...11.18...Over the Weekend...

...we got the shopping done early...and we went to the health food store...and got some organic cornmeal (for some reason the grocery stores don't have any organic versions)...a couple of spices to refill...and some organic new potatoes...

...we meal prepped some collards...

...and some pintos...

...baked a tray of tortillas into chips...

...and made a big batch of delicious guacamole...

...checked on the winter garden...but there's really nothing to do right now...everything is growing and green...

...but the little patio tomatoes are definitely waning...

...I'll probably get one more 'harvest'... and then I'll pull them up...

...but I used them to make a delicious tomato sammie for lunch...

...and since we had a new loaf of bread...I got the heel for a topper...it was a little bit hard to eat...as the little tomatoes wanted to fall out of the sandwich...haha...

...the Man dug the holes for the blueberries...now that they're acclimated...

...and we got them into the ground...and mulched...

...I am going to have to get more mulch though...three bags was not enough for very good coverage...

...and I sat on the concrete for an hour or so and weeded the new sedum along the driveway...we thought the little pebbles would prevent weeds...but they do not...oh well...

...and I mixed up a batch of "Sleepy Time" tea...just equal parts lemon grass, chamomile and then about half that much mint...

...it looks smells and tastes exactly like Sleepy Time...I keep it in a leftover tea tin...

...but I wanted to label it as we have several of these black tins...so I just got a post-it note and sketched the Sleepy Time bear on it...and I enjoyed it so much that it reminded me that I need to do more sketching...

...I love how he turned out...and now we'll know which tin the Sleepy Time is in...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...11.16...Dinner and Movie...

...starting with some Blogger comments...

...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at McCraw Sails...Hey K...the kiwis look amazing...I do love kiwi...but I rarely buy them...I didn't even know they grew here...I thought they were more tropical...Your house does look festive with it's new roof and pretty red bows...so happy that you're getting some fast internet...those cabling diggers are pretty amazing...Love, T

...to karen from Pumpkin Sunrise...Hi Karen...I absolutely love using up little bits of yarn...so I hope that works out well for you...your leaves are a pretty carpet on your lawn...we have a pin oak beside our house and it is losing it's leaves...but they do not make a pretty carpet...they are small and slippery and very difficult to rake up...

...to Éphée from L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie...Hi Éphée...your piadina looks delicious...I'm definitely going to try that bread...

...to Penny from Snap That Penny...Hi Penny...your fall skies are beginning to look pretty wintery...and the November Supermoon was pretty spectular...

...and from Guy de Maupassant I've read the following this week...

Madame Parisse
Mademoiselle Fifi
A Duel
The Colonel's Ideas
Mother Sauvage
Epiphany
The Mustache
Madame Baptiste
The Question of Latin

...and dinner was really nothing special...

...except that I sautéed some green whole beans...

...and had those with a salad...some macaroni noodles...and some tofu...

...and the movie was Young Woman and the Sea...I really enjoyed it...you know...a movie about some people...and this one happened to be true...

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

~Have a lovely day!

...11.15...Friday Update...

...we're just continuing to work our way around the kitchen...

...we took down the crown molding...it was never attached...

...I just thought it'd be easier to paint it horizontally...

...draped everything with old sheets...

...and started painting...

...the underneath parts are the absolute worst...

...everything got a coat of primer...

...and then three coats of the cabinet paint...Benjamin Moore White Snow...and since it takes 16 hours at least between coats this takes 4 whole days to accomplish...

...the Man installed the crown molding by screwing into it from underneath...

...and the doors for the lower left cabinets are ready to be reinstalled...I love having them back and I especially love having handles...

~Have a lovely day!

...11.14...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...

...this was totally the Man's creation...he made a special shopping trip and got the heirloom tomatoes...

...and cooked those into a delicious garlic-y and olive-oil-y sauce...

...he also bought linguine...not a noodle that I always keep in the pantry...we had fettucine but he said that wasn't the "right" noodle...and it is funny how different noodles can affect a dish...

...this was such a delicious dish...

...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

...11.13...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...Big Sissie's Aurora Borealis is finally finished...

...it doesn't really photograph well...but it's really pretty...

...and super thick and warm...

...I got a sweet little pair of coordinating leggings to go with it...I thought that'd be super easy to slip into a snowsuit with...

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

~Have a lovely day!

...11.12...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made a rather delicious VEGAN TARTE AU CITRON ET AUX AMANDES...

...it sliced perfectly...surprising me a little bit...haha...I was afraid it would be just pudding...

...it was really good though...even the Man thought so...and it went perfectly with the Jane Austen tea...

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

~Have a lovely day!

...11.11...Over the Weekend...

...we got up early and had coffe then headed straight out to get the shopping done...and the Man had ordered a gallon of porch paint and I needed to pick that up at the Sherwin Williams store and Saturdays there are pretty crazy...

...we got a lot of stuff...mostly just 'regular' fruits and veg...

...the Man is trying to eat 'healthier' and he said he doesn't particularly like Earth Balance (my fave vegan butter)...so I got him some Miyoko's to try...

...I also got a loaf of really-really-marked-down bread...27¢...crazy...right?...and I got Violife cream cheese...plain bagels...and some everything topping because the Man likes blueberry bagels best...and I like everything bagels best...but we agreed that we'd both eat a plain bagel and top it with either blueberries or a sprinkle of everything and save a bit of space in the fridge...

...so...since I had not eaten anything before shopping...I toasted a plain bagel and added some Violife cream cheese and a sprinkle of Everything...and I've already learned that I'll have to go lighter with my sprinkle next time as this was a bit much...

...a quick little winter garden update...after watering every day for a couple of weeks I was so happy that we finally got some rain...

...these vincas...still beautiful...in November...

...and then we got a bit of a surprise delivery...

...we had ordered a new sofa for the den...remember we turned our formal dining room into a den/tv room...and until now we'd only had the two old recliners in there...fine for just us two but not so nice if we have any company...

...so we ordered a new sofa...and agreed on a lovely forest green...the sofa itself will come later so we were surprised to receive the ottoman early...I do love it and I'm looking forward to having a comfy seating area in the den...

...Sunday after church I made another batch of sauerkraut...I just chop cabbage until I have exactly 3 lbs...(and .1 oz apparently)...

...and then I add 1 tsp of kosher salt per pound...so three...and massage it in and pack it into a half gallon jar and set it on the counter for about 3 weeks...

...and I also made a batch of croutons...nice crunchy ones that don't hurt the roof of my mouth or break a tooth the way the commercial ones do...they are always so hard...

~wishing you a lovely start to your week!