Sunday Morning Biscuits

And I actually prepared them without looking at the recipe card, which is amazing.  I don't usually trust my memory for these recipes even though I make them often.  I added a few spoons of sour cream to the 3/4 cup of milk to give the baking powder something to work on.  The resulting biscuits were tender and moist.  I like them when they are crunchy crusted, also.  Higher oven temp but not today. I had blackberry jam on my biscuits along with two large cups of coffee.

The three of us are back from our walk in the woods. Riley was very well behaved in the woods.  We walked past three other families with black dogs.  Mainers seem to like black dogs. Because they are easier to find in the winter?

I have been sorting my magazine picture file and plan on adding some things to my already pasted collages. To make them more interesting and not just pasted down pictures that I like to look at, not that that is a bad thing.  I just want it to be more "interesting".

Yesterday was a L O N G day at work.  Class snack to set up in the morning.  Class (I wasn't teaching). Clean up. Water greenhouse. Quick lunch.  Drive across town and over the bridge to next town for the Go Green Expo. Stand around being friendly and giving people a $5 coupon.  Back hurting.  Drive back to work.  Stand around waiting until it was time to take down the snack table, wash the coffee pots etc. Then more waiting until 5 pm.  G picked up take out from his favorite Italian place in town.  They had a 90 minute wait for a table when he went to get our dinners.  Crazy.  Napping in front of the television until midnight.  Riley's daylight savings time changeover went smoothly this time.

G has gone to get gasoline for the mower or the leaf blower or both.  I suggested collecting the leaves and shoving them off to the sides of the lawn.  We have always collected them on a tarp and I have shredded and bagged them for the garden.  It just seems like too much work this year.  I can always pull some out of the edges and shred them in the spring with the mower or the shredder.  It doesn't matter.  I can see my afternoon will be spent in the yard with a rake.

I may make a trip into town to the grocery for a few dairy items along with some bread, vegetables and cheese for our dinner. Broccoli is on sale. I have BBQ pork leftovers from a huge chunk of meat (1.49 on sale).  This week chicken is on sale and I don't care to buy any as I have plenty in the freezer along with other things. Still have lentil soup for work lunches and I may add chard to the soup to change it up a bit for the coming week. I also want some clementines and a few apples or pears (on sale).

All the laundry is done, shirts are ironed for the coming week.  I do need to go upstairs and straighten up and water my plants.  I have orchids that need to go upstairs.  And geraniums that need a spot for the winter.  Amaryllis that need fresh soil and water so they can begin their Christmas bloom.  Indoor gardening.  Not even one o'clock.  Plenty of time before dark happens (early).