Episode 06 - The last hurrah

Welcome back!  If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments. Thanks for visiting with me today!

 WIPs
A modified umbilical cord hat

Needles: U.S. 2
Yarn: Knitpicks Felici

Colorway: "Teaparty" maybe?
Started: October 17, 2018
Finished: October 19, 2018

 

Finished objects
Pumpking dishcloth pattern
Needles: U.S. 5 - 3.75 mm

Book chat
Have not touched "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," by Betty Smith.
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card has not been listened to.

From the coop
I found a secret nest!

From the hutch
Getting the bunnies all set up for winter.

In the kitchen
Carmel apples
Lamb roast in the Instant Pot
Banana bread

Banana bread recipe
1 - 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup stick margerine or butter, softened
2 eggs
1 - 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 - 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1. Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottoms only of 2 regular loaf pans.

2. Mix sugar and margarine (or butter) in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stire in the nuts. Pour batter into pans.

3. Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1/14 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pans on wire rack. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Nature notes
The last of the nice weather.


From the homestead
Outdoor clean up has started

Coffee talk
No episode next week.
Halloween
Faster internet
More about the weather

My happiness this week
Music - Music is an important part of my life.

Songs I mentioned:

The song that I couldn't remember the singer

Episode 05 - Frozen

Welcome back!  If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments. Thanks for visiting with me today!

 

Finished objects

Vanilla socks on two circs

Needles: U.S. 1 (2.5 mm)

Yarn: Knitpicks Felici

Colorway: The Countess
Started: To be filled in
Finished: To be filled in

 

Baby Surprise Jacket

Needles: U.S. 5 (3.75 mm)

Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala

Colorway:  Gnome
Started Sept. 21, 2018
Finished Oct. 6, 2018

 

 

Baby hat - A modified umbilical cord hat

Needles: U.S. 2
Yarn: Knitpicks Felici

Colorway: The Countess
Started Oct. 7, 2018
Finished Oct. 11, 2018

 

Book chat

I am *DONE* Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. 

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," by Betty Smith has been started.  

From the Coop
Mama and babies update.
Update on the main flock.

From the Hutch
Hoss, why you pout so much?

Nature notes
Gales of November have arrived early.
Frost last night.

In the Kitchen
It's soup for all the lunches time!

Made my first quiche in ages. 

Coffee talk
Travel for work
Sabbath
Hunting update

My happiness this week
Nature - more specifically: Lake Superior.  I put a couple vids up at the end of the video. 

Episode 04 - Fall is here

Welcome back! Thanks for visiting and letting me chat at you today. Grab your favorite drink, and come sit a spell.

Works In Progress

Vanilla socks on two circs

Needles: U.S. 1 (2.5 mm)

Yarn: Knitpicks Felici

Colorway: The Countess

 

Needles: U.S. 5 (3.75 mm)

Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala

Colorway:  Gnome
Started Sept. 21, 2018

 

Finished Object
I have an FO!

Lake shore scarf by Mara Jessup. Pattern available on the Knit Picks website.

Needles U.S. 3 (3.25 mm)

Yarn: Knitpicks Stroll fingering weight hand painted.

Colorway: Great Lakes
Started: Aug. 25, 2018
Completed: Sept. 30, 2018

 

I placed an order to Knit Picks and chat about the purchases and the patterns I've got picked out for them.  Next on the to do list includes the Lia pullover pattern, and the Mosey legwarmers pattern.

Spinning

No spinning this week. 

From the coop

I give an update on Mama Brahma and the babies. I think Mama is ready to call it quits on motherhood.

I chat a little bit about the roosters and *finally* share the size difference in the eggs from the older girls and the ones who are just starting to lay.

From the hutch 

I introduce this sweet little girl.  My son is fairly confident she's a girl.  Say hello to Shadow.

Barefoot in the kitchen

I tried two new recipes this week.  One was a bit of a zonker. The other was a winner!

Creamy chicken soup. I didn't follow the recipe exactly.  We also added a cream of mushroom or cream of chicken to the soup and it added that little extra something.  No flour since we try to keep carbs to a minimum.  You could use a little bit of guar gum for thickening. The soup smelled divine as it was cooking. 

The zonker was the recipe for roasted Brussel spouts.  This was also my first time cooking Brussel sprouts. I didn't roast with the Parmesan, but added it after the fact.  I don't think anyone was keen on Parmesan on the sprouts. 

The tried and true recipe for chili is at the Top Secret Recipes website. 

Book chat

Book - I'm still plugging away with Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.  I'm on page 280-something of 341.

Audiobook -  Ender in Exile became available from the library. I am on part six of 12.

Kindle book - Cat Trick (A Magical Cats Mystery, book 4).  I haven't touched it yet.

Next on the list is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. 

Nature notes

I chat about the fall colors, the desire to start fall clean up but it's raining, and the photos I took this week.

 

From the homestead

Carrots still need to be pulled out of the garden. 

Gardening plans for 2019

Hunting update

Coffee talk

I chat about the Oulu Corn Maze.

My happiness this week

Soup. It's so comforting during the cooler days. There are endless varieties of soup and many ways to make it.