Tuesday, June 30, 2020

...6.30...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made the Vegan Sauce PĂ©rigueux...which is just the Madeira Sauce with truffles added...
...which is all good...if you like truffles...I...don't...

...but...all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, June 29, 2020

...6.29...Over the Weekend...

...BIG NEWS!...My sweet Sissie finally got her Birthday Package...
...just a W.I.P. photo from months ago...haha...I tried to do a little sketch of their boat...I snatched some photos from her sailing blog...McCraw Sails...but there really aren't a lot of photos of her boat for obvious reasons...it's pretty difficult to photograph your own boat if you're on it...so hopefully she'll get a lot of use out of it...
...and I made her a sweet little pair of slippers exactly like my TWO-TONED WOMEN'S SLIPPERS from XOXO CROCHET...except hers are aqua and grey...so pretty...
...and then I packed it all up with "the card" we've been sending back and forth for years...but you already know that saga...

...and I thought it was funny that she took almost exactly the same photo...
...in other news...one of our parishoners brought us a bag full of blueberries (bloobs) and peaches...I think some of the nicest people in the world live here...
...so I had my first fresh home-grown peach of the year...so delicious...
...it's not a very good photo...but the Saharan dust storm is making for some spectacular sunsets...and that's the un-mown field in the foreground...
...we did a bit of decorating for Independence Day...
...just a tiny bit...but I'm planning a patriotic Porch Pillow for next month...it won't be ready for the 4th...of course...
...they cut the field...with lights on at 10 o'clock at night...we heard the noise and wondered...what on earth...haha...

...then they waited a day and raked it a couple of times...
...and then yesterday...they baled it...
...I'm happy they got it all done in a weekend...it really has been perfect hay-making weather...hot and dry...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

Saturday, June 27, 2020

...6.27...Dinner and a Movie...

...dinner was a tofu bbq (just shredded baked tofu slathered in BBQ sauce...that's it) sammie with coleslaw and crinkle cut fries...

...and the movie was...not really a movie...it was the Man's turn to choose...and I'm sure he would have watched whatever I wanted...if I had had anything in mind...but I didn't...so...we watched an episode of Father Brown...and an episode of Are You Being Served...and an episode of Would I Lie to You...funny...but I think they are all British TV shows...

...what have you been watching lately?

~Have a lovely weekend!

Friday, June 26, 2020

...Friday Favorites...an Airman Update...

...just a quick update on Our Airman...and a few pics the 'fam' probably hasn't seen...
...suited up in his flight gear...I can only imagine how hot that is in the 100+° F New Mexico summer...(37.778+°C)
...and...in his element...atop the helicopter...
...in an activity known as Sunday School...

~Have a lovely day!

Thursday, June 25, 2020

...6.25...What I Ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...I started the day with lemon water and vitamins...
...followed by a probiotic 2 ingredient biscuit and tea...
...topped the biscuit with Bee Free Honee..
...morning snack was a delicious fresh sweet and juicy mango...
...lunch was a vegan BLT...and apparently this is the only photo I took of the prep...just homemade vegan mayo...a store bought tomato (we've not had any garden fresh ones...yet)...and some lettuce and bacon bits on toast...
...afternoon snack was a huge Pink Lady apple...
...and a handful of nuts...
...for Dinner...I found a bag of mixed peppers and onions in the bottom of the freezer...so I wanted to use those up...
...just grilled them on the Foreman Grill...
...and then topped one of our baked potatoes with them...and I had a big bowl of greens with it...I ate all of the potato and peppers...but not all of the greens...

...I also ate a leftover piece of the Savarin...with blueberries and without any cream...since I didn't take a photo...you'll have to image what that looked like...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

...6.24...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...the remake of the Bamboozled footies is complete...
...they fit me perfectly...
...and they have a bit of a cuff now...so they will look much nicer under trousers...

...and with the princess sole...I'm sure I'll be wearing them a lot more...I'm wearing them now...haha...

...so what's next...

...remember before the local Creative Home store went out of business...I had bought...the grey/white yarn...and the navy yarn...and some black yarn...all to make trouser socks with...

...well...I've already used the grey/white...and the navy...

...so...of course...I've cast on for the black...
...I've just finished the heel...and I started mid-sock...so I can use up all the yarn...

...and here are a couple of pics of the old Bamboozled footies...
...for comparison...
...I like them a lot better now...

...what's in your workbasket?...

~Have a lovely day!

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

...6.23...Tuesdays with Julia...

...two recipes today...just because the way you usually serve the Savarin is with whipped cream...so you have a recipe for the Vegan Savarin
...and then a separate recipe for the Savarin filled with whipped cream...the Vegan Savarin Chantilly...
...it's a very pretty...and somewhat involved dessert...
...but it was delicious...

...all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, June 22, 2020

...Over the Father's Day Weekend...

...we FaceTime'd with Our Airman and family...wishing him a wonderful FIRST Father's Day...
...and quietly celebrated Father's Day here...the cute card from Our Airman played a funny little song too...
...we went for a bike ride...yep...same bike we bought when we lived in Apex all those years ago...

...I did not do any grocery shopping of any kind...we were still pretty well stocked from last week...so there was no need...
...one of our sweet parishioners brought us a bag of freshly picked blueberries...what a treat!
...and the only food prep I did over the weekend was to make some vegan soy yogurt...I just put it in the fridge plain like this...but you can bet I'll be stirring in some of those blueberries...
...and I made a dish of tofu chocolate pudding as well...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

Saturday, June 20, 2020

...6.20...Dinner and a Movie...

...we were kind of in the mood for Chinese food...but not quite ready for takeout...not sure really when I'm going to be ready to eat something that someone else prepared...probably soon...
...I prepared the green beans that had been in the fridge since last weekend...and when you do a grocery pickup you've not chosen your own veg...and I thought the beans were a little bit tough when I was trimming them...
...but they cooked up perfectly with some vegan butter and garlic...
...topped with some baked tofu and soy sauce...it was perfect...

...and the movie was The Trip...we got the DVD from Netflix...and I didn't know until I created the link that it was a series...and there are more...so...I'll be adding them to my queue...

...it was snippy (the characters didn't really seem to get on all that well) but it was pretty funny...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

Friday, June 19, 2020

...6.19... Friday Favorites...a Veggie Lover...


...this little one...

...she's just about too precious for words...

~Have a lovely day!

Thursday, June 18, 2020

...6.18...What I Ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...a fairly normal day of vegan eats...
...I started the day with some lemon water and vitamins...
...breakfast was a big bowl of cereal with mixins...
...and a delicious ripe mango...
...lunch was a many-layered sammie...starting with hummus and some of that sweet hot pepper relish that our friend in SC gave us...
...some tomato and tofu...
...lettuce and peppers...
...and green onions...it was yummy...
...afternoon snack was a humongous pink lady apple and a handful of nuts...
...and dinner was a stewed potato...did I mention that we still have 28 potatoes...and they've not sprouted yet...so I have high hopes that we'll use them all up...the last of the onions were cut up and put in the fridge so they wouldn't get soft on us...

...I also had a bowl of greens and some carrots and lettuce and the last of the homemade hummus...I also had a cornbread muffin...but it's not in the picture...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!