MY READING LIST, et al

 

Here's my stack of books to be read...

Being an avid reader, I like to have

a nice stack ahead...

{click to enlarge if you wish}

And...

right now I am reading:

I think that this "44 Scotland Street" series

is so much fun...I will be ordering

the next two when my stack gets

too low...😊😂

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Here is the finished 5th page 

of my 60th Anniversary Fabric Journal:

[I am going to have find a good 

title for this:  perhaps--- 

"Through The Years?"]

The crocheted lacey bit across the bottom

is a piece left over from 

my Grand-mere's

work that I coffee dyed...

I am finally happy with 

how this

came out..

representing our home 

in the Berkshires;)))

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A N D...

This is what's going into the oven

this morning:

All the leftover bread crusts and stale

hot dog/hamburg rolls all chopped up,

[I hate food waste of any kind!!]

sprinkled with olive oil and spices.

These will go into a 250 degree 

oven for one hour to crisp up;

 then cool completely

before I store them in jars to be

used on our salads...

Y  U  M  !!!!!

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We do have a little bit of color

from our one little maple tree

in the back off our deck:

I really just love that reddish-pinky color and would love to find

fabric in those variegated colors..... 

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This morning after my 25 minute treadmill

walk, I sat down and finished Kantha 

stitching the 9 patches on my

"Dark Days" piece....

Now for the yo-yo's and little florets...

It is coming along....

We are enjoying a beautiful Autumn day here

with a 60 degree temp and sunny skies...

💛I do love Fall...💛

😎😍

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(hand-stitching-&-reading-away-euse)

TEA ANYONE?

  I finished embroidering ........................ "Tea Anyone" 
and since before i got sick, I have been searching for borders --
AND---what luck!!
I found a whole box of leftover Kim Diehl jelly roll strips 
in my DEEP stash..;))) 

I picked these two colors to bring out the little blue and pink flowers....

            This will be my next hand quilting project after i finish up--
my Autumn Dresden Plate:
↡↡↡                                    ↡↡↡                                 ↡↡↡

I have been stitching away on this in the early evenings..
 one circle at a time...very soothing.....;))) 

I machine quilted the outer edges of the 
inner and outer circle first to hold its 3 layers in place; and am 
hand quilting the rest....no extra borders on this one....

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I made two trays of croutons for our salads while putting the borders on
"Tea Anyone?"

I save all the ends of breads and crusts in a baggy in the fridge until
I've collected enough to make a good batch..
then spray with Virgin olive oil
and add various spices;
 then bake in a slow, 200 degree 
oven for one- to one-and-one-half hours until they crisp up..

Once they are COMPLETELY cooled,, I store them in a plastic container....

I am also boiling down my small chicken carcass from yesterday's dinner
to make soup for tomorrow's meal...I like the rich broth it provides

And that, along with laundry, has just about done me in for today--
PHEW...doesn't take much...
I still tire easily--
So,,,,,Thom as stepped up and will be making 
spaghetti sauce for us for tonight's supper...;))) 
He is such a doll....;)))👫💋

I am having a cup of tea right now and resting up....

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (on the road to recovery-euse)