But then, as I sat down to do some work, I remembered an artist who I heard on the CBC Radio 3 podcast yesterday. Procrastination set in, and I purchased Rae Spoon's album Love is a Hunter.
Photo from CBC Radio's website
Making my day
I had a bit of a rough start this morning.. I've caught the beginning-of-the-school-year cold, and decided to save the University from my cloudy headed self and stay home. This gave me time to slowly do my morning chores, including feeding the fish, where I discovered a fatality in the pond. Not a fish, but a bird. Squick. I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, and I hope the fish don't get poisoned or something as a result.
But then, as I sat down to do some work, I remembered an artist who I heard on the CBC Radio 3 podcast yesterday. Procrastination set in, and I purchased Rae Spoon's album Love is a Hunter.
Photo from CBC Radio's website
She has such a sweet voice and such interesting arrangements, it's a truly excellent album. It hurts me to say, however, that I missed her show here by only 5 days! Curses! I'll be keeping an eye out for her in the future, that's for sure.
But then, as I sat down to do some work, I remembered an artist who I heard on the CBC Radio 3 podcast yesterday. Procrastination set in, and I purchased Rae Spoon's album Love is a Hunter.
Photo from CBC Radio's website
Fresh Starts
So, last week marked the beginning of my school year. I feel pretty good, knowing that I'm halfway through my degree, and finally on to all the classes I'm truly interested in.
However, with school comes my ridiculous guilt about spending my free time at home not studying. This means that my view will be, sadly, restricted to my desk. I have lofty time-management goals as always happens at the beginning of the year, so the trick will be to keep it up for more than a month. Maybe having it in writing will keep me at least a little accountable, who knows.
For now, I'm off to read about the classification of mental disorders and sip this soup which I made earlier this evening. I used a modified version of this recipe, the carrots that I helped harvest on the weekend at my CSA farm and some parsley from my window garden. Delicious and not too sweet, which is the reason I usually avoid Carrot Soup like the plague.
However, with school comes my ridiculous guilt about spending my free time at home not studying. This means that my view will be, sadly, restricted to my desk. I have lofty time-management goals as always happens at the beginning of the year, so the trick will be to keep it up for more than a month. Maybe having it in writing will keep me at least a little accountable, who knows.
For now, I'm off to read about the classification of mental disorders and sip this soup which I made earlier this evening. I used a modified version of this recipe, the carrots that I helped harvest on the weekend at my CSA farm and some parsley from my window garden. Delicious and not too sweet, which is the reason I usually avoid Carrot Soup like the plague.
Happy Tuesday!
busy busy busy
I can't believe it's almost the end of August! I only have 7 workdays left before I've finished at my job, it's insane! I'm also doing a bit of cat-sitting for the next month (beware, much cat-talk ahead), and will be away from home for almost 6 weeks, and it has only donned on me this evening that I need to figure out what knits to bring! But, priorities be damned, and I spent some time spinning this evening. The fibre is from The Sweet Sheep, and the colour compliments my wheel so nicely. Love!
Pleasant Surprises
This year I convinced my dad to sign up for a Community Supported Agriculture share, and it was one of the best decisions we've made in recent memory. There's so many things that are wonderful about the program. First, the food in our bundles is picked out of the ground the day it makes it to my fridge. Second, I've had to teach myself a lot of things and be more adventurous with my cooking. Mixing beet greens and bacon to make stir fry's, roasting zucchini, figuring out what on earth to do with so many carrots and peas, but my favourite to date is my Borscht adventure.
I've never really cooked with beets, so I was super surprised when I chopped one open and it was a lovely gold on the inside. I had no idea they came that way! And some more food pictures, here is this week's haul. Yum!
I've never really cooked with beets, so I was super surprised when I chopped one open and it was a lovely gold on the inside. I had no idea they came that way! And some more food pictures, here is this week's haul. Yum!
Jemaine grows up
I bought my Kiwi, Jemaine, in May and I've gotten some decent mileage on it.. however, it's unfinished, and that's a bit depressing. So I finally took the plunge, bought some paint and some stain and away I went.
My photo quality ended up being pretty lousy for the second shot, but it's a pretty chestnutty brown. I do have a colour picked for the flyer, wheel, tension knob and kiwi... but I'll save that for the final glam shot. The anticipation of some long weekend crafting, I had to finish plying my singles. And now I wait for both Jemaine and my handspun to dry out on the deck by drinking a beer and resisting the urge to scratch out my collection of mosquito welts.
My photo quality ended up being pretty lousy for the second shot, but it's a pretty chestnutty brown. I do have a colour picked for the flyer, wheel, tension knob and kiwi... but I'll save that for the final glam shot. The anticipation of some long weekend crafting, I had to finish plying my singles. And now I wait for both Jemaine and my handspun to dry out on the deck by drinking a beer and resisting the urge to scratch out my collection of mosquito welts.
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