Daily Notes- February 3

Cold but sunny here in Maine.  Football and Pizza.

While carrying all the big diamond and triangle pieces down to the sewing room last night--- I tripped and looked down at my slipper.  And there, tangled on my sock and slipper was a narrow strip of a printed pale blue and white fabric .  Oddly enough (or more)--the correct width for hand cutting a "trial triangle".   It worked.  It looked nice.  I was bewildered and a little bit spooked. And I walked away and shut the door on the sewing room and........ Will I discover it never happened?  Or did?  Which would be worse?  I am tempted to go look.

I had also been wanting chocolate cake and this morning's feed had a Cuppa Chocolate Cake.  One of those mug cakes.  I had forgotten those.  So after the pizza I'll mix up a Cuppa and top with whipped cream.  I don't want to mess with making an entire cake because I'll eat it.

I also have a ripe avocado to eat today.  And I am planning to have a big salad with my pizza.

The bright sunshine here in Maine fools us into thinking it's warm.  It's not.  It's very cold.  I have a class to prepare for.  Edible Landscaping.  Planting things you (or wildlife) can eat rather than things just ornamental.  It's very popular right now.  I am reminded of planting mint around a tree instead of a regular ground cover.  They look the same but one is edible.

I have been having very strange dreams lately and wake up very tired.  Right now I think it would be easy enough to just go back to bed.  All in all, today feels strange.  So, I may just go look in the sewing room and then solve that mystery.  And then take a nap.

G wants me to go to Goodwill but I am thinking I won't.  We'll see.

Well, the fabric was still there in the sewing room and I cut pieces and, sigh, I had only about a 3 by 4 inch piece left over--period.  And I counted incorrectly--there are 17 center diamonds.  If there had been 18-- I would not have had enough fabric of any kind to make side triangles.   This was my first time ever cutting triangles to fit around a diamond shape.  It was also the LAST.  My avocado was perfectly ripe and delicious.