A creative journey
Cooking for this crew at the beach is the best “food is love” challenge …
So after last night’s dinner it occurred to me, somewhat belatedly, that it would be a good idea to note some basic quantities for future reference. Hence, breakfast tacos for 14.
Assemble 20 HEB flour tortillas, 15 eggs, two packages of shredded cheese, two pounds of bacon, 10 hash brown patties (or half a bag of tater tots), 2-3 avocados, and assorted salsas.
Put the bacon in the oven at 350 until crispy, about 30-40 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
Raise oven temp to 425 and bake potatoes until done.
Peel and slice avocados
Toast tortillas on open flame, turning frequently for about thirty seconds each
Preheat frying pan, add copious amounts of butter, and scramble eggs until gently set
Try to have lots of coffee and some leftover blueberry crumb cake on hand to keep everyone happy until the breakfast taco bar opens for self service.
Clean it all up and start thinking about what to have for dinner whilst everyone makes sandwiches for lunch on the beach.
Gotta love a week in Avon, NC …
There has been terrible flash flooding two hours west of us and the rain has put the kibosh on the Red White and Buda celebration that was planned. So I’ve been doomscrolling and found this, written by the son of the Sandra Boynton …
Tomato season doesn’t last long in Texas, where we’ve already weathered a week of triple digit heat. But oh how we love every precious day of it …
And yes, the Peace Pin Project continues on. These two pins, reading “Fenna” which is a Dutch name associated with “peace,” were made for the proud grandmother of newborn Fenna Elizabeth in The Netherlands …
The Episcopal Church, into which I was born, is known to be a stickler for details. And here I pause to wonder if that's why I find it attractive, or if it is in part the cause of my own fascination with details. In any case, after some 10,000+ stitches and 30+ hours of work, the 100" x 26" fair linen was completed the day before Maunday Thursday. On deadline, in other words.
I did take some process photos along the way, as I haven't done this kind of embroidery for a while and want to remember what and how I did it this time so that I can refer back. The linen is a mid-weight Belgian linen from Almy (60 threads per inch) and the thread is 80/3 linen from Burnley and Trowbridge, which turned out to be a bit too slubby, so I'll be switching to 100/3 linen threads from Londonderry in the future.
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| Outline drawn in heat-erasable pen using a light box borrowed from my grandkiddos |
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| Outline backstitched with two threads, then whipped with a single thread |
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| Close-up of finished stitching after ironing erasable pen |
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| Finished size 3" |
And while I didn't think to get a close-up photo of the fair linen once it was ironed and on the altar, you can see it draped over the end of the altar in this photo taken the day before Easter ...
One final note: I emailed my iPhone photos to my laptop thinking it would be easier to compose this way ... it wasn't (sigh).
I’ve been stitching a fair linen on deadline, hoping to get it done in time to put on the altar at St Liz for Easter …
The cloth is 100” x 26” and is being hemstitched at 20 stitches per inch. I’m loving every minute … but it’s taking a fair bit of time!
Don and I have also been volunteering at the Wildflower Center 2-3 days a week. On an off day, we took our grandkids with us and Parker took a (rare for me) great picture …
Thanks P!
Happy 21st Birthday Logan!
But how is this even possible?
