An amazing photo my older brother took recently. Thought it was worth a share.
Equating this to the people who don't believe anyone should be told to wear a mask, or do social distancing. Many say, the government doesn't have a right to tell them what to do.
And virtual classes at home continue, thought some of you with children at home might get a kick out of this.
Have made some headway with my brown afghan, which thanks to suggestions in my previous post has been renamed, Espresso. It's maybe twice as wide, but I didn't bother to take a picture...you really can't see much improvement or the design until I get to the opposite stitch block part.
Stuffed mushrooms were served during our cocktail hour last night. Finely chopped zucchini, bacon bits (real bacon cut small and precooked, not the crunchy type), Parmesan cheese. Cooked about 15 minutes on 400. We had Old Fashions. Showed you a picture of my mad cocktail talents in the previous post.
My version of chicken pastry. One sheet of Pillsbury Crescent, but the sheet if you can get it. Roll it out in lightly greased casserole/loaf type pan. Filet one large chicken breast (our use 2 thinly sliced pieces). Put one piece down on the dough, salt and pepper and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, top with lots of fresh spinach leaves, add 2nd piece of chicken, add more cheese.
Bring sides of dough together and crimp ends closed. Served with seasoned brussel sprouts (salt, pepper, olive oil and garlic powder or celery seed). I used celery seed this evening.
Cook on 400 until pastry is nicely browned, sprouts soft, but a bit caramelized. I'm not one that times things much...I can generally tell how things are coming along by the aroma while I'm sipping my cocktail........20-25 minutes would be my guess of how long it cooked.
Forgot to take a picture when I sliced the stuffed chicken. Sorry. But, when you slice it you get what looks like a chicken roll up with the spinach in the middle. The pastry has a nice crunch/crust almost like a good bread crust, but moist inside. The chicken comes out nice and moist. I sometimes use a meat thermometer, chicken should be 160-165. Since so many on social media are sharing pictures and recipes of their baked goodies, thought I'd share my dinner. I don't bake. Don't like it, and don't need the calories.
Linking up with Party in Your PJ's
It's only happened once so far.....but it was nice to sit outside and have cocktails. Life has been crazy for all of us lately, so this "normalcy" was very much enjoyed. We love our cocktail hour, and we love to be outside, and so this was a bonus. Short lived for sure, been cold, windy, and wet pretty much since. **Edited to add I'm join The Flaunt it Friday Linky Party** A first for me, but sounds fun. I'm Flaunting my bar tending skills. Which are so good, truly...even if the bars were opened, we would cocktail at home before going to dinner.
Double thickness, with a pocket where a filter can be inserted, and nose clip. I've tried multiple times to order masks on line without much success. Sarah S a lady who's donated through the years for Bridge and Beyond made these. She sent 2 for me and 2 for my husband........Thank you Sarah S. These masks are so well made. I had purchased some from a lady in the neighborhood, but they were too big for me, and too small for my husband, no pocket and no nose clip...soooooooooo appreciate having one that will work for us. Dr. Brix indicates social distancing is going to be with us for a while...throughout the summer. So want to be prepared.
Don't know how well you can see this. Remember you can click to enlarge it to see it better. It's a start, a slow one for another afghan. 20 stitches garter, followed by 20 stockinette and back to garter. Once I get a good amount done to have a block (every other), then will switch and do stockinette, then garter and back to stockinette. The 2 small sections at each end are 5 stitches of garter so when the stockinette block is the end block it won't curl. It's not coming a long very quickly, as the brown is hard to work on at night and even during the day we've had so much rain and gloomy days lately, it's not as easy to see. When I put this brown yarn in a project bag I wrote the name Brown Marble...but I'm not sure I like that name. As most of you know, I always name my afghans...suggestions anyone? **Edited to add I got 2 suggestions in the comments thus far, one from Elephant Child who said something about coffee, and one from Ellie Foster suggesting something about chocolate. I'm not a chocolate lover, so decided I'd go with the coffee idea. I recently completed an afghan I named Coffee Latte, a mix of browns and variegated. So settled on Espresso for the name of this afghan. It's not completely solid brown, but very close and is dark...strong, like Espresso. Thanks ladies for the suggestion. AND my knitting would also be something I'm flaunting.
One needs to keep laughing during these strange times. Now I'm not a beer drinker, but could put a Martini in one room, or perhaps
A Manhattan, and or an Old Fashion
Variety is nice, don't you think!
**Some Monday Fun** Click on the picture for the linky party
