Monday miscellany

in which our plucky heroine is grateful for wool ...

the weather here at Acorn Cottage is becoming gradually colder and colder, rather the opposite of February Thaw... or maybe we already had that and are back to winter. Tonight the wind is just howling round the corners of the house, and making the little turbine vents on the roof rattle and spin.

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~ 100 day stitch book project - day 32 ~

Next is adding a large plover outline to overlay the patches... it was interesting to follow that rabbit hole to gather some information about some of the meanings attached to the motif. The other search term I found was "chidori", and as with many japanese motifs, it can represent more than just an image of the natural world, in this case it is "an auspicious symbol associated with longevity"

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I've been seeking out additional ways to use the edible rice paper wrappers, since making packets filled with pot sticker filling and pan frying them was so successful. I just found an online suggestion of rehydrating them and cutting into wide soft "noodles", which may let me be able to make my favorite Thai noodle dish "Pad See Ew" at home. I have acquired some gluten free oyster sauce, and tamari instead of soy sauce, have chicken and shrimps in the freezer, and some broccoli in the fridge, so will make the experiment sometime this week.

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Oh dear I have a doctor appt at the end of the week, and the weather is supposed to be frigidly cold. No bike riding when the temps are below freezing. I shall have to plan my day so I can take transit and walk from there to the Med Center. Ugh! maybe need my Yaktrax.

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February SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	2 tiny bird books	soy sauce cruet base	recycle bin
2	semicircular bathmat	reconfigure neckline	yard waste bin
3	rice paper packets	rose kerchief mended	recycle bin
4	3 100 day pages	SR leather re-dyed	recycle bin
5	-	-	old cassettes
6	x	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. I love my Glerups wool house shoes... They were one of the last things I bought in a store, three years ago, prior to the pandammit, when the smoke on the horizon made it clear that staying home was going to be a thing...
2. Icelandic lopi wool... it is a bit scratchy, but it knits up fast, has gorgeous colors, and is inexpensive. Today I wore the pullover I knit on the trip I took cross country on the train with my sister, again prior to the pandammit. Those were better happier days, and the warmth is in the memory as well as the wool.
3. edible rice paper

Time of Isolation - Day 1079