1:25 p.m.
Sunday

Kitchen cleaned, pancakes and bacon served, flour and yeast awaiting thawed and warmed potato-water, and soon there will be dough on the rise.

It’s a half-cloudy, half-windy day, to be taken advantage of for baking bread and, if my ambition and the coolish weather hold, muffins and cookies.

The past two hours or more have been spent in the kitchen. I am taking a break, to sip peppermint tea and write a little here. A leisurely walk to the garden is in order, to see how many corn and tomato plants have been sabotaged by some chewy creature during the night.

We have not had rain to speak of, just the promise of it, with grey skies and thunder. “We had more moisture from the dew the other morning,” said my farmbeau.

Tip for couples:

Get out among friends; it’s when each of you are often at your best and are reminded what it is you love about each other.

xoxxoxoetc
~~~~Kate