Along the road home…
And in the yard at home.
Clouds and other good things
Bear and I took a late morning run to town for dog and cat food!
The clouds…
The clouds and sliver of lake…
And the breakthrough sun on the golden larch pine trees!
Beautiful.
Other good things…
A full jar of Linda’s (Savoring Every Bite) Pumpkin Ginger Biscotti.
I’ve made these twice. They are subtly spiced and include pecans…perfect Fall biscotti.
Bits of snow have come and gone.
It has been cold.
It has been damp.
It has been cold and damp.
This time of year, the cold and damp feel colder than the dry cold of deep winter.
A fire in the woodstove.
Clouds, biscotti, woodstove fire: good things.
Friday
A mixed bag of a Friday… an Auggie vet appt mid afternoon, so got an early start, but distractions and then it was time to go!
Auggie is not liking the Jeep trips as yet so a rather loud to and fro and I HATE that he was uncomfortable.
But, at the clinic, he was quiet and calm. He now weighs 6.2 pounds vs 3.9 pounds 4 1/2 weeks ago. Everything good except for some gum redness – hopefully just from emerging “adult” teeth. We keep an eye on it for a month.
These first things…after losing a beloved – hard to keep in proportion.
We got home later than I thought we would, so short on work time.
Bear was needing attention.
Auggie was needing attention.
A squirrel helped give Bear something to do.
And Auggie was watching Bear dealing with the squirrel.
I had a glass of wine and watched the setting sun turn the tree tops gold against a brilliant blue sky.
Friday.
Three years of my daily “no knead” bread
A bit over three years ago, I made my first high moisture, no knead, artisanal bread.
Despite having made traditional kneaded doughs for over 25 years, the high moisture, no knead method was the FIRST time I was successful at making an artisanal crispy crusted, custardry crumbed bread…the kind of thing I had been paying $6.00 a loaf for!!!
Over these past three years I have enjoyed perfect bread, english muffins, grilled flatbread, pizza crust, bagels and pastries from simple mix and stir and store recipes from: Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
This past week a revised edition of the book was released and it is ON my Kindle Fire and with me wherever I go: The NEW Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Flatbread and boule: Peasant Bread dough
The crumb.
The golden larch and the blue sky.
The beardog.
Three years.
Happy Birthday Bear! …and other beautiful things
Happy, Happy Birthday, dear Bear Boy – AND MANY MORE!!!
Yep, right there, that’s the spot…
Rubs and scratches and extra treats for Mr. Bear who turned 9 today!
On this very beautiful day.
We’ve had absolutely gorgeous weather with sunny days in the mid to upper 50’s (F) – Bear and my favorite temperature range!!!
Blue skies.
Gold Autumn leaves.
Perfection.
This morning…
Bear and I were down the road home fairly early for a birthday extra Jeep ride and walk.
It was well worth it for not only the getting out and about and birthday, etc. but also for the scenery…
Beautiful.
…some of us thought the blue sky and sun was a bit much…