tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14691533992049204992024-03-13T01:14:05.404-04:00Ella's Old Fashioned MommaI'm a home-keeping old fashioned woman stuck in the 21st century. This is the journal of our home here in the Upper Ottawa Valley.Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-77222185405046223112022-02-01T20:05:00.000-05:002022-02-01T20:05:07.635-05:00How Did This Happen?<p> <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/100_0259.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); border-radius: inherit; color: #265e15; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-2086" data-attachment-id="2086" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="100_0259" data-large-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/100_0259.jpg?w=500" data-medium-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/100_0259.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/100_0259.jpg" data-orig-size="1419,1212" data-permalink="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/pretty-happy-funny-real-3/100_0259/" src="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/100_0259.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif"); background-origin: initial; background-position: right bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: inherit; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">How has my precious little baby turned into a beautiful young woman of 16?</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">The time has gone by so quickly. Even having her home and homeschooling it’s gone by in a flash.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51857767465_18aaa3550e_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: inherit; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">I am so proud of Ella. She is smart, loving, has a huge heart, and is a very good friend.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Happy Birthday Sweetheart!</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-50624187751744831062022-01-21T22:14:00.003-05:002022-01-21T22:14:27.822-05:00A Very Sad Day...<p> <img alt="" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49831579346_5c1b5dbd73_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: inherit; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></p><figcaption style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">My Mom <a href="https://www.frasermorrisheubner.com/obituary/Hattie-Rees?fbclid=IwAR3bDxEaA2kal-tx2rGo27Pp33xU6hynDCeLmfxx1W5V5Z6SxWAKGpObqPw" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">died </a>early Thursday morning. Her heart was weakened by the neglect of her congestive heart failure by her ‘doctor’ and it was just too tired to survive the covid she caught at the nursing home. It’s been a busy 36 hours or so, making decisions and signing papers – so. many. papers! Belinda and Stefan came up Thursday and have been a great distraction for Ella. Mom wanted to be cremated. So that’s what we are doing. We’ll wait until spring (hopefully we will be allowed a reasonable number of guests) and bury her in Bowmanville beside my Grandpa.</figcaption>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-86266288691578699852022-01-15T18:55:00.003-05:002022-01-15T18:55:56.645-05:00I Don't Even Know Any More...<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">I want to start with my thanks for everyone who is still here. I also need to appologize to my friends on here with whom I usually send emails too. Especially Elizabeth, I just realized I missed your Christmas and everything going on in your life and I’m really sorry for that.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">My world has fallen apart and thing don’t look like they are ever going to get better. The start of the story is <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2021/06/28/prayers-needed-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>, in case you forgot. Mom got sent back to the hospital. At first the ER doctor thought it was pneumonia. Turns out it’s was just the congestion from the heart failure. The good news was the hospital admitted her again. In fact, most of the nurses up on the floor couldn’t believe she was even released in the first place (we never did find out who authorized the discharge). So back in hospital for an unknown time. More good news, her shoulder was NEVER broken. Apparently this is a problem with being at a teaching hospital. The orthopedic surgeon let his students look at Mom’s xray. THEY were sure it was broken, so he let them run with that. Since Mom had absolutely NO PAIN he finally looked at the xray and realized it was fine. To be fair to the doctor, he came in person to appologize to Mom for the mistake. That certainly made Mom’s mobility improve.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Lots more diuretics and she was down 60ish pounds. Mom finally improved enough that there was talk about sending her down to the rehab floor. We really thought things were going well and life would go on, more or less, as they did before.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Forgot to mention, Mom had been having really weird dreams and some rather odd waking thoughts. The hospital had her on some sleeping pills, something she’s never had before. I suggested they cut the dose and they did and that seemed to fix the problem, or so we thought.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">OK, now Mom’s in rehab. She’s loving the physio guys and working really hard to get back home. Weight is continuing to drop off. She ended up loosing close to 90 lbs of fluid!!!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">August 17, Mom sent home!! We were promised physio visits and lots of at home support. I made a bunch of ‘tv’ dinners to put in the freezer so she wouldn’t have to do any cooking. I also had the house cleaned to make it liveable (apparently Mom had turned into a bit of a hoarder and had Ella sworn to secrecy). Mom was not doing well. She kept calling and I had to go over every other day. No help ever arrived. I would never have let her come home if I had known she wouldn’t get the support promised. She also, still wasn’t herself from time to time. I’d get some rather odd phonecalls.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">September 10, I took Mom in for her cataract surgery. We then drove her down to Kaladahar to meet up with my BIL. Belinda and Stefan were keeping Mom for a week post-surgery. Cataract surgery requires lots of eye drops for a week and Mom couldn’t do those herself. It was a nice to have a break and not have to worry about Mom. Given everything that was going on, it was obvious Mom couldn’t stay at home. We found a retirement apartment/room for her at Country Haven in Beachburg. It was perfect, a private room with a shared bathroom within her price range. It took a lot of convinvincing. Mom really thought she could manage by herself.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">September 20 we moved Mom into Country Haven. She was able to take a lot of her things from home. She made her room look very cozy. This should have been a really good step and it looked like it would be, at first. She was making friends with her neighbours, especially Robert. We went out a few times for groceries and just a drive. She really seemed to be accepting the new normal and she seemed to enjoy most of the people.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">On the surface, things looked good. But I was still getting bizarre phone calls and when we were out she’d say things. It was like dementia had started overnight. There was none of this before the fall. Her personality was changing, and not for the better.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">November 5, Mom had her other cataract surgery. Belinda and Stefan too her home again for a week of rest and eye drops. Mom never called the entire time she was down there. Not even to talk with Ella. Even now, she only calls when she wants me to go and fetch her something.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Mom’s walking continued to get worse. She shuffles and barely lifts her feet. She’s lost over 100 lbs now. She’s not acting like herself and barely even looks like herself. Every time I see her, it looks like she hasn’t brushed her hair for days. She’s all disheveled. Mom would never look like this.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Christmas day I get a phone call from one of the nurses. She really wants to send Mom to the hospital, but she’s refusing. The nurse said she was delirious. I seriously thought Mom was going to die that day. Boxing day they finally convinced Mom to go to the hospital. Turns out it was a UTI and apparently delirium is a very common symptom. They sent her back that evening (well, we had to go get her because the patient transfer don’t work weekend evenings).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">On top of all this we were very busy trying to get Mom’s house sorted, cleaned out, and cleaned up. So. much. stuff!! Colin lost track of how many trips to the dump he took. I sold a few things and donated a few things, but so much went to the dump because I am just so emotionally exhausted dealing with everything. Belinda and Stefan tried to help, but there’s only so much they can do from Pickering. My cousin lives in Renfrew now, and he’s been such a help too.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">I stopped buy to drop off some snacks for Mom. The home is under a covid outbreak lockdown so I couldn’t go in. I told her to come out to the door (which she had been doing) and she wasn’t there when I arrived. The guy at the door went to find her. He brought her out in a wheelchair!!! When did that happen? She looked like she’s weighs 90lbs! If she had been in a room with other old ladies, I’m not sure I would have been able to pick her out without looking closely. She really didin’t seem to be there.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">This has been so hard on Ella. I don’t know what to do. I am so lost…</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Oh yeah, this has happened:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51822621823_71ef0ea0f7_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: inherit; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-24128809266580277972021-12-25T12:43:00.000-05:002021-12-25T12:43:01.664-05:00Merry Christmas!!!<p> <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/10384187_10152419662215059_1025712779377599738_n.jpg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-8609" src="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/10384187_10152419662215059_1025712779377599738_n.jpg?w=600" /></a></p><!-- wp:image {"id":8609,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} -->
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<p>Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!! I haven't fell off the face of the earth, it just feels that way. I'll post soon, but it's not for today.</p>
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<p>Having a very quiet Christmas here at home with Colin and Ella.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-64310275098021192672021-06-28T13:47:00.000-04:002021-06-28T13:47:04.434-04:00Prayers Needed<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">I was hoping to post an update by telling you Grandma is back home and everything’s fine…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">But I can’t.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Mom’s health has been being neglected by her family ‘doctor’ (Dr. Terri Rheaume) since her fall last May. Since January Mom’s legs have been swelling. Every time Mom calls the clinic (the clinic refuses to see people in person even though every other type of doctor can manage) she is told it’s “just old age”. Well, fast forward a couple of weeks ago and Mom’s legs are now so swollen she can’t fit into her pants and needed to borrow on of my dresses so we could take her to her kidney doctor appointment. She could barely get out of the car!!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Two days later, we get a phone at 4:30 AM, it’s Ella saying Grandma fell in the bathroom and she has the ambulance on the way. Wow that was one fast drive to Beachburg. Thank God Ella was there. She was AMAZING!!!</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51276388515_65cd2622da_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51276388515_65cd2622da_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Mom was very lucky and only fractured her right shoulder when she fell. Somehow she missed the tub and the toilet. Her legs just gave out on her. The hospital was horrified by the size of her legs. In the first 4 days they were able to drain (with medication) 20 lbs!!!!!!! of fluid. Even with that much weight gone, her legs are still huge.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51276094539_c356a9b691_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51276094539_c356a9b691_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">She started doing better at the hospital. Physio and the wonderful nurses were doing a great job to get her back on her feet and walking again. It’s hard since she can’t use her right arm, so that means no walker for now. The hospital has also discovered that she has A-Fib and ‘slight’ heart failure. Stuff you would think your primary care doctor should know about.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">So my sister and BIL arranged for Mom to go to the nursing home/retirement home in Beachburg. Everything was fine on Friday when she arrived. Just a little congestion, which is normal for this time of year. Then a cough started. It’s sounds like she’s coughing up a lung. I called the head nurse and spoke with her. We decided to send Mom back to the hospital (the Home’s doctor doesn’t come in until Wednesday). I’m here at home waiting for a call to say the ambulance/bus has arrived and she’s on her way.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Please, everyone, we need your prayers.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-82515713563943167912021-06-05T10:14:00.000-04:002021-06-05T10:14:06.714-04:00Crazy Weather<p> What's the weather doing where you are? It can't seem to make up it's mind. We got so cold last week that Colin actually lit the furnace again! We've got the a/c back on and I'm so very glad because they are already talking 35C/95F with the humidity. My asthma is acting up today, so I'm so very grateful that I don't have to fight the humidity too.</p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<p>I've got a bit of sewing done. So many of my dresses are getting worn out. Far too worn for going to town.</p>
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<p>I had a lot of trouble with this dress. The original top didn't fit, still not sure how considering it was a custom pattern? So I pulled out my old faithful Folkwear dirndl pattern and changed it to fit the skirt, which was already cut out. I hand inserted the side zipper, which was a first for me.</p>
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<p>See these happy, smiling faces?? That's because our whole family is now 'half' vaccinated. It has done a world of good for Ella's anxiety. Colin and Ella had rather sore arms for a few days (couldn't lift over their heads without pain/supporting the arm). I was fine. We also had really great people give us the needles. I've NEVER had a 'shot' that hurt as little as this one. </p>
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<p>Now if only we could get some gentle rain in suitable amounts, everything would be great. </p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-84528381005684391882021-05-18T14:02:00.002-04:002021-05-18T14:02:18.908-04:00Almost Finished...<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">I’ve been planning this post for a while. Colin had just started planting the wheat. Now I’m happy to say he’s one field away from being done with the soy beans. Colin finished up planting the corn on Sunday.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">My Christmas/birthday present finally arrived…</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51134742292_2675987319_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51134742292_2675987319_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin got us central air!! I will finally be comfortable in the summer. I will be able to cook/bake in the summer. And most importantly, I’ll be able to breathe in the summer. My lungs have such a hard time in the heat and humidity.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Elizabeth posted over on her blog the other day about how much she and her Grandma love the month of <a href="https://eroosje.blogspot.com/2021/05/i-love-month-of-may.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">May</a>. I do too (and not just because it’s my birthday month). Her post got me thinking, where’s our May? Ever since Colin got the wheat in (the end of April) it’s been cold and rainy (except the day we got snow!). It does not look like the middle of May here:</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51176511127_289e0c904c_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51176511127_289e0c904c_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Leaves are starting and my tulips are loving the cooler weather, but the trees are still basically sticks.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Speaking of my birthday, I turned 50 on the 4th. It was quiet since we are in lockdown again.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51187662536_3bce851f7d_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51187662536_3bce851f7d_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-63170931666447412602021-04-12T16:40:00.002-04:002021-04-12T16:40:50.673-04:00Spring!<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; text-align: center;">Spring has definitely arrived in Renfrew County. Hopefully it’s here to stay. Facebook has been showing me blizzards from years past. Meanwhile, Colin is talking about starting to plant wheat at the end of the week if it stays dry.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51111647077_bf454869bd_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51111647077_bf454869bd_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The snow drops and crocuses are finished. The bloomed nice and early. Now we’ve got ‘bluebells’, aka squill. They are really starting to spread nicely. I want the entire yard to be blue in the spring, just like the old houses in Toronto that we pass on the way to church.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">So, I did a thing… I let Ella ‘trim’ my hair. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Should</em> have been about 3 inches. We started with wrist length hair…</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51112121508_6d94173ea6_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51112121508_6d94173ea6_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">My hair is now waist length! That’s a <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">good</em> 6 inches! Sigh, it feels short! But I will admit my braids look better because they are more or less the same thickness all the way down.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Colin’s been busy with his mobile seed cleaner. Last week he spent 3 days down around Carleton Place cleaning for his big customers. He loves those jobs. They are long days, but it’s large tonnage, good crops, and helpful famers. He’s actually short a few guys down there because their crops weren’t good enough with last year’s drought.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Gotta go and figure out something for supper. I’m still having so much trouble menu planning. Why? I’d really like to know…</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-82384864118214813482021-03-11T10:38:00.002-05:002021-03-11T10:38:20.301-05:00Happy Birthday<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">Look who had a birthday!</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51026031662_400a9eb1ac_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51026031662_400a9eb1ac_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Daddy turned 51 on Tuesday. Somehow it ‘snuck up’ on him, but Ella and I remembered. I was going to make<a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/happy-birthday-daddy/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> stuffed tenderloin</a>, but I couldn’t easily find the tenderloins that I know I have out in the deep freeze. I pulled a pork sirloin roast out instead. Sirloin is a weird cut I’ve never seen before. It didn’t have much marble so I headed off to Pinterest to find a way to cook it. I’m glad I did. Even Ella said it was really good, and she’s gotten really picky about pork lately. Here’s the <a href="https://kitchenconfidante.com/roast-pork-loin-with-balsamic-dijon-thyme-recipe" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">recipe</a>. My roast was just over 4 lbs so I cooked it for longer. So good! In fact, so good I didn’t get a picture – ha ha!!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin and Ella have been having a hard time getting through a whole cake before it gets fuzzy. I’ve been making lots of squares since Christmas and that seems to make them happy. I made brownies for Colin’s birthday. And since it’s his birthday I splurged and put icing on. I don’t think brownies need icing. These brownies are Ella safe and work well if you switch the flour for <a href="https://www.bobsredmill.com/gluten-free-1-to-1-baking-flour.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Flour</a>. I think the recipe comes from Elizabeth, but I didn’t write it down so now I’ve forgotten.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51025219148_fcefd2a248_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51025219148_fcefd2a248_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Brownies</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 1/3 cup flour</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 cup white sugar</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/3 cup cocoa</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 tsp bk. powder</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 tsp salt</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 cup water</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup oil</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 tsp vanilla</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Mix everything together and pour into a greased 8×8″ pan. Bake 350F for 20 min</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-36775654572190315782021-03-01T10:38:00.001-05:002021-03-11T10:39:24.513-05:00Grandma Fletcher's Dinner Rolls<p> <a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957700677_e87ea1820a_c_d.jpg" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957700677_e87ea1820a_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">These dinner rolls were made by Colin’s Grandma Fletcher. Now be warned, I think these are weird as a ‘dinner roll’ because at the end they get glazed with sugar! But it’s not a Fletcher family gathering without these rolls. Ella loves them, so I often have a bag full in the freezer. They make good snacking. I’ve cut the recipe down a little bit so that it fits in my bread machine easier. If you do this in the bread machine you MUST babysit it until it’s done mixing. Of course, you can also do this the old fashioned way, with a bowl.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">This method I’m going to show you is the way I do most of my bread doughs. It comes from the book <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Secrets-Jewish-Baker-Recipes-Breads/dp/1580088449/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=secrets+of+a+jewish+baker&qid=1614439345&sr=8-1" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Secrets of a Jewish Baker.</a> It’s a bit faster and I think it turns out a little nicer. It’s a sponge method where you let the yeast do it’s thing for a while before adding everything else.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">In your bread machine pan, add the following and mix till combined (I just use a spatula).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3 3/4 cup water</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3 cups flour</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">4 1/2 tsp yeast</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1 1/2 tsp sugar</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Let this sit for 30 min.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50956895523_48c41112f4_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50956895523_48c41112f4_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Add the rest of your ingredients:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup lard, melted and cooled</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 tsp salt</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 cup sugar</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">3 3/4 cup flour</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Start your ‘dough’ cycle and watch the consistency.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957701997_e3670245d1_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50957701997_e3670245d1_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Just about done kneading. Now here’s where this method saves time. You don’t have to let the dough rise. You take the dough and shape it as you wish. If you are using this method to make Grandma’s dinner rolls, cut the dough into 96 little balls (4 dozen rolls) and drop them into greased muffin tins. Let them rise somewhere warm for 30-60 min.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50956894243_f9552e998b_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50956894243_f9552e998b_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">As you can see, this day I got tired of rolling out balls. I made 3 dozen rolls and a pan of sticky buns. Ella loves sticky buns too. If you want to make the sticky buns, just roll out 1/4 of the dough. I make it 12 inches wide by however long it will go. Then all you have to do is spread it with butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. That easy, no measurements needed. Then roll up the short end and cut into 12 -fits my 9×9″ pan.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Bake at 350F for 15-20 min, the sticky buns might take a few more minutes. Turn out of the pans as soon as they are done. Of course, the sticky buns need turned out over a plate.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Mix 2 Tbsp milk with 1 Tbsp icing sugar. When the buns are cool, wash the tops with the glaze. They freeze well if you can keep the vultures out of them long enough.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-5320726714667936112021-02-20T09:41:00.002-05:002021-02-20T09:41:24.027-05:00Winter in the Valley<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">Well, it’s definitely winter now! We’ve had a few -25C (-13F) mornings, including today. We’ve also had more snow. We got a couple of inches yesterday even though the radar map didn’t show any?? What’s really weird this year is how light and fluffy all our snows have been (except for one). Usually our snow is heavy and wet and dangerous for roofs. Not that I’m complaining, I’m glad Colin hasn’t had to climb many roofs this winter.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50961789628_12362e7a3a_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50961789628_12362e7a3a_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">This old house always looks good in the winter. I’m trying some different filters. The pictures never look like what my eyes see. This filter is called ‘antique’.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50961790043_35023ea8bf_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50961790043_35023ea8bf_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Too bad you can’t feel how crisp the air is and how different it sounds.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50962499566_bb3d022803_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50962499566_bb3d022803_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Last night after the snow stopped the fog rolled it. It’s really weird to get fog in February. But with the crazy cold this morning, it covered everything in frost. So beautiful.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-70467725567214321982021-02-10T08:52:00.002-05:002021-02-10T08:52:22.935-05:00Yarn Along -10 February 2021<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">I’ve had a bit of startitis since Christmas. I started with the beautiful yarn from Mom. The shawl is called “</span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/paulaayn/familiars-shawl" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Familiars</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">” and is based on 18th century embroidery patterns.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50904771781_c8f29cf1d6_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50904771781_c8f29cf1d6_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">My second lot of Christmas yarn was from Colin and Ella. It’s yarn for a new afghan/bedspread for us. My old crocheted one feels summery. I wanted one for the winter. It’s called <a href="https://ravel.me/paulaayn/pdw" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Persian</a> Dreams, though I’m using sport sized yarn not worsted.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50904896172_c0204e2a3e_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50904896172_c0204e2a3e_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">These hexagons are rather addictive. The designer made a set of extra <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/worsted-weight-persian-dreams-expansion-pack" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">hexagons </a>too. I’m glad I bought those because I think they are nicer than the original ones. I’ve also got yarn to make Mom a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kniterator-blank-canvas-yoke" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">sweater </a>for her birthday. It’s sport sized too, so it will be a lighter sweater. I don’t have a pattern picked out for the yoke yet. I’ve actually ordered some more yarn for the pattern part. I’ll show you when they arrive.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-91575280193785677632021-01-22T14:07:00.000-05:002021-01-22T14:07:35.631-05:00January 2021<p><br /></p><div class="post-8462 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-8462" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2em;"><div class="entry" style="margin: 1em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Wow, it’s been some start to 2021! I’m so worried for all you guys living in the States. Please stay safe and I pray this is all over soon and the United States can get back to itself.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Early January we had to take Colin’s Dad down to one of the hospitals in Ottawa to get a ‘thing’ removed from his eyelid. Ontario went into lockdown again on Boxing Day so we were worried about food and bathroom breaks. Luckily McDonalds and Tim Hortons are still allowing people inside (to order not eat) so it wasn’t a problem. We have to take him down again in February. My Mom had a health scare over the holidays but thank God that turned out to be nothing. As per usual though, the doctor didn’t call and tell her she was OK. Mom had to call the office and talk with the good nurse to get the information.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I just realized I didn’t share the elf mischief this year.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50738563452_1a466016de_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50738563452_1a466016de_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I made some new <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/paulaayn/felted-catnip-mouse-4" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">mice </a>for Belinda’s cats -she only has 2 but these mice are addictive and I couldn’t stop. One morning we discovered Faith and Merry and Sheldon (looking festive this year) playing with the mice.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50835110001_7413c60535_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50835110001_7413c60535_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Christmas Eve morning we caught them with the phones. I’ll have to watch on my bill for any long distance calls!!</p><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Auntie Belinda and Uncle Stefan came up on the 27th. It’s literally been a year since we saw them. Ella has missed them so much. Belinda is only going into the office (downtown Toronto) one day a week and Stefan is working from home. They wore masks and gloves and only stayed long enough to open presents. It was a good, safe visit but weird with no hugs.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Last weekend Colin and I went out to the usual B&B. It was one of my Christmas presents. They were allowed to be open under the rules at the time. I trust Carol had the place spotless. It was great. We didn’t see anyone the entire weekend and didn’t have to wear a mask any where.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863209848_15e1124263_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863209848_15e1124263_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div><figcaption style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">As usual it was absolutely gorgeous up there. We should have booked our Christmas there, it would have been nice and white.</figcaption></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50862586963_6ca1857a33_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50862586963_6ca1857a33_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Since I started this post, we’ve received about 6 inches of snow. So now we look like a winter wonderland too.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863927096_c91c576565_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863927096_c91c576565_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Something happened in December for the first time in 32 years. Any guesses??</p><figure class="wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="clear: both; margin: 0px auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737719633_200a3baac9_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737719633_200a3baac9_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin went to the eye doctor -yep, first time in 32 years! Surprisingly his distance vision hasn’t changed much. But guess who needs glasses for reading now.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Some excitement for Ella, Colin taught Ella how to drive the snowmobile all by herself.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863400817_9dab5d7b0c_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863400817_9dab5d7b0c_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure></div></div>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-69112673992466291482020-12-25T13:46:00.005-05:002020-12-25T13:46:31.430-05:00Merry Christmas!!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju814yeZMaByKAclHQx58lCxio4i-80EQrBRfX4duA-R8Tl16QllHK5_y67rEuiIvY7x607xtMja7hpqd3H1GBk2uU8KpuCmDm6bTCJuNvarXDvosGjTzFGYma6zn54sba5gbDQOIFOcYe/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1152" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju814yeZMaByKAclHQx58lCxio4i-80EQrBRfX4duA-R8Tl16QllHK5_y67rEuiIvY7x607xtMja7hpqd3H1GBk2uU8KpuCmDm6bTCJuNvarXDvosGjTzFGYma6zn54sba5gbDQOIFOcYe/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed"><figcaption> Waiting for Daddy to come in from the barn.</figcaption></figure><p>
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<!-- /wp:paragraph --></p><p>Merry Christmas to everyone!! Hope you are having a great day surrounded by your loved ones.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-31130012590302725902020-12-04T14:29:00.004-05:002020-12-04T14:29:49.360-05:00How Did December Happen??<p> I<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">could have sworn I did a post in November? If I did, I don’t know where it went. I don’t even have a good excuse for you. It seems like I spent most of November doing laundry and washing dishes. I did spend some time running lunches and people around. We’ve got all the crops combined and most of it sold. And to be honest, thousands and thousands already spent for next year’s cropping – it would be nice if the salesmen would wait until you at least had this year’s crops off before wanting your money for next year.</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50638300037_7ff777a478_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50638300037_7ff777a478_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I stopped in at Value Village to see if any China needed rescuing. There wasn’t any plates or bowls, but I did find a cool serving bowl (and the pressed glass one in the corner). It’s called “The Hunter” by Myott. It reminds me of my Dad’s Mom’s china (I can’t find a picture). It makes me smile.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50638300017_fb84dd575e_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50638300017_fb84dd575e_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">We had a good bit of snow this month, though it’s basically all gone now. I’m ready for the snow, I’m tired of mud and grey.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px auto 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50679284783_43c621145b_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50679284783_43c621145b_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I finished my sweater and I LOVE it!!! It fits perfectly -a bonus from using a top down sweater pattern. Even better, it was a totally <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kniterator-custom-fit-patterns" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">customizable pattern</a> so I could use my measurements and the gauge that I wanted. Much nicer than trying to make my knitting fit the gauge of the pattern. If you remember the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cardigan-dagi" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">pattern </a>that I ‘copied’, it had a hood. I decided not to bother with the hood. Not only am I 49 years old (a little old I think for a hoodie), but a hood would drive me nuts on days that I don’t have my hair up. It’s bad enough that some of my dresses demand certain hair styles (to avoid back zippers/buttons); I didn’t need a sweater doing it too. And you’ll notice, I’ve even got the buttons sewn on already -ha ha!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Hope you are all still there? And I hope you are all doing well and hanging on. Let’s see if I can find more things to post about in December.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-24517674016810122472020-10-23T14:10:00.000-04:002020-10-23T14:10:01.285-04:00Round Up for the Week - 23 October 2020<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">I’ve been working on my</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;"> </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/paulaayn/kniterator-custom-fit-patterns" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">sweater </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">a lot this week. You know instead of doing dishes, cleaning up the mess that is supposed to be my craft room (and which is filling up the hall too), or just about anything useful?</span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50519879058_5280a1774a_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50519879058_5280a1774a_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I’m starting on the sleeves. I’m not sure how much decreasing to do. I messed up the pattern so I can’t go by that. I may do minimal decreasing so that the sweater fits nicely over clothes.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50519883588_baa7157236_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50519883588_baa7157236_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">We actually went to a homeschool group thing on Wednesday! It was so good to get out in the fresh air and have other adults to talk with -and not have to discuss corn or weather -ha ha! I do wish some of the other Moms would be better at feeding their children. Ella had a good time (especially hanging with her bud Ephrem) until the ‘hangries’ started to take over. Then of course, Ella’s the one that becomes the butt of the anger, which (also of course) Ella takes to heart and causes her pain.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50520607601_cd735ba953_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50520607601_cd735ba953_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Ella’s been busy carving up a bunch of Daddy’s pumpkins. She’s made a couple of cool faces and a <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_neighbor_totoro" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Totoro</a>. But I think this is her coolest one yet (she still has plans for next week). It’s a white pumpkin inside the bigger pumpkin. The picture really doesn’t do it justice, her painting of the iris is really well done.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Well, guess I should go throw a load of laundry in the machine and maybe do some dishes -or at least decide what we’re having for supper…</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-31368556945483156912020-10-11T16:07:00.003-04:002020-10-11T16:07:28.560-04:00Some Day I'll Get My Blogging Act Together...<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">Wow, I can’t seem to get posts done on time. I did actually make a menu plan this week, so what are we eating:</span></p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Monday: <a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/sirloin-strip-roast-3058675" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">roast beef</a></p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday: hot beef sandwiches and mashed potatoes</p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Wednesday: chicken fingers and fries from Chip Pit (before it closes for the winter)</p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Thursday: <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/recipes/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Bavarian beef pie</a> with the leftover beef</p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Friday: leftover pie</p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday: pizza</p><p class="has-black-color has-text-color" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday: tacos</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I’ll make next week’s menu plan after I see how much turkey is left over.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Ontario has been asked to scale back right now. We’re supposed to only have Thanksgiving with our household members. So that means no big dinner over at Colin’s Dad’s. I don’t mind. I’m not sure how far to trust the other family members and how safe they have been (even though we’re pretty safe here in Renfrew Co.). I’m doing a turkey leg for supper tomorrow and Mom’s coming over too. I have a <a href="https://cozypeachkitchen.com/vegan-pumpkin-pie/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=481325982_16973352_121858" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">pumpkin pie</a> in the oven right now, mostly for Ella.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453220472_164eb777c0_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453220472_164eb777c0_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin has finally started at the soybeans. He’s been walking the fields and looking at the weather for weeks.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452364898_c734fe54b3_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452364898_c734fe54b3_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Yesterday, Ella and I spent part of the morning walking the soybean field looking for the intake pulley that fell off the combine sometime on Friday. Turns out it wasn’t in this field. Dad found it in the first field Colin combined! Oh well, it was a nice morning for a walk.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452281673_2e578937f2_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452281673_2e578937f2_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Colin and I went on a bit of a road trip on Tuesday. Not too far, just down the highway, but we were travelling some roads that even Colin has never been down. What were we doing? We were checking out an old bell. Colin has always wanted one. We passed one up back on our honeymoon and Colin has kicked himself ever since. As usual, Colin wasn’t sure about spending money for something not ‘needed’ but I told him to get it for himself. He never just buys fun stuff because he wants it and he deserves a treat. I think it looks really good on the ‘shade shack’. He painted it black, but I rather like it this way.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453166506_24ff8fd867_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453166506_24ff8fd867_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div><figcaption style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Too much sunshine, the yarn is a nice dark blue from Knit Picks.</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">I started knitting a sweater for me. I’m using one pattern for the ‘style’ but I’m using a cool custom sweater generator for the actual ‘pattern’. The pattern I’m copying is called ‘<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cardigan-dagi" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dagi</a>‘. It’s very cool hoodie with fair isle sleeves. Though I’m not sure I’ll be doing the hood. I needed to find another actual pattern to follow because I couldn’t get the gauge to work. It seemed much too loose for the yarn I have. I seem to have that problem with fingering yarn and sweaters. The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kniterator-custom-fit-patterns" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">pattern generator</a> at Kniterator is amazing. Not only do I get to use the gauge that produces a fabric that I like, I get to make a sweater to the exact measurements that I want. Since I’m not overly tall, that’s a really great bonus.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">It’s kind of funny considering how dry we were all summer (though that part wasn’t funny it was scary), but we keep finding all sorts of mushrooms around the yard. We found 2 giant puff balls and some cute ones that looked like a Smurf village. This is the most recent one:</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453234757_b42a944824_c_d.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50453234757_b42a944824_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></a></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">It’s more pink in real life. I forgot to adjust the filter to make it look more like it did ‘in person’. The girls over on the Hygge Nook on FB said it’s called a Shaggy Mane Ink Cap mushroom. Never seen anything like it before.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Guess that just about catches you guys up on everything. Hopefully I can get my act together and make more regular posts.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-44738613963391665772020-09-21T16:03:00.003-04:002020-09-21T16:03:59.428-04:00Menu Plan Monday -21 September 2020<p> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6045" data-attachment-id="6045" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="greenmpm" data-large-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=319" data-medium-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg" data-orig-size="319,139" data-permalink="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/menu-plan-monday-13-january-2014/greenmpm-11/" height="131" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300&h=131" srcset="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300&h=131 300w, https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=150&h=65 150w, https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg 319w" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The nice cool weather is back (though Wednesday is supposed to be 30C with humidity). It’s so nice to be able to bake again. It’s been pretty quiet here on the farm. Colin has been busy with his seed cleaning, mostly winter wheat. I think soy bean harvest will start soon, so he’ll be getting those calls too -from the smart folk who clean their seeds before putting them away for the winter instead of waiting till everyone is busy in the spring.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I’m still having a hard time menu planning. I think it’s my form of virus anxiety. I’m afraid to plan/make food because I’m afraid of us running out of food – even though the grocery stores (and my freezer) are fully stocked. I hate this feeling and I don’t know what to do…</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://dinnerthendessert.com/slow-cooker-thanksgiving-dinner/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">turkey breast</a> in the crockpot</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Monday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">hot turkey</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://recipesforourdailybread.com/chicken-pot-pie-garlic-drop-biscuits/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Salisbury steak</a> in crockpot</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wednesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://recipesforourdailybread.com/chicken-pot-pie-garlic-drop-biscuits/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">turkey pot pie</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thursday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">leftover pot pie</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Friday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.cookingclassy.com/chicken-chow-mein/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">beef chow mein</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">hamburgers in the air fryer -yum!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">More great ideas at<a href="https://orgjunkie.com/2020/09/menu-plan-monday-sept-21-20.html" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"> I’m an Organizing Junkie.</a></p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-67747541987624792822020-08-24T10:50:00.003-04:002020-08-24T10:50:38.359-04:0017 Years!<p> </p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50263524612_36f08f8b18_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Yesterday was our 17th wedding anniversary! It’s so hard to imagine it’s been that long already. It doesn’t feel like it. We had a bit of excitement leading up to the wedding. On the 14th there was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">blackout</a> that took out Ontario and a large chunk of the north eastern US. Thank goodness I only had a bit of handwork left to do on my dress. Though we got our power back quickly, we seem to be on the same line as the Base in Petawawa. This was great news because we had about 1000 pigs in the barns that need the hydro to keep the fans going to keep them alive! And man, was it hot and humid leading up to the wedding. Colin was busy combining the wheat and I was wondering how I wasn’t going to melt -ha ha! Luckily, there was quite the thunderstorm on the Friday and swept in a glorious cold front. I always joke and say Mom was chilly at the wedding which meant it was a lovely temperature for everyone else. The other bit of excitement took place during the service. Colin and I are standing to the side (must have been the lead up to Communion) and he sees this massive (probably a wolf spider) running across the floor and heading our way. He holds my hand even tighter because he knows I’m going to freak if it gets too close and I see it. He send death rays at the spider and the spider decides to change course and run away. I’m so glad I didn’t see it at all.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Not much of a celebration yesterday. We’re not comfortable eating inside restaurants yet, especially with as ‘cozy’ as our <a href="https://wilnotavern.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">favourite place</a>. We had lunch at the Chip Pit like usual for a Sunday and then we headed to Beachburg so Colin could do Mom’s grass. He took the scenic route and we stopped at the Westmeath Lookout.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50262691078_1e9f3f1642_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This is the view looking towards Pembroke. It’s kind of cool, they have the “directions” labelled in the gazebo so that you know if you are looking towards Beachburg or Quebec. It was hot and muggy yesterday but for some reason the haze doesn’t really show up in the pictures.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50263533712_8beafa7b4d_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">And of course, he has his hat on…</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-4385586810707880002020-08-14T10:54:00.002-04:002020-08-14T10:54:36.985-04:00Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; text-align: center;">Well, hazy yes lazy not so much -for Colin any ways. The</span><a href="https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/when-are-the-dog-days-of-summer#:~:text=For%20the%20ancient%20Romans%2C%20the%20dog%20days%20of,summer%20as%20being%20July%203%20until%20August%2011." style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"> dog days of summer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; text-align: center;">are upon us and Colin has been busy combining our hard red spring wheat. He’s very happy with the harvest so far. Considering the summer we’ve had that’s a bit surprising.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50225072583_e4124cfa8d_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Lunch in the field at the ‘back end’ of the Poff Farm. This farm is just around the corner from the Home farm, but it’s easier and quicker to bring lunch to the field. It’s been so hot this summer without any real breaks (I need more than one decent temperature day to consider it a break), but you probably know that already – ha ha! Colin had a thermometer in the combine yesterday (a decent day temperature wise) and it read 100F! Imagine, 8+ hours in the combine at 100F. No wonder he comes home with heat stroke some days.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">We had an unexpected visitor Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. We were woke up at 3:30 by Ella pounding on the bedroom door with a blanket over her head. There was a “giant” bat dive-bombing her in bed. I peaked in her room and yes, there was a large bat hanging off the wall!! By now Colin’s dressed to come and investigate. He sees the bat and heads downstairs for weapons (broom and dustpan). Unfortunately, by the time he comes back upstairs we can’t find the bat. We search around Ella’s room and can’t make it stir, so Colin assumes it’s left by however it got in (we still don’t know how). Ella and I sleep the rest of the night downstairs on the chesterfield. There was no way she was going to sleep in her room not knowing where the bat was hiding. After breakfast we went up to have another look around and fix her bed (stuffies were everywhere). I told her to take everyone off the bed so we could straighten up her blankets too. Nearly everyone was off the bed when Ella picked up Lula</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50225768811_b6b5483229_w_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Lula has been Ella’s best buddy for most of her life. She enjoys snuggling and a good game of chess. But I digress…</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Ella picks Lula up off the bed and guess what drops off Lula and onto Ella’s foot?! One large, terrified, screaming brown (I think) bat!!!!!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://onnaturemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/big_brown_bat_Dave_Riggs_CC_BY-SA_2.0_banner.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Ella’s screaming, bat’s screaming, I scream because she startled me. Ella runs for my room and I grab the dust pan. I corral the bat and runs outside to get Daddy because I can’t handle this on my own.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Daddy takes care of the bat but Ella’s freaking out because it was in her bed. She made my Lysol her whole room. Even after all these years Lula is still taking care of Ella and protecting her from things that (literally) go bump in the night. To be fair to Ella, it was a really good sized bat. We’ve had a few in the house over the years, but this one was about 8 inches, which is bigger than most. We still have no idea how it got into Ella’s room. Hopefully that’s the last one.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-82578722252211568772020-08-04T16:33:00.001-04:002020-08-04T16:33:16.570-04:00A Day Late, Again...<p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6045" data-attachment-id="6045" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="greenmpm" data-large-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=319" data-medium-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg" data-orig-size="319,139" data-permalink="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/menu-plan-monday-13-january-2014/greenmpm-11/" height="131" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300&h=131" srcset="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=300&h=131 300w, https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg?w=150&h=65 150w, https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/greenmpm.jpg 319w" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I’ll use the grocery header today because that’s why there was no post yesterday. I was busy in town picking up the groceries. I sure love ordering online. I wish the Metro in Pembroke would do online shopping. I also wish they would tell their employees that yes, their noses ARE attached to their lungs too, not just their mouths. I saw a number of employees ‘wearing’ their masks with their noses hanging out. I suffer through wearing a mask to keep them safe, they could return the favour.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50188361366_ecf31f7d35_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">What do you see in this picture that has made Colin so happy?</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Nothing much planned for this week. We continue to run into the village a couple of times a week to get unlimited internet for some video watching/downloading. Ella’s also plugging away at her school work. Have I mentioned how happy I am that we don’t have to make the “school/no school” decision? Yet another bonus for homeschooling. Though our local group is starting to get together again but from what I hear they aren’t making the kids keep distant or wear masks, so I’m not so anxious to attend yet.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Monday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">whole <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2020/07/17/rotisserie-chicken-sort-of/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">chicken</a> in my air fryer -I love that I can cook a whole chicken for supper even after I’ve been in town for most of the afternoon</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">sourdough pancakes</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">leftover chicken</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wednesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">chicken salad -Pioneer Woman Cooks <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Pioneer-Woman-Cooks-Dinnertime-16-Minute/dp/0062225243/ref=sr_1_33?dchild=1&keywords=pioneer+woman&qid=1596550538&sr=8-33" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Dinnertime</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thursday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">??</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">beef and snow peas -from the Dinnertime book, IF I can find decent looking snowpeas somewhere.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Friday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">Cobb salad/egg salad sandwich for Daddy/grilled cheese for Ella -we found a great new place for goat cheese. It melts really nicely, unfortunately they have crazy shipping <img alt="😦" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/svg/1f626.svg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: auto; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">leftover chicken</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">spaghetti and <a href="https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/more-recipes-2/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">meatballs</a> -Ella’s request</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">supper with friends who are just as isolated as we are, maybe more so</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">So did you figure out the picture? Yep, there’s puddles in the driveway!!!! We got about an inch of rain on Sunday and it’s drizzling again today. Hurray!!! Thank you God! It’s not a lot, but it’s just in time. The corn was literally days away from being written off as garbage/worthless. It’s amazing how fast the grass greens up after a long awaited rain. Our grass wasn’t as bad as some because Colin stops cutting it when it stops raining. I swear some people must cut their grass every week because they ‘cut the grass every week’. There is some really short, really dead grass out there. Our last real rainfall (and it wasn’t much) was back at the end of June. We could use another few days. And I’m really enjoying being able to sleep well at night and I need to get some baking done.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">More ideas at <a href="https://orgjunkie.com/2020/08/menu-plan-monday-aug-3-20.html" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">I’m an Organizing Junkie</a></p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-59057289332315787882020-07-17T10:11:00.000-04:002020-07-17T10:11:05.177-04:00Rotisserie Chicken -sort of...<p style="text-align: center;">Well, that crazy heat didn't break until this past weekend. It was so nice to have a couple of days where we could leave the windows open and not feel like we were living in a cave. Needless to say, our meals last week weren't worth writing down for you guys. I thought I'd share a recipe today instead. This is Ella's new favourite dish from my air fryer. Obviously, our big 8-9 lb chickens won't fit in the air fryer. So, I need to watch for when the store has those little 'fryer' chickens on sale. This rub makes the chicken taste like those little pre-cooked ones you can buy from the store. I 'borrowed' this picture off the internet because I couldn't find the picture of my chicken (I know I took it on my phone...) I'll replace this picture when I make the chicken again.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50122103878_0c2a0c923e_w_d.jpg" /></p><p>Rotisserie Chicken</p><p>rub:</p><p>4 tsp salt 1 tsp garlic powder</p><p>2 tsp paprika 1 tsp onion powder</p><p>1 tsp thyme 1 tsp pepper</p><p> </p><p>Rub all over chicken. You can do this the night before, but I never have the chicken thawed in time.</p><p>Pre-heat the air fryer. I just hit the 'pre-heat' button or you could pre-heat to 350F. Put the chicken in the air fryer, breast side down. Cook 350F for 40 min. Flip the chicken over half way. Check for doneness.</p><p>Obviously, this recipe can be done in the oven too. Just cook the chicken at 325F for about 25 min a pound.</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-70774320715856717722020-07-07T15:52:00.000-04:002020-07-07T15:52:11.885-04:00Holidays 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087668801_9ef86b0d0f_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hi! We're back! Did you notice we were gone? We were very happy to discover last week that we could still go to our B&B/cottage for our annual Canada day holiday. It was very last minute, but luckily I had already done the pre-holiday grocery shop. And yes, I packed my air fryer -ha ha! We often have trouble with the BBQ out there. The air fryer does such a nice job (even on steak), so along it came.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50082535123_4574667bcd_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ella came out for the first day and a half. She such a homebody (especially now), she's also very lucky Grandma doesn't mind driving 2 hours to get her and take her home. As usual, Ella had a great time fishing with Daddy. I hung out in the screened in gazebo, safe from the sun and the black/deer flies doing my knitting. Even though she was only out for a day and a half, Ella caught 8 good sized small mouth bass!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50082535213_2a60ddbcf6_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Not to be outdone, Daddy caught a nice pike with his first cast into the lake. I lost track of Daddy's bass/pike total after 15. I caught 2 nice bass, but we didn't have a camera handy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087660036_76f4907e2d_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Our traditional holiday selfie with my girl. Another tradition for our holidays is really bad weather. One year there was even a tornado warning! This year it was hot and sunny the whole time. The first evening we were there we did see this gorgeous rainbow. There was rain somewhere, we were hoping it was at home but, no.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087660821_7f546a533c_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The rainbow was beautiful. At one point it was a double and then the clouds moved some and it became a complete rainbow.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Before Grandma arrived, Carol took Ella out to the barn to meet the new additions.</p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087085738_86a6420b90_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Colin and I had a really nice time after Ella went home. It was our first time apart in 108 days! I think we are all (Ella included) starting to miss Ella's weekends at Grandma's. For a treat, we ran into Killaloe to get lunch. We shared a chicken fingers and fries and I got a <a href="https://beavertails.com/about-beavertails-pastries/">Beaver Tail</a>. Just behind the Beaver Tails chip truck is a really nice park where the train station used to be. The old bridge is still there:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50087088208_1a2e978382_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50088124632_ae2d9c42cb_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">There's an old farmer saying here in Ontario. They want the corn to be 'knee high by the 1st of July'. Even though we are really dry things are still looking good.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50083301337_e08f13f75e_c_d.jpg" /></p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-3225595542328481662020-06-23T10:04:00.000-04:002020-06-23T10:04:46.299-04:00Menu Plan Monday on a Tuesday 23 June 2020<p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignnone" height="523" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48769526977_101352e3a6_c_d.jpg" style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/img/shadow.gif") right bottom no-repeat; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;" width="697" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">We continue to melt in Ontario this week. They are promising a cold front some time today. I’ll believe it when I feel it. Hopefully it will bring along some gentle rain. Not doing much. I have a dress cut out but still waiting for the energy to work on it. The house was so hot yesterday I gave Ella a ‘heat holiday’ from school work. Thank goodness we have the pool. It may be small but it helps get the body core temperature down. I like to go after supper when the sun’s moved around to the other side of the house and I don’t need sunscreen and sun glasses -ha ha.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Nothing too exciting on the menu. And yes, we had air fryer chicken quarters twice. They are Ella’s favourite and Metro had them on for $0.99/lb.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Monday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.rockrecipes.com/souvlaki-steak-with-lemon-chive-tzatziki/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">steak souvlaki</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">air fryer chicken quarters</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wednesday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">leftover souvlaki</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thursday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/sourdough-pancakes/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">sourdough pancakes</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Friday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">air fryer chicken quarters</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://homefamilyrecipes.com/crock-pot-coca-cola-baby-back-ribs/" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">crock pot pork ribs </a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">hot dogs</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px;">More ideas at <a href="https://orgjunkie.com/2020/06/menu-plan-monday-june-22-20.html" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51); color: #265e15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">I’m an Organizing Junkie</a></p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469153399204920499.post-38835210890194396502020-06-10T09:03:00.001-04:002020-06-10T09:03:17.214-04:00Yarn Along -10 June 2020<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6070" height="150" src="https://fletchingtonfarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/yarnalong_gsheller_aqua.jpg" width="150" /></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">All the girls on my knitting Facebook pages have been posting all the "squishy mail" they have been getting since the lock down. Well, for once, I actually got some money back from my tax return. I decided to treat myself to some "squishy mail" too. I ordered from <a href="https://www.knitpicks.com/">Knit Picks</a> as usual. I really like their yarn. And I had a "you haven't ordered in a long time" discount code which covered the ridiculous 25% exchange rate -bonus!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49984578608_2e9664599b_c_d.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The ball of <a href="https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/comfy-fingering-yarn/c/5420197">Comfy</a> is a new one for me. It is a cotton/acrylic blend. Oh my, it is SO soft. I'm using it to make a 'produce bag'. I tried 3 different patterns and finally decided on this <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/paulaayn/pocket-shopping-bag">one</a>. The rest of the yarn is for a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cardigan-dagi">cardigan</a> for me. It's really cool and has fair-isle on the sleeves but a solid body (and hood if I make it). The yarns are either <a href="https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/stroll/c/5420133">Stroll,</a> <a href="https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/stroll-tonal/c/5420134">Stroll Tonal</a>, or the <a href="https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/stroll-tonal-mini-packs/c/5420346">Stroll Tonal</a> mini packs.</p><p style="text-align: center;">My knitting mojo still seems a little off, but at least I've got some beautiful yarn!</p>Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015659430842427691noreply@blogger.com0