Good Day

Dinner tonight from the farmer's market - left the chick peas cooking on the stove when I went. Great success! My small budget (firmly adhered to) provided a large head of cabbage (picked that morning by the man who used to be my doctor), three zucchini, four green peppers and beautiful shiny rocks. They were 20 for $1! I asked the girl with braces and freckles and summer skin if the sign was right. It just seemed too good to be true. Yes, the sign was right. There was mild confusion when she couldn't find a bag for me to put them in and I didn't have reliable pockets. GrandmaMrsdoctor found one for me and suggested that I carry the stones into the sun to see them best. Of course! No hurry but the chick peas. I took her advice and took my time. In between the bread duties today I played with the stones. Eventually I found a shiny little bowl for them and have put them within arm’s reach of the porch swing.

I have been fussing around my house all day and have finally put my feet up. Baking was my main focus. Though I got a couple of other little things done like charging the drill for the upcoming construction and finally unloading that big box of cat litter, I was in my kitchen most of the day. It got pretty complicated there in the early afternoon with three batches in various states, two of them in the oven and that music. I got caught up in a strange song and having it on repeat for godonlyknows how long might have been the reason that the second batch of apple wheat was left rising for too long and is a little off (still quite yummy and good enough for me). Just a few minutes ago the last batch came out of the oven. All told I baked six loaves of bread (four apple & wheat, two whole wheat & oat) and sixteen of the most beautiful kaiser rolls that I've ever seen. I’ve spent at least one hour this day kneading bread.

Now, I sit.