We are in a bit of a holding pattern. Still no mudder to do the upstairs as I write. I think we have been waiting about six weeks and it feels even longer. I believe I am suffering from "no sewing" withdrawal and have started to consider where I might set up. I am also tired of thinking," I know I have that, but it is in a box somewhere." We hung all the drywall in the kitchen and Pat and I have decided he will start taping this afternoon. I cannot be in a holding pattern in the kitchen. Crankiness will rear it's ugly head.
I have been bread making again, trying a smaller baking pot. I also added raisins, I love raisin bread toast. It was mostly successful, I put the raisins in at the end, next time I will put them in at the beginning to see what including them in the 12 hour ferment does.
I went to a u-pick near Yorkton with three other women and picked 4 pails of strawberries. Some for the freezer and some to gorge on. They were delicious. The u-pick, Prairie Dome is beautifully maintained, a parklike setting. They are very organized, requiring you to book a picking time and number of pails, Pat and I have booked picking times this Saturday for Saskatoons and Raspberries.
Last week was flax, this week canola and Pat was the photographer in this case. He was out very early on his bike on the weekend and captured these.
I am off to Esterhazy to look at more laminate samples for a bathroom vanity top. I started this process about three weeks ago and nothing is even ordered. Discontinued samples and distance creating the delay. There is supposed to be a whole sample book for me to look at so I have decided that the bright side of this will be lots of samples to choose from and hopefully there will be something that will work for the kitchen counters as well as the bathroom.
Enough of the somewhat boring details, a glorious day here today. With all the rain the hillside below us is lush and full of wildflowers.
Enjoy your week and we will all hope for sunshine.
As usual, enjoyed reading your blog ... I had my dad out in the country last week and the canola is beautiful. Give me a shout when you get into town!
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I'll try and comment again, and see if it publishes...maybe 3rd time's a charm!
ReplyDeleteI like raisin bread toasted too so I can just imagine how yummy it was.
Your pictures of the flax fields in the previous post are amazing. So pretty! If you hadn't mentioned the water in the background, I would have missed it - nobody grows flax around Ottawa.