Forgot my gloves, don't wear a chapeau therefore the local village bus hiccuped. After an hour and a half really freezing (I'm only wearing three sweaters mind you) in lung-burning cold I am pleased to be home ( Read more... )

Isn't it fun when you make like the Wizard's apprentice and use up your left over dyes, mix-them-up and toss them all-about, load up the washer with soon to be new items. Slam the door and hit the button. Voila!

New deep, deep moss/hunter green hand towels and bath blanket on the drier.

Sweet!

In order to not overwhelm everyone's LJ pages with images and burble they probably have no interest in viewing or have to contend with, I began a "project blog". You're welcome to visit, check-up on or not.

http://peacocktapestries.blogspot.com/

If the spirit moves you, come on by!

Until the start of the weekend I'd been taking the Glutamine and Pancreatin as prescribed. It's been over a week since I begun the course and was told to reduce the intake. So I guess I've been sloppy. I've felt absolutely great 24/7 on this regime. First time in years! Nina from Green Ginger recommended something called Caricol manufactured in ( Read more... )

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Crumble ( Read more... )

Recipe letter a friend sent me. The problem is that I don't know 20 people to send this out to in the first place. In the second my recipes tend to be sort of specialised. So herewith:

NB. Buckwheat is terribly moody. It burns quickly especially when you add sugar and cook it on the top of the stove or bake a Crumble, Streussel or cookies at too ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving ( Read more... )