No knead sour dough

Here's the no knead sourdough I made the other day. I need to tweak the recipe a bit because, initially the dough was way too wet, probably because my starter is wetter than that of the person who posted the recipe. Fortunately, it tasted great, even though I had to add extra flour later in the process.

Enjoying a totally lazy Sunday, so far. We had bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon for breakfast which should fortify us for another hour or so of garden clean up this afternoon.

I'm making a roast chicken, mashed potato and fresh garden beans (the last of the season thanks to the Remay covering the plants) dinner tonight. Before we head for the garden I think I'll have Jim take down some of those pots in my studio so I can photograph them for the blog when I can find the time.

Time to put kitty Bonnie Lass out for a few hours. She loves her outside adventures and so far, we haven't had too much trouble getting her back in around dinner time.

Jane Peiser's booth at Spruce Pine Potters Market

Here's the only shot I got of Jane Peiser's booth at the Spruce Pine Market. If you click on the picture you can get a better look at her wonderful work.

It was exhausting, but I made a lot of headway with garden cleanup yesterday. Bonnie kitty had a grand time - too grand. If I wasn't tired enough from the garden work, I increased my exhaustion level by spending hours trying to coax her back into the house. Finally about an hour or so after dark, I was able to coax her in with a can of her favorite cat food.

The good thing about her tiring herself and us, was that we all slept in till 7:45 this morning - at least two to two and a half  hours more than my usual wake up time and hers as well.

This afternoon we've got some shopping chores to do. I need to get some back up grow light bulbs and more plant trays at Home Depot, some kitty thing at Pet Smart;  and Jim needs to get a couple of things at Office Mart.  Then we'll have an early dinner at Carrabas. We love their mussels in garlic, white wine, lemon and pernod appetizer and often have that with their Caesar salad and skip entrees.

Since we're leaving here in 2 hours and have just finished  breakfast, it doesn't look like there's going to be any time for the studio other than maybe a bit of paper work. 

Will Baker's booth at Spruce Pine Potters Market

Here's a shot of Will Baker's elegant wood and soda fired stoneware, taken at the Spruce Pine Potters Market.

This morning I re-adjusted the basement grow lights and re-arranged the plants. There's a bit of room left under the lights for me to grow one or two small window boxes with lettuce this winter.

Looks like it's going to be a great afternoon for me to get out and dead head the flowers that past two nights of freezing temperatures have claimed. Bonnie kitty has gotten a taste of the outdoors and is going to be a very happy kitty to be out there while I'm doing some of this garden clean up. Since she's gotten a taste of the freedom of the outdoors, she's been moaning and groaning because of her being relegatted to the confines of our bathroom and laundry room areas.

I'll should get some studio time today to re-arrange the plants Jim brought in the other day. Once I move them out of my heavy traffic pattern, I'll set up the grow lights and timers for them.

Since dinner is going to be a simple cheese tortellini pasta with tomato sauce and meatballs (already made and frozen), I should be able to get all the things on today's agenda completed.