A Walk Through Town

I suggested to my guy that we do some extra walking by going downtown and strolling along the lake front, so off we went.

A lot has changed in town, especially with new businesses opening post-pandemic.

Most of the antique shops are gone, replaced by boutiques, gift shops and little coffee and sandwich places. I was happy to see some local artwork displayed outside our favorite bistro.

I hope the town doesn't go too commercial. One of its charms is that it was a great place to sell art as well as antiques.

As a reward for all the extra walking I did my guy treated me to vegggie dip, crackers and chips, and iced tea. Delicious!

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

In the Kitchen Garden

Our strawberries are taking over the kitchen garden, but I don't mind. This week I want to make some strawberry banana nice cream (a vegan version of ice cream) and maybe a chocolate cake with berries and cream for the topping. There's thyme in the garden now, too, which I'll dry and jar for cooking along with the chives and the oregano. Next we'll plant cucumbers, as I use a ton of those in our salads and for snacks.

Rayen

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