Food and Fair and Fabric

[felis_lupus]

Food: Bread Experiment #2 was a success. Garlic bread very yummy... It's time to get new yeast, though, as the second batch baked in a schlump rather than a nice round loaf (and, I'm out...)

Fair: Most of Haus Wanderstamm (and friends) went to the final day of the Fryeburg Fair yesterday. Started out kinda cool, but the sun came out and it was quite a nice day. Saw cows. and chickens. and bunnies. and goats. More Chianina oxen pairs, some of whom were probably in Cumberland, but it's really hard to tell them apart. I do like the look of the breed, though. Just beautiful. Had fried dough for breakfast, a lovely turkey sandwich for lunch, and a caramel-chocolate apple with sprinkles for late dessert. How wonderful it is that we can eat junk, and justify it by walking around the fair for the rest of the day and working off all the bad-for-you-ness! There are 2 bags of maple cotton candy on my kitchen table that will have to last me till next year........... I don't think they will, though (and I don't think I'd enjoy them if they did. ug). A selection of photos are here: Fryeburg Fair 2007 This week, I will have to get out and take some foliage photos... the trees are beautiful; hopefully it won't rain all week like the forecast says...

Fabric: YAAAAY!! 5 yards of beautiful royal purple linen are MINE. Not like I need another gown, but for as much as I love purple, I don't honestly have many purple clothes, and no garb. Now to wash it, iron it, and unearth the sewing machine sometime in the nearish future. I haven't barely looked at it since the Insane Marathon of Sewing before GNEW... is absolutely beautiful fabric. :)

Comments

[nightpaws.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! *Craftgasm!* I know what you mean... I'm totally stashed up on yarn lately. The JoAnne's up here is disgustingly ginormious, as is the Michaels. They both also had sales all summer. I got fancy-schmancy yarn for around $1 or $2 per skein. I now have far too many crafts. Don't even get me going on the drawers full of cross stitch to be completed.

Sounds SO awesome about the fair too! I have to say, I miss a nice fall fair. The Tanana Valley State Fair is in early August or late July I think, so it wasn't the same. I liked the theme- it was "Faster than a speeding Pullet." I was irked I didn't get to see the critters since Joe's stupid friends were being obnoxious and it was the first time I met them so we all got to go sit in the beer garden. Joe and I sat there and tried to talk while a band played loudly and the other four smoked like chimneys and drank like fish. After being polite (Joe hadn't seen the guys in a couple years since they both happened to have either moved back or been up to visit) for an appropriate amount of time we got to go check out the nifty stuff. However, it was late and the cool things like livestock were closed. When we went back the next day it poured rain, so we really only checked out crafts and produce on the other side of the grounds. I miss the critters a lot. (I did see the bunnies. Bunnies make it worth it!)

I can't wait to see your foliage photos! Think of me! I miss the variation of colors. I'll upload the last few hunting pictures which have Autumn Hits The Tundra so you can compare too!

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Aw, sorry you missed the fun part of the fair... Next year! :)

Out of work a bit early today, and it's still sunny, so off to the woods I go, armed and dangerous with a CANON! (and the Kodak digital... I have to use my film camera every now and then, or she gets lonely. and dangit, I still like film.)