Snippets

Holy cow, I'd better get something blogged before this gets into the ridiculousness of being late for last week. I had thought about blogging and had both something and nothing to say. Then came up with the idea of just splatting down what's up. So here goes:

Made apple cider from the apples on my 2 huge Rescue crabapple trees. Apples were plenty but small and hail-damaged this year so why not try to make apple cider (yes I am talking about the hard stuff). After some trials and a few blow-outs we have a system set for next year should my trees come in again in their usual loaded to the hilt form. As for how the cider turned out: let you know in a month as it's in the fermentation process. One thing I did learn is to use the straight fermentation lock, not the curved one, for gas escape unless one likes to wash walls. I don't.

It's garden harvest time and the garden is being generous this year. Tomatoes are a funny plant where they take their ever-loving sweet time to do something and then all of a sudden: Holy Tomatoes Batman!!! I'd like to try fermented salsa this year. Cucumbers! I have never yet been able to grow, a long English type cucumber that measured 15 inches in length and 2 1/2 inches wide. I have 2 on my counter and more coming in. Plus I have a softball sized melon on the vine and I'm not complaining about the delay of frost this year. Can we hit October??

Fun with the Dragon/Lion dance last Saturday with the team. Learned that there is a wrapper on the lettuce (saw it on the video), sorry guys. And that my fan does double nicely as a whisk broom for lettuce detail. I wished that we danced later so that more people could have seen us. The gathering after the dance was fun, need more of that. After watching the video I see that I have the grace and movement of Foghorn Leghorn except that I have smaller feet and sans tail. Now for Bugs Bunny to enter the scene.....

I have heard that there is now frozen cooked oatmeal (complete with a shot of high fructose corn syrup). GROSS!!! What people don't clue in to is that it takes the same amount of time (and probably longer) to heat up the frozen stuff as it does to make a fresh batch that actually tastes decent. Oh hey, use the crockpot and oatmeal is waiting for you in the morning. What people pay for convenience and it is convenience not food that is necessarily good for you (and not necessarily that convenient either).

Fudge!! 2 double batches of fudge is on the go as I type. Methinks folks might want to give fudge for Christmas gifts. May have to get on posting that plus making a fudge reserve as well as something else for Dennis to snitch for his lunches besides fudge. Maybe he should place an order.....

Oh yes! I have my own website (currently under construction and progress is being made) now for my glass. I will no longer be with Etsy. My new website is Creative Spirit Glassworks where I have more flexibility and have things like calendar of events, blog, gallery, and upload videos. I found this hosting site through indiemade.com A site made for artists by an artist. Who can I get to do a photoshoot and video?

Training: still here, still plodding along and shoulder is healing nicely. Speaking of training, I was touched by Mr. Repay's last blog and it got me thinking how I have failed my team mates that are working via distance. Have I taken the time to send an email to say Hi or reach out to see how they are doing? Time to brush up on that one.
Sherri Donohue
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