My current focus is towards completing various projects, and on activities that prepare for winter. Some things have been completed, others are well underway, and some are patiently waiting their turn.
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~ ten tiny books ~
my first edition of "F is for fun" is finished: ten hand block printed books, just over 1" square, with floral origami paper covers
~ ten tiny books ~
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Soon it will be time to pick the quinces, and turn them into quince paste and quince jelly. Now that I have tried the hack of partially roasting them first, preparing them is much less of a trial. The 20 to 30 minutes in the oven softens them just enough that they can be cut to gobbets without using a mallet and a cleaver. And baking the quince paste in the oven is genius!
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Apparently my webcam has stopped working. Percussive maintenance is no longer helping. Fortunately they are quite inexpensive, which means that replacing it won't be difficult but which also may be why it stopped working, though it did work for three years.
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Other things accomplished were -
1. filling the greenwaste bin with yet more arborvitae;
2. chatting with Karen about painting the walls*, which gave me the idea that it could be done "wrong" (as in simply mask and paint around the large bookcase, instead of moving it away from the wall, which would necessitate removing all the books!),
3. I finished and mailed off the xp3 version of the hat for Cathy, hopefully this one will be "baby bears" version and be just right as far as head size
4. about halfway done with the yarn ties on the Moody Blues patchwork coverlet, I am now doing the interstitial ties between the first set. Then all that will remain is stitching the edge binding in place, once I decide what to use. This might be the longest undone project, since I started it at least sixteen years ago. I am not a quilter...
5. The new air cleaner kit that arrived on Wednesday turned out to be less difficult to assemble than it appeared at first. And it is amazingly quiet!
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October SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | 8 jars applesauce | AC taken in for winter | my favorite hat :( |
| 2 | leather work gloves | - | yard waste bin |
| 3 | 10 tiny books | - | some grapes |
| 4 | - | - | recycle bin |
| 5 | - | - | yard waste bin |
| 6 | x | x | recycle bin |
| 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. today there was no rain, and so it was easy to fill the greenwaste bin with more arborvitae.
2. Very quiet air cleaner with MERV 13+ filtration.
3. Enough different decorative "fancy" origami paper that I was able to find some suitable for tiny book covers.
Time of Isolation - Day 1198
(I am so very tired of most the walls in Acorn Cottage being white)
(I am so very tired of most the walls in Acorn Cottage being white)
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