Showing posts with label carrots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carrots. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

I'm Crazy

I'm feeling much better today, even though I had a very rough night.  The pain from these spider bites is pretty bad.  Today it is much reduced, so the antibiotics are starting to work.  Happy, happy.
So, First off, below is a picture of the first batch of mushroom dying I did.  Pretty funny that the fiber has a slight green tint to it, when the mushrooms were orange.


The fiber is sitting on my heat register, and there are my dying gloves next to it.  Below are the mushrooms I used to obtain this less than exciting color.


And, here is my latest skein of yarn! 


Then on to the domestic side.  This is why I call myself crazy.  I was feeling sooooo bad yesterday, but all of my carrots were cut and just waiting to be canned, so I HAD to finish the job.
They are pickled with dill, garlic, and some dried peppers.  I love the way they kept their colors.  Calico Carrots, hehehe.


These are some pickles I did several weeks ago.  My son tells me at the top of the Ritz in San Francisco, these are served in Martinis and called "Palm Olives".

They are actually green cherry tomatoes, the very last on my vines before it froze.  They are supposedly a very nice cocktail treat, so I am looking forward to serving them and trying them out myself.  I promised my son the big jar for Christmas, since he liked them so much at the Ritz.  He had his martini there the night he and his wife got engaged.

Monday, November 7, 2011

A Funfilled Weekend

I had another wonderful weekend in Seattle with my Terry.  I took the bus down this time and it was uneventful.


I took this picture of an old shipwreck on my way home today on the train. 

Aren't these just amazing??


Last Week, Terry had noticed these mushrooms growing in the garden of his parking lot at work.  I got all excited and insisted on a bike ride there to collect them.
No, don't get excited.  I'm not going to eat them,


Look at this amazing color.


Here's all 4 types we collected.
I'm going to dye fiber with them!!!


Here are those big guys bubbling away in my crock pot.  Yes, this one is dedicated to dying fibers.
I'm going to get as much color out of these as I can, and then try some fiber in the pot tomorrow.
I didn't have time today because no sooner had I gotten home, the power went out!  It was out for 4 hours.  By the time it came back on, I was wearing about 5 layers of clothing and wrapped up in an alpaca blanket, napping in my glider.



Alas, I still had to deal with these.  Remember I just put all my canning gear away?  Sigh.  I just can't stand to see produce go to waste.  These are from my fields, grown by Growing Washington organic farmers.  There are three colors of beets buried under there also.
The carrots are going to be beautiful pickled.  I like the many colors they come in.