lunar Year of the Water Rabbit

in which our plucky heroine...

Time to celebrate the lunar Year of the Water Rabbit, which here at Acorn Cottage means coming up with a felicitous menu for dinner tonight. I'm thinking that adding some homemade pot stickers to broth, with carrot coins and sliced greens would be warming, and a wee batch of sticky sesame chicken wings, would be a flavorful repast. If I feel really energetic, mixing up a half batch of lemon crinkles for a sweet start to the year may happen as well...

Of additional interest, here are four different ways to write "rabbit" in Chinese brush calligraphy:

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Yesterday I finished the fingerless gloves I was knitting for the last few weeks during my online meetings. They have longer cuffs and only the very fingertips exposed, so should be a lot warmer than my everyday mitts, and should come in handy while walking the dog.

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~ 100 day stitch book project - day 3 ~

Day 2 and 3 - Yesterday I finished stitching around the applique using random floss. Today I decided to add a bit of embroidery on either edge as a bit of visual transition between the applique and the ground fabric. Not sure what else will happen next, other than I will continue to attempt dynamic visual balance

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January SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	striped tabletweaving	drawings for Vikki	recycle bin
2	night socks toile	2023 calendar masters	yard waste bin
3	2nd set of calendars	pocket flap pattern	recycle bin
4	night socks	-	yard waste bin
5	music broadside	-	-
6	fingerless gloves	x	x
7	x	x	x
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	x
10	x	x	x
11	x	x	x
12	x	x	x
13	x	x	x
14	x	x	x
15	x	x	x

today's gratitudes -
1. homemade potstickers boiled in broth-in-a-box make a great meal. Thank you past me for putting food in the freezer and the pantry.
2. my floss is organised and accessible, which makes doing embroidery easy.
3. mechanical "minute minder" Lux timer, only the second one I've had in this lifetime, and with care will see me out. (the first one was melted in an Unfortunate Kitchen Incident)

Time of Isolation - Day 1051