In the chair

Canning

Found an almost empty bag of navy beans in the pantry, several years old at least, and thought it would be a good time to try my hand at canning beans again. I found a recipe that sounded good in Jackie Clay's canning book and decided to give it a whirl.

I made two batches, the first, exactly as per the recipe, until I realized there was nowhere near enough liquid and had to make another batch of sauce. They still came out very dry--I was afraid to really stuff the jars in case there was something I didn't know about expansion and tomato juice.....

The next batch that's in the canner right now looked wonderful---I mixed up a quadruple batch of sauce and then added a quart of last years tomatoes for a bit of texture. I made sure to run a knife down the sides to get out all the bubbles and get the sauce all the way down to the bottom.
I'm betting there was a mis-print in the book on the quantities, and hopefully these beans come out as wonderful as they looked going in!!

Sara

She loves her sunbeam....to the point that she growls and barks while trying to get back in it when it moves.

Trees

I've been very remiss in my blogging lately.....working on orders and trees...

Where did I put that mouse?

Discs

Sara

Etsy coupon

Chuck needs to buy some new gear for the job, before his first paycheck comes in, so I'm offering a sale coupon for Etsy....just use "newshoes" at check out for 20% off.

Fall is here

we tipped over the edge and it's all a downhill swoop from here! Then a slooow crawl back up to spring and start the cycle all over again.

I really don't feel like I did anything this year. Hubby has been pursuing a better job all spring and summer, and it looks like it's finally happening. He'd been working two jobs, both part time, and this job will replace them both.

We're all glad to see the end of that night job, let me tell you!


More later!

333

Well, I rather liked having 333 posts, but it's time to move on now...

transition time......I feel kinda stuck & not sure what I should be doing, what plate to catch & what plate to drop...

Discs!

Doldrums

Not very much happening at the moment...Moshe the lizard has passed on, and Punkin is not very happy about that.

Beads are being made, bread is being baked....

More bobbins..

Bobbins

Bread

Rye bread!
I've been tweaking an old recipe, and greatly enjoying the process, especially now that there are tomatoes to put on it...

Beads

leaves

More Sara

Since she was a bottle baby, she still likes to nurse on a finger, it's a social thing for her. She'll hold your finger with both paws, suck on it for a bit, then fall asleep in your lap.

Sara

Early snow, I wish....

It pours sometimes

But thankfully it's plenty warm! The hot water heater just sprang a leak....I'm very grateful that it happened now and not in the middle of the winter.
Last time this happened we did the camp shower thing, and we can again.

Guess I better get my orders caught up & do a "water heater sale" on Etsy!!

Just for fun

Playtime

Just pics