Still no rectangles

May 6, 2020

This week has really stumped me. I think I have a plan for the next borders and I hope they will be done in good time, but it has been a lot harder than I expected. As I wasn’t doing that today I had to find other ways to fill my time. I baked bread for lunch, which we are really enjoying. I got the rest of the laundry done before the weather turns. Of course now it will be sunny for the foreseeable future, but I am still pleased to have made good use of a couple of good drying days.

For my birthday we ordered and ice cream maker. It is something I have wanted for years but once I decided I was going to wait and get one that had a compressor I new I also needed a bigger kitchen. Well I have that kitchen and we will have a hard time getting ice cream this summer so now was the moment. They said it would be 10 to 14 days to arrive but showed up today. I just happen to have some cream at the moment, rude not to test the machine. Our first batch is coffee, and if I say so myself rather good. Yes it is very soft right out of the machine, and I expect it will be very hard once it has been in the freezer but it is also very tasty. Most importantly I can start making sorbet with the fruits we grow. I have a recipe for Apple and sloe I am desperate to try, and a lot of frozen apple and sloe. Sounds like the start of a plan to me.

The quilt on the frame is coming along well, after I managed to lose the screw from my bobbin case. It’s happened before but now I have a floor where I could actually find it. Finding it made m my day, usually that is the end of the bobbin case. Tomorrow is floors and more quilting, maybe a little sewing if I settle on a plan for this border.