Marshmallows make everything Better.

I am going to say this really loud because I really mean it:
I REALLY WISH CRAIGSLISTERS WOULD GO BACK AND DELETE THEIR POST WHEN A PLACE IS RENTED OR THE ITEM IS SOLD.

I am already sick to death of getting excited about cabins in the woods where I could keep my chickens only to be ignored when I make an inquiry.

So, what do you do when the housing market is getting you down and you've decided to get aggressive about going back to school for your MFA in Fiber Arts??!? You celebrate by making yummy things with maple syrup:

No corn syrup...maple only, and they are awesome. I didn't have powdered sugar, so I dredged them in cocoa powder to keep them from sticking to each other after slicing them. We tried roasting them over the fire, but they just don't puff up like the hydrogenated kind...they melt, rather, but will be excellent in hot cocoa tonight. We have perfect cocoa weather today...delightfully gray and gloomy.

Anyway, so yeah...I'm aspiring to be a Duck: http://art-uo.uoregon.edu/index.cf

m?mode=areas&page=fiber

Back to spinning and obsessively refreshing housing listings.

playtime *cough* I mean, WORK

tee hee

Yes, I played with dye today. I tried out a new (to me) method, and I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that I did not just felt my first round of luscious organic merino. It's quite possible I didn't. Then again, it's quite possible I did. I won't dare touch it until it's cool. Today, I am in love with the Gaywool dye color "Mushroom." Seriously beautiful.
So, I got a little kettle-y with it, and a little paint-y with it, and we'll see what happened tomorrow....

In the meantime, would you like some basil?

Or maybe some plantain seed???

I rescued it from the lawn, and promptly pan fried the seeds in butter. They are a very yummy addition to salsa. Or pretty much anything.

Okay, back to the dinner-making and the spinny-spinning.
xo!