Daily Notes- September 10

I forgot to post yesterday. I kept thinking I had already done it, but didn't check.

The photo up top is from Bon Appetite and is titled "burst tomato pasta".   They make it in a frying pan on the stove top.  I just fill a quarter sheet pan with cherry tomatoes (sun gold) olive oil and into the oven at 400 until the tops of the burst tomatoes are just getting some golden brown color.  Chill or use (with sautéed diced onion, red pepper flakes and freshly cooked pasta).  I chill and then fill a quart sized freezer bag, freeze and savor in the Winter months.

Right now I have an abundance of Snow White cherry tomatoes and will probably roast them as well.  don't want to waste them.  They won't have the pectin of the Sungolds--so the pasta sauce won't be as creamy so I will add more red pepper flakes and pasta cooking water.

I didn't read yesterday.  I didn't sew yesterday.  I did watch two Hallmark movies.  I collected ripe tomatoes.  I didn't cook.  We went to two Goodwill stores--but I didn't buy anything. The grocery didn't have any red jelly filled donuts.

My most favorite Rowenta iron did what Rowenta irons do so well.....it died suddenly.  The lights go on but no heat.  And it worked perfectly the day before.  I went to my back up Rowenta.  It did heat up but doesn't have the spray button.  But it's heavy and clunky.  And I said bad things to it as I ironed a plant based cloth that I had out in the sun with sumac flowers.  Nice deep rose pink.  Washed out to GRAY.  Now it's a nice silvery gray but it's not rose pink.  I still have more sumac drupes and will try it again.  I may use steam this time and not solar.

Cold the past few days.  Rain is coming today.  Dark.  Summer is ending. And I am going to go looking for my sweater and some socks.