I was laughing so much at 3 am when I finished this piece. I started it about 9pm and was bound and determined to finish it to see if I have really arrived at being at intermediate knitter. I think I have. I followed the instruction to a T and it worked. This is an old pattern designed by a knitting Icon to the world of knitting, "Elizabeth Zimmermann". I now own 3 of her fun stuff- to- knit books. I love old time stuff, especially if they make sense and serve a purpose. I have always admired the ingenuity and talents of the 14 to 15 century folks and of course some other centuaries. I am a history buff to say the least. Remember when the soldiers back then wore those mail armours to protect themselves? The head covering was like a cap with a point and made out out of mail. Later on the same style was used for a winter hat or a sleep cap. Liz called this particular one, "Maltese Fisherman Hat.This is a pic of it before felting.

In order to felt, you put the item in the washer in hot water and let it agitate for 6 min. checking it now and then as each type of wool felts differently...when it is felted to your satisfaction, rinse and spin dry. Oh it is in a pillow case the whole time it is washing. Then it's time to block it into shape. Notice now how all the holes are gone and the yarn has closed tightly. If you were to wear this cap in the snow. The snow or damp or rain would not penetrate....weren't the old ones smart? I mean, a sheep is alway dry true? This process can only be done with 100% wool. I had such fun doing this. This little hat is perfect for a night cap in the winter when your head gets cold. I love the little point. The flaps cover your ears and the the nap in back covers your neck...just perfect.

The cap is knitted in one piece. My kind of deal.

Isn't it cute.

Blog for today part 2

I was so tired after convention that I decided to paper the kitchen finally. This job has been waiting for me for two or three months now.

Finally the house is done. Then I was even more tired so the next day I decided to finish out two lines of paints by Deka. One line was for silk and the other for fabric. I was limited to just a few that I had left so off I went. I just starting tearing off 1 1/4 yard pieces to more or less, some 2 yards from a roll of fpd (fabric prepared for dying). I would wash 7 pieces and hang on the line. I don't know why I did that as I had to dampen them anyway lol. I had the one large line going and 4 smaller ones on the other side lol. I would wash, paint, hang and overpaint some. The day was hot and windy and I got a good tan. I am now overtired lol.




Here are some close ups of the painted fabrics. The silk paint on cotten came out very very nice indeed. I like. The fabric paint was also very nice. Now I have gotten rid of two lines of paint that I didn't really need and before they got too old and nothing got wasted. I have read on the web that hand painted fabric sells for about 30.00 per yard. I think I will try selling some on ebay but a bit more reasonable.

I put the whole mess out every day to bake in the sun.

I will wash them after a few day or weeks when the mood strikes. I have at least 260 yard painted so far and have a basket washed and folded. I have lot to wash. Some of the fabric is for actually framing as they have lots of texture and those won't be washed. Percy's coat is made out of some of that fabric, the soft ones that is.

These are also considered my dark line more or less. You must have darks to show light right?

I think I'll rest over the weekend and do my knitting on Lyra.

Convention part 1 blog

As you all know I went to the NSTDP convention. I forgot how hard it was to work one of these so this was my last one lol. I only had time to take a couple pictures as we were so busy. I was in the selling booth. Here is a pic of my painted and hand made Percy. They put him on the top of the booth and he was a hit. He sold lots of paint.








I was able to take pics of these wonderful carved wooded Santas painted by the Russians and up on display.

And a wonderful coffee table painted by David Jansen. The bottom pic is the waterfront by the convention.

I have started the Lyra. I have ripped the Lyra several times lol....but never mind, I have decided to do a Lyra out of a heavy yarn with a larger needle. I have done this to help me see the stitches and understand the pattern. I won't bore you with referring to myself as a beginner anymore lol. Instead I will say that I am unfamilier with lace knitting.



I used a cotten like Peaches and Cream or Sugar and Spice, or Lion Brand cotten. It is verigated and it is a 4 ply, ww, 100% cotten. I named several companies because the lable fell off this skein so I don't know exactly which one it is but they are all the same and very absorbent. This is the cotten that you would knit dish cloths and bathroom rugs out of and its very enjoyable to knit with.



This is what it looks like so far at round 35 and it measures 18 inches accross at this point. There are 179 rounds in this pattern. At some point if it gets way too large for a rug, I will have to think of what else to do with it. Maybe a beach wrap, did I mention is was a very absorbent cotten lol. I love the rug. I love it a lot. I thought some of the detail would be lost but it hasn't. I would knit it in a plain color next time and use a # 3 or 4 needle instead of the seven.

Here is another pic of the middle.


And a detail close-up. Notice the fabric behind it. This is some of my painted fabric that I paint in acrylics, when the mood strikes.

Now here is the lace doily so far at round 26. When I reach round 35 of the rug. I will start the rug again for 10 rounds and to back to the doily and so on until both are finished.



I pinned it real quickly so it's not so round but you can see so far. I am not missing a single stitch but have noticed a couple place where a thread is bit screwry but nothing to write home about. I am sure it will block just fine and will be hidden. I am not ripping lol. This is my first real lace and so far so good.

I am using a huge ball of Royal cotten in a size 10 and a #2 needle. I am using two circulars. I can't deal with DPN's. I learned this technique doing socks on two circulars and apply it to all things knitted in the round. I am using the Knit-Pics needles that one can change the cable size and have the 40 inch cables on the rug doily so I can spread it out now and then and have a good look at it.

If at any time the cable comes out of the needle, KP's will replace the cable for free and you can also glue the cable back using Gorilla glue. I have done it and it works as I love these needles. They come in a beautiful multi wood tone and nickle plated. I will use one of each if I have them to mark the first round. I just got my last order of more needles.

I am uploading two more pics at a higher resolution just to see if they are better on the web.

I have finished the Hemlock Ring. This will be a short post. I will write more later.

Ok, it's later and I can write more. I got inspired to do this Hemlock Ring from Jared's blog, which was brought to my attention from Fibermania's blog lol.

To answer your questions, I used the same yarn Jared did. Cascade Ecological Wool in "Latte" (8063). I had no clue as to what I was doing. I joined the Yahoo Groups and wrote to People and downloaded tips and etc. I got some very appreciated help.

I washed the Hemlock in the wool stuff and pinned it out on one on my beds to block it. Then, since Jared's looked so crisp, I was sure he ironed it. I didn't ask lol. I just jumped right in. I use a double pillow case and steam ironed it and I guess it was ok to do that. I love it!

I had a difficult time as I consider myself a beginner, having only knitted two pairs of sock and a sweater. Maybe something else that I can't remember at the moment.

This was a very enjoyable project, once the understanding got in and the light came on lol.

I have developed this passion all of a sudden. Like I need a new hobby? Oh what the hell, why not?


I have now discovered the Herbert Niebling doily patterns and they are to die for and sooo hard to get and sooo expensive on ebay...but I have friends in high places hahahahah

Soooooo my next project is already on the needles. "Frosted Ferns" and when I am done with that, I will have enough guts to try the "Lyra" that the whole knitting web is doing. I will post these as I go along.

For all the painting fanatics. As you all know or may not know. The NSTDP will be hosting the convention in Tampa Fla this year. I will be working in the DecoArt boothe and may be demonstrating but definately selling paint. I love to sell...come and get your fix, ask me about any product and I will enlighten you lol.

Here is the link for the Classes and teachers.

http://www.decorativepainters.com/

I will be making some special garments for the convention. Remember all that fabric I painted (200 yards) I will be making some reall explosive coloratic long vests to wear. You will see it first here though.

I will get my creative juice flowing shortly and make a mess lol and will keep you updated.....

I have reached knitting Nirvana finally!! The light has come on and I can see at last. I am knitting Jared’s Hemlock Ring and I am delirious!! You non knitters may laugh but let me tell you, it doesn’t get any better than this. What was that saying about the soul of an artist? Yeh, well, in this case it all pertains to the creative within. That’s where the high is.

Allow me to explain: I am a beginner knitter and have always wanted to really learn how. I mean the hard stuff. Some weeks ago I discovered Brooklyntweed, the blog of Jared and Hemlock Ring, Na Craga etc. I went nuts. I just had to make that HR. I trolled the web like a hooker


in search of instruction. I joined a Yahoo group. I downloaded any and everything I could find and put in all in my binder. Then I proceeded to read and was so lost.

I read for days. Then I decided to jump in and to hell with everything. I knitted into the wee hours of the morning (try 4am). I ripped and reknitted and ripped some more. I was beside myself. And then it happened, suddenly, I knew how to go about it and understood everything. I am on row 31 and just a few more rows to 46 , where I have to switch to Jared’s chart. I think I’ll be ok lol.

Jared took an antique doily and modified it to make a throw, knitting it with eco wool and it is just stunning. He made it larger and offers the chart he made to help and if you are an experience knitter who can read charts, you are lucky lol. The link is below. I can't seem to make it come up here for some reason lol.



Jared's link


http://tinyurl.com/3487ww


Here is what I have done so far. It looks like a lump of poop but it is correct. I count every row to make sure of it and have now marked the points. The bump you see in the middle is ok. It will flatten out when it is blocked. I will have to do some research on blocking. Jared’s looks like it’s ironed. I will keep you updated as I knit along. If anyone is doing this HR, please feel free to add some comments or tips.

On a sofer note (since I'm so hyped on the HR). I have finally taken all my angels down and given them a bath and installed them all around the ceiling in the reading room (guest room for people I love). Here they are getting washed and rinsed.

Here they all are ready for a hanging lol.

My wonderful birdhouse came yesterday and I have been admiring it for two days. I can't wait to take paint and brush to it and paint birds, flowers, grapes, leaves and maybe a cat...

Here is another view. It's about 44 inches tall and about 33 inches around. I love it! As I am looking at these two pics, I realize, that I did not finish hanging the chandelier ornaments back lol. Oh my, they still need to be washed hahahahahahh.

I didn't neglect my bread making either. I mixed up a new batch last night and today we have pumpernickle, I think. lol


I added spelt four, rye and stoned ground whole wheat and the usual ground flax and sunflower seed, cocoa, black strap molasses, caraway seeds and golden raisens. It tastes great. I am debating weather I need the cocoa and the molasses, just in order to get the color?

Here is my patch of Orange Marmalade. I had to open one and taste it with my new patch of Artisian bread that I make every two days lol. I never stick to any recipe, that's why you see the stuff in it. I grind the flax seed and add and then some sunflower seeds, a few golden raisens and I think this one has some cranberries.

In the back you see some Spelt four, rye and stone ground wheat and you know I am going to continue to mess with that Artisian recipe some more lol. I also mix it differently. Instead of mixing in 6 cups of four, I do four so I can add my stuff later, while the mixing is still in the easy stage. I let it rise two hours or so and put it in the frig overnignt. Next day I throw in my stuff and the other 2 cups of four and let it rise again and put it back in the frig sometimes....or make a loaf.

I have to thank Fibermania for that wonderful, no-knead recipe and so on. I also save money as I spend about 3.00 a loaf for good bread from the bakery and my bread is soooo much better with home made jam...lol

I think I will have to make another batch of orange marmalade. This batch looks a bit small and while I still have oranges on the trees and hubby willing to pick and wash them.

I use sure-jell and the recipe is right in the box. It's not hard. So now we have Kumquat, Orange, Guava, Strawberry, Cranberry in the pantry.

I am still busting my chops on the broad spiral knit socks in that sock book. I am working the short rows for the heel turn. She says to inc after the sl st and then the usual dec at the end of the short row and turn. Sl, inc and so on. If you do that, you never arrive at the 14 stitches you are supposed to be left with as you are inc before each of the last two repeat rows....I may be new to knitting but this certainly doesn't make sense. Anyway, to hell with it. I did the heel without the inc's and came out with the 14 stitches. I still have to wonder what the deal is though. Here is a pic of the devil spiral sock top...


Here is the heel turn, it looks small.
I went to the library yersterday in search of knitting and found these books. I have already maked some uniqued patterns for copying.

Oh thank God. I had written this entire post with pic and everything and then blogger decided to die and everything was lost after all that work. I was cussing up a storm. But lo and behold I just came back and blogger had saved everything. I now have to take every cuss work back. Well this was the blog, read on.....


I almost missed the strawberry season lol. It was one of those crazy windy, and bad storm coming days yesterday. Of course I had to run out and do my errands and beat the storm. Well, I have to have some excitement in my life right? Anyway, I dashed into the veggie stand, got my veggies and a flat of late straberries....

I started immediately, less I procrastinate and loose most of them. I washed and hulled them and washed them again. I only lost about 8 and that's not too bad.

Then I crushed the berries with a potatoe masher, added 3 cubes of lemons (I sqeeze fresh lemons and freeze them in ice trays and bag them). I cooked two patches of jam. I added some natural apple pectin along with the sure jell. I did one with the less sugar jell and one with the normal amount of sugar jell. I can't tell the difference.



Out of a flat of strawberries, I got 13 pints. My cost for the berries and sugar and sure jell, $23.00, not including the jars, which I use over and over and I wish some of my dear friends would bring my jars back or buy me a case of them hahahahhahah...

Anyway, I checked on ebay. One jar of 16 oz. Tennessee strawberry jam sells for 5.49 and 10.49 to ship, wow.

I consider Smuckers a good brand of jam and an 18 oz jar of that cost 7.50 on line. So lets say that my cost would be 2.00 a jar and would retail for 6.00 a jar, I would make a 58.00 profit...would I make them to sell? Nope, I'm retired but I' tickled at the thought to have an "A" class jam for a song and for that I don't mind the work.

I now have in my pantry: Cumquat, Cumquat+Kewi (to die for), Strawberry, Cranberry, Pineapple (from my own yard yet). I still have to do my orange marmalade (from my trees) and blueberries. These and Kwie jam are all I will make, unless some exotic fruit comes along.

I have made pear jam and stopped because my son will eat the entire jar at one sitting and never gain an ounce of weight and that in my opinion defeats the delicacy of having a pear jam so fine and wonderful, now and then lol....it is to be savored not swallowed lol. I would make it again if I found some pears worth the effort.

All my pineapple jam is gone and only have two jars of cranberry left. We do savor those as the cranberries are expensive and you can only get them at Thanksgiving. I missed the blueberry sale at the Mormon church but will try real hard the next time. That is one great jam. No kewi is left either but will watch the sale on those and make some. All my jams are use multi-purpose. I use them to make ice-cream, cakes, jam rolls or just toppings. I have never seen pear or kewi jam anywhere for sale, so they must be a specialty. Kewi jam is to die for.

I couldn't help myself today. I was reading on my favorite blog, Fibermania, about Artisian bread. She made this yummy loaf. I didn't buy the book as I had to have the bread now. I did some research and came to the conclusion that in order to make this type of bread, two things had to happen. The way the dough is mixed and the way it is baked.

I took the basics and did my thing. The main thing with the artisian bread is a very crusty crust and lots of holes in the bread to make it airy. So what you do is put the flour in the bowl, make a well. pour some warm water in the middle, dump some yeast and sugar and stir it up, it's kinda sticky and runny but that's good. I covered it and went out with my friend Gloria. I came back after 3 hours and the dough was all bubbly. I put the rest of the four in, added some ground flax seeds, sunflower whole seeds and a few golden raisens, made one large round loaf ...flung it on my stone and baked it in a 450 degree oven with a pan of hot boiling steaming water on the bottom shelf of the oven.

That also helps with the crust. Well looks like the bread came out great. The two main things to make this type of bread is: the way yu mix it in the beginning and the water on the bottom shelf. The water must be boiling and steaming before you put the bread in and that is what make the crusty crust. Now I waited a whole 15 minutes before I cut into it. It baked perfect and the crust is crusty and it is delicious butttttt there are no holes (I almost wrote ho's ) ahahahahh. I guess I need to let it rise a second time and divide the dough in half so it can have room to grow. more.

Can you imagine anyone making jam in the middlle of the night and then blogging about it? hahahahahah

I had this basket, full of Kumquats and a basket of lemons off my friend's tree, for about three days now. I have been so busy but today at 10 pm, I decided to make this Kumquat jam before they all spoiled. There is no time like the present they say. As you all know, these Kumquats are small little beasts.



So here I sit, watching Forensic files, cutting in halves and then in quarters and taking the seeds out of hundreds of Kumquats....(whatever posessed me).




Finally, I got done and started to chopp them in my chopper. I had about fourteen cups. I divided that in half. I don't follow recipes hahahahhah










Ok, I put in one cup of fresh lemon juice and three cups of fresh orange juice (from my trees). I cooked it for about 10 minutes, then added one pack of sure jell (even though these have a lot of pectin by themselves) and about 9 cups of sugar and did the jam cook and here is the first patch.

I decided to do the other patch. The dish full was just added to the new patch and more jars were filled. I can hear them popping as they seal themselves. I do the quick method. Pour the jam into the hot jars and turn them upside down for 5 minutes and they will seal in about 20 minutes. I had a small dish left and hubby and I immediatley had some on toast. It is to die for. I have never made this jam before and it was worth the work. Here is the entire batch

I think we are set for the rest of the winter hahahaha...I have already made the Guava jam and the Cranberry jam...now all that's left is the orange marmalade and strawberry....

I did manage to knit a back scrubber with my Bernat cotten. My order from Peaches and Cream came also. I can't wait to use those.

I am crazy about knitting dish cloths, wash rags, mats and back scrubbers. I just discovered this line of knitting. I'm sure it's been going on a long time, I just happened to find it while checking on knitting stuff.

You must use 100% cotton and it can be pricey unless you have a coupon for 40% off and you can get a nice 12 oz. bundle from JOAnns. They sell a Bernat brand which I know is good stuff...it comes in verigated blue, pink, some natural and some dull color.

Then I discovered this place .

http://www.peaches-creme.com/

Naturally, I bought lots of goodies. Some they sell as kits and that comes with the pattern to knit an entire bath set. It is so neat. They have a great price and ship ground for 10.00. I must have bought about 8 pounds so it's very reasonable. I have made a dish cloth with the Bernat and it's beautiful. I will never go back to store clothes. I am going to knit all our wash rags and back scrubbers, bath mats, table mats and will post them as I finish.

Above is the verigated blue one. I used it for dishes and washed it in clorax too....it is thick and thirsty. I got a pattern off the web and joined a yahoo group who knit a project a week. I downloaded lots of patterns as I do like a little design in the cloth. This one has an apple with leaves and stem. Cute eh?

Here is a link for lots of free patterns.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php

This link is the best one. She is so Generous.

http://freepatterns.k1p1keepingyouinstitchesstudio.com/

Now now, I didn't die or anything lol. Today I made a wonderous rice pudding.

Isn't it grand? Here is how to make it. Cook 1/4 cup of rice in lots of water with a cinnamon stick until it is so soft it can melt and all the water is mostly gone, this will be very thick so watch it. In the meantime, in a large bowl, put 2 pounds of recotta cheese, to that add 5 eggs beaten, one can condensed milk, 1 1/2 cans of evaporated milk, one stick of butter melted, enough sugar to taste and enough golden raisens. This is large but we freeze, right?

Go ahead and put in the soft rice now and combine, add some vanilla and a dash of Galliano or any liquor you wish. Pour into buttered pan and bake at 350 with a pan of water underneath for about 1 hour......

Three bean chile....cook any kind of beans. 3 to 7 kinds. It doesn't matter. Add the ham bone when the beans are soft and the seasoning etc. Take out the amount of beans you want to make your chili with and freeze the rest for next time. Throw in a package of meat sauce that you froze from your last spagetti patch, add chili powder to taste and a dash of cayenne pepper, simmer a bit...this is the best chili in the world.

Now as you all know I am knitting. I have started to knit hubby some sock booties. I call them that because they are knit like socks with a worsted weight yarn and that makes them kinda booty looking (no pun intended). Here is a pic of one finished and the other, I'm fixing to finish the toe. Hubby can't wait.

John gets cold feet. I'm the hot tamale over here lol. I just love knitting socks. This pattern is from the book, "Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles" by Cat Bhordi. I got it from Amazon.com. You will be able to find lots of information on the web on how to do this technique. I love it.

Here are some great links with free instruction on how to knit this style. I am going to try knitting two socks on one needle next.

http://www.socknitters.com/Cyberexplain.htm

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques

http://www.socknitters.com/lessons/gusset.html

Green booties right? I think there fwill be a leprechaun in the house hahahahah..well I consider myself an advanced knitter now... woohoo

Ok, never mind on the knitting instructions. My good friend Linda came over and set me right. She said, "Rosy, just do what the instruction says. Isn't that what you always tell us?" Smart butt, that one. hahahahhahaha. Anyhow, she was right.



Now on to other things. The two rooms are finally painted etc. and today I was supposed to hang the drapes back but couldn't resist decorating just one little corner. Here is a pic. This is an old table I've had for a long time, it has a glass inset and a bottom shelf. I painted the MR and Mrs Claus statues some years ago when I was still dappling in ceramics. They are quite big and beautiful, I love them. I put little pots of decoration all around them. I put a crystal tree in an onyx dish with semi precious stones (my collection) on the bottom shelf and three tin Dickens houses and then I strung em up with lights and lit em up....I like..

So this is the first decoration of the season in this house. I did make the first fruit cake of the season last week. I had some company from Long Island NY (the are originally from Belize) and wanted to share a little holiday cheer with them. We demolished the cake, that's why you didn't see a pic......

By George, I think I've got it finally!! Or maybe I think I do hahahahha. Anyhooooo, I have knitted my first sock with lots of blood, sweat and tears but fun, never-the-less. I always make sure some fun is involved. As long as I'm learning, it's fun.

Here is a side view. This is the side where you have to reverse for the gussett and I don't think I did it just right. It has the shape but something is lost. Never mind, I got it on the other side.

Here is the other side. I got that gussett good and understood that part perfectly. I just can't make the other side do it the same but time will tell.

Here is a front view. I love the pointed toe and this is knit as if to knit a sock but it looks like a soft shoe. I love it. It is actually a slipper and it's part Melody's from Fibermania, pattern. I had Melody's pattern, a book by Ann Budd and two other instructions and pics that I downloaded from the web. Between all those I was able to manage, when I didn't understand the instruction from one or the other.

Here is the turned heel. How about that heel for a beginner eh?


I understand the heel too. It still doesn't make sense to me but I can do it lol. I have done this sock on two circuler needles and it is so much easier than fighting the DP's. I say that because I am a beginner. Having only knit one sweater and one pair of men's socks years ago with 4 DP's and one dog sweater. I learned to knit from my sister when I visited her in England many moons ago and have I totally forgotten all about doing the socks deal. Socks are hard to understand, I don't care what anybody says. A sweater is much easier lol.

I used Addi Turbo circular needles in size US 3. These needles work like butter. I am selling all my other needles in ebay and replacing with Addi Turbo..they are a dream. I used the yarn, "Simply Soft" by Caron, sold by JoAnn's. Color-Embroidery, print 9811. 100% acrylic, worsted weight, 4 ply. I like my stuff washable. I will try the felt one though.

I am going to post a line of instruction here to see if anybody can translate it to me so I can understand it. Bear in mind that I was transfering the instruction from the DP's to the two circular and the counting is not the same as half the stitches for the socks are transfered to one set of circulars. Ok we are working on the flab now and it has 30 stitches. The instruction says:
Row 1: Sl 1 as if to purl. *(k1, sl 1 as if to knit). Repeat from *, k 1.

Now here is how I translated it. Slip one as if to purl. Then knit 1, slip 1 as if to knit. I just slip that one over and not do anything to it? then go back to knit one, slip one? According to this, how would I knit the next stitch when my yarn is behind the slipped one?

Ok, then I took our the Ann Budd book. She says:

Row 1: (RS) *Sl 1 pwise with yarn in back (wyb)
kl; rep from *

I understand that to mean: (right side) *slip 1 pearl wise with yarn in back. knit 1. Sounds the same to me like above. I'm not getting it. The yarn is going to behind the slipped stitch when I go to knit the other stitch.

Row 2: Sl 1 pwise with yarn front (wyf), purl to end. Repeat rows. This line I understand.

Ok, help! I need to understand.

Ok, I'm going to see if I can work this little slide show in Picassa....here goes..We did the dinning room and here are some pic of what it looked like before on the first link and what it looks like now on the second link..still have to put the curtains up and maybe a few pics and change the table cloth....

Here is the before look:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Rosyhf006/BeforePicOfDinningRoom?authkey=obPCRvIyDhs

Here is after:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Rosyhf006/DinningRoom?authkey=xWWTcIVzYMM

Aha, it worked ....

Food, food, lots of food. I was in a cooking frenzie today and cooked all the food for tomorrow....

These are corn puddings...one salt as in veggie and one sweet as in dessert.






And then on to a mac and cheese to die for and a scrumptious turkey breast that soaked all night in it's seasonings.




Next, we have the dressing. If you see a piece missing it's because it's just that...it went missing hahahahah..The dressing is made with french bread, cut and baked again to toast and stuff added and let's not forget the pumpkin pie... I actually made two...I baked the whole small pie pumpkin and one of it's cousins first and then pureed and etc.


Here is our home made cranberry sauce....


Now all this food is made from scratch and here is some of the preparation. Corn cut from the husk and then chopped for the salt pie and pureed for the sweet pie....




Pumpkin etc. already baked and ready for pie making....In front is a dish of home made sausage patties. I had the pork lion ground and then add the sausage spice and then some...I think I got it a bit hot..but sooooo goood.


Well, tomorrow I will steam some broc. and aspargus and call it quits. I don't think we need any potatoes do you? lol