Round and about

[flemmings]

1. The paintings featured at First Known When Lost always look better there than on other webpages. Looking for more of Kenneth Rowntree, I find this and that, nice enough; but the ones in that entry, especially the first and second, look like Japan. With, yanno, different architecture completely.

2. Fascinating entry about How Shakespearean actors rehearsed their plays.

3. It has stopped raining. The fast setting sun through grey clouds makes the trees out back look like seaweed mountains. The leaves on my neighbour's cherry are turning a surprising shade of red. *My* cherry tree is all but denuded without even going yellow snerf. Also my shoes leak because there's a rip in the sole. No, actually, they always leaked, from above, and I don't know why. Dubbined the uppers today to go to the library, just as I did every day that incandescens was here last year, and to as little effect.

4. It is getting cooler and therefore I am roasting beets, in the manner described somewhere, which is individually in foil at 350F for umm I forget how long. An hour maybe? Two? Three? beets being beets being haaaard vegetables.

Comments

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Mmm, roasted beets!! Do you roast them whole or do you dice them first?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Whole. Then the skins come off by themselves, if they're red beets. Golden beets (bought by mistake) are tougher to peel and dryer in nature.

I discovered you need some moisture in the foil packets or else the beets char. And it's one hour at 400 for medium-smallish sized beets.

[incandescens]

Just read my email and saw the etsy order. Thank you!!! I hope you like it. I'll try to get it in the post tomorrow or Tuesday.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I'm sure to. Your quilts look even better in the fl- uhh cloth. I covet several of them (including the one you gave Beth last year) but chose the one with my colour range.

[incandescens]

Thank you again!

I am working on a couple of others in brown/cream/orange/etc mixes, but they're going to be quite large ones. But they're not going to be finished for a while yet.

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

I normally peel and dice first. I'll have to try this!

[incandescens]

It really is very encouraging to hear someone say that. Thank you. :)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

By which time I may have the wherewithal to purchase. A big bed quilt would go nicely in the spare room.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. But what? That your quilts are even prettier than in their pictures? Is true. The real colours glow uncapturably.

[incandescens]

I will let you know when they go up, then. ;)