2016-02-04 - Thursday - Eggs and Pots

One of my new favorite breakfasts is steel cut oats, soft-boiled eggs, and sriracha sauce. The steel cut oats are a bit nuttier than rolled oats and are almost like brown rice. I veered off of this recipe for rice, spinach, and soft-boiled eggs with sriracha sauce, which I also love.

Beth at Budget Bytes (budgetbytes.com) has some wonderful recipes that are all doable within a budget. I have totally adopted her method for soft-boiled eggs and her egg quesadilla recipe. Go check her site out, and tell her I sent you.

Bowl by me.

Thursday night I went to Clayworks and cleared more cobwebs out of my head before starting anything new. It really is therapeutic to have your hands in clay and making things.

Playing.

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2016-02-02 - Tuesday - Small Victories and Garlic

You may remember I have talked about banding our trees to stop the wingless moths (adult female form of the fall cankerworm) from getting to the top of the tree to lay their eggs. It's the best way to break the cycle and save the trees.

When I examined the banding today I saw that a lot of moths got stuck and dumped their load of eggs in death. It's sad, but I will take the victory to save our trees. Last spring was horrible with the maple leaves looking like doilies and the thousands of inchworms hanging on threads everywhere. When you'd walk from the car to the house you'd have them all over you. We found them everywhere.

Egg misfires.

Tuesday night I went to Clayworks and cleared my head of making bowls by throwing some familiar forms. I want to take off in some new directions, but sometimes you have to clear the cobwebs out before taking off. It's like a lemon sorbet between meal courses.

Garlic pots.

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