Sophie the cat is quite put out when Griffin the dog cuddles on her favorite couch.
So Sophie, out of spite maybe, takes Missy’s bed, much to Missy’s confusion (although honestly, Sophie looks quite perplexed as well).
Eventually, it all worked out the way it is supposed to, and at least Sophie and Missy are content.
Don’t worry about Griffin, his favorite place is in his crate where he can have some quiet time.
The next thing on my list to make with Heritage Wheat is crackers. Purchased gluten-free crackers are fine, but making GF crackers is daunting. With the gluten available in the Heritage Wheat, the process should be better. I tried one recipe that was quite simple, but called for the dough to be rolled out to 1/8”, which was far, far too thick. Instead I found a recipe from King Arthur Baking that worked very well. The dough doesn’t take long to mix, but then sits in the fridge overnight. Rolling it out thin and cutting it wasn’t hard, just took a little time. I did over bake some at the edges, and some in the middle didn’t crisp, so I stuck those back in the oven with the door open and the oven off. I think next time I make these I will bake them for about 10 minutes, then turn off the oven, crack the door, and let the crackers cool in the oven.
Surprisingly, these crackers tasted better on day two. They were also quite lovely crumbled into my tomato soup. Mmm.
Ok, so the soup came from a can, but the crackers were home made!
The cold weather is coming to Texas, albeit briefly. My basil plants turn black if it dips below 40 degrees, so this year I harvested it all before it could turn. There isn’t that much, but enough to make Thai Chicken Basil (I made it a couple weeks ago and so the basil reserves were low anyway).
I enjoy the coloration of the red basil, the purple and green are pretty in the garden. Basil is one of the few things I can actually grow!
The tapestry loom experiment provided valuable data: mostly that I don’t like to sit still and weave. After taking up space on my kitchen counter for many, many months, I finally decided to take it off the loom. It is a shame that I couldn’t bear making it into a scarf size; the fabric drapes beautifully and has a nice feel, but I truly could not face the project any longer. The killer was the loose stripes. My concept for the weaving was “identity crisis” and to show that I had two striped color schemes warring across the field of fabric. I intended to have several “loose” stripes instead of just two, but those two slowed my production to a near standstill. Once I decided to move on, the remaining stripes went fairly quickly. I removed it from the loom and let it rest for a couple weeks. Then I finished the edges by braiding the warp threads, weaving in the loose weft threads, and machine sewing a hem on the top and bottom.
I do like the “war” between the color schemes, and I may cut down the very large (to me) tapestry frame to a lap size, but for now there are many, many portable projects to pursue.
It is November in Texas, so of course my youngest’s Shasta daisy is in bloom!
Critters and Craft 