Jeweled Lines has grown to about double the size from when you last saw it last with the addition of the green and now back to the amethyst. Thanks for the input on the names between this blog and my charity blog, Bridge and Beyond. I like the suggested name of Jeweled Lines, better than the flip of it, which is what I had initially. I'm still not quite sure if this will be enough yarn with adding the green; but as yet.........still can't get to the basement to look further at my stash, so will play through and see what happens. Though I did do some steps today for the first time at therapy...so might be able to soon.
Watched this show, Tulip Fever on Netflix recently. I can't say I would recommend it. It was dark...dark in the way it was filmed (somewhat on purpose I suppose 1634 in Amsterdam), but also a bit dark in it's storyline. It wasn't at all believeable, though the write ups discussed how this was a long awaited film from Harvey Weinstein. That in fact, it took 17 years to come to the screen. First it was released in Germany from what I read in 2017. The right up portrayed how this was a historic event and was expected to be much bigger than it was...........but, doing a bit more research I see The Smithsonian says the primary story about Tulip Fever is in fact NOT true. If you watch it, I'll be interested in hearing if you liked it. Not all reviews were bad. This wasn't a series, it was a movie. So, you can watch it without committing much to do so.
Have been trying to eat light (this was lunch) since my level of activity is soooo much less than normal with the broken foot. Though this past week, I've not done as well as above.
Here's the start of the next afghan. Though this picture was taken a few days ago so it's grown since then and has one additional color, green. I always name my afghans, but haven't thought of a name for this one yet. This like 99% of all the afghans I made will be donated to Bridge and Beyond, my charity dedicated to helping the Homeless. I think I'm sticking primarily with jewels colors so a name that would convey that is what I'm thinking about. In the past I had one named Crown Jewels, and a 2nd named Jewels. So, am thinking Striped Jewels, Jewel Palette, Lines of Jewels? Lines being stripes? Love some input, which of those 3 named do you like best.....and or do you have other thoughts?
Another Mother's Day picture. This is the lovely brunch Dear Hubby fixed for me including Champagne. Was nice enough (for a while) to sit outside and enjoy our brunch.
Still in my British TV kick while knitting and elevating my foot, or icing my foot. The Duchess. Quite an interesting tale of Georgiana Cavendish, The Countess of Devonshire and how backward women's lives were. It's really good I didn't live in those times, despite loving the history....I fear I would not have done well. The extremes between what was ok for a man and not at all for a women..wow! Menaige a Trois. Georgiana's husband's mistress lived with them a hugh part of their married life, took her meals with them. I do recommend adding this one to your watch list. Believe this was on Amazon Prime.
The Crimson Field, the next series in my exploration of watching British TV. LOVED this show. It was an interesting glimpse into life in France (and England-Ireland) during World War I. There was sadly only one season, as it was cancelled after that.
It explored the importance of ladies who volunteered for service, and showed how difficult their lives were. These 3 all had a story to tell and all joined the service for different reason. They came from very different backgrounds. At a time when it was scandalous for women to be in close company with me, nurses and volunteers had to learn how to bath wounded men...the difficulty of bridging their learned privacy rules from civilian life and that in service was huge.
Both men and women were drummed out, or executed for what was deemed to be unpatriotic service or cowardice. Even though there is only one season, I do highly recommend it. I was able to watch this series on Amazon Prime for no extra fee or membership.
This past weekend was Mother's Day. My Darling Daughter sent lovely flowers on Friday so I was able to enjoy them for the whole of the wkend. There were 3 bundles of flowers in the box, enough for me to make two large beautiful bouquets. Thank you Darling Daughter. This is a close up of one of the prettiest roses...look at the gradation of color on the outside of this rose as it begins to open.
I'm a huge fan of one pan, or one dish meals. Makes prep and clean up so much easier. That's even more important to me currently since I'm not super mobile with my broken foot. In the beginning, I would do some prep, sit down...do a bit more, sit down again. Was hard trying to move about the kitchen using a walker or crutches. I would get things at the ready as much as possible (often it took a good while), so when hubby came home from work; he could actually do the cooking. Generally, he put something in oven and with my chair-side direction........dinner would come together. I am more mobile now with my ortho boot, but still trying to minimize how much I'm standing there in the kitchen. It's just not that easy.
Asparagus, potatoes, and chicken. This required a minimum of work to prep. The chicken breast's were cut in in medalions (smaller pieces cook quicker), plus the chicken breast were very large and thick. They were dipped in an egg wash, and layered in the pan with thin lemon slices and topped with fresh basil.
Potatoes quartered, asparagus cut in half. I put all in fridge, and when hubby called that he was on his way I sprinkled olive oil, dash, and Parmesan cheese on potatoes and asparagus and turned on the oven. Cooked in pre-heated oven at 400-425 for about 20 minutes. It cooked while hubby and I had our Martini's
Tasty, not time consuming with either prep or clean up. The egg wash and lemon gave the chicken a nice flavor and helped keep it moist. Was an experiment....one both hubby and I thought worth repeating.
