We woke up on Saturday to miserable weather -- rainy, gray, misty, damp, dreary -- the kind of day that most people hate. I, on the other hand, really love them because they make me feel like staying home and being domestic! After a couple of cups of tea I mixed up some pork stew and threw it in the crockpot and then decided I needed homemade bread to go with the stew so I made a big loaf of New York Rye. The recipe is from my friend, Mary LeClerc, and it's SUCH good bread! So -- with the stew cooking and the bread raising I headed off to my sewing room. (Yippee!!) I'd started working on the pieced border for Queenie and I really wanted to get that done. What a pleasant way to spend a rainy day! I got the border pieced and added to the quilt, the stew was great and the bread was even better! All in all -- a very successful rainy day! (BTW: The big blob on the quilt is a shadow. I didn't have the patience to wait!)
We bought a new cardboard scratching pad for the cats. It comes with a packet of catnip to pour into the little holes in the cardboard -- which we did. Now we have an addicted cat. Missy has decided that catnip is the next best thing to tuna! In fact, she may think it's even BETTER than tuna!
Greg picked some tomatoes for me on Sunday afternoon so I got busy and made up a big batch of salsa. It's going to taste good this winter!
All in all -- a very successful weekend!
Now I'm hungry for rye bread! Love the way Queenie turned out!
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