I got brave last night and mastered the screen of my "new" bread maker...
And the result was tried this morning..with homemade marmalade if course!
A nice extra after breakfast to get energy for a trip to town on the bus.
I went out as near to the bus time as possible...and got quite damp in five minutes!! Thankfully it was dry by the time we reached town..and stayed dry.
Posting done..with quite a wait.. people need to use the post office all year round, not just before Christmas!!
Then I had time to walk around town... today's exercise..the co-op shop's refurbishment is still ongoing..re-opening due on Friday. I didn't need much there so waiting is ok. A walk up to the top of the town followed. There is supposed to be a new art and craft outlet opening..but no sign of it.
I'm not to worried about that, as the proposal is apparently renting a shelf plus a percentage of sales. As it isn't in a part of the town with much footfall I am wondering how successful they will be.
A little different to the gallery and circle I used to be a member of...now in Frogmore street in Abergavenny, moved in from the outskirts.
There we did shop duty once or twice a month..those doing two had a smaller percentage deduction from their sales.
I found a small arts and crafts shop selling materials and finished work..not in an obvious place, but with a surprising number of people passing by..
The owner is friendly, and we have a fair bit in common..so I must get some stock out and take it there, even if just small prints to start with.
There used to be an art and craft and office supplies shop elsewhere in town, and she told me the latest news of the building...the rear now a yoga studio, the front and upstairs a gallery and artists' workshops...
No time to look today, I can look at that next time.
Back home for a rest, then give the cutlery and kitchen tool drawer a good clean and sort out...you don't realise just how grubby they get, even though you are putting clean items in !!
After supper... risotto from the freezer...some gentle mending.
I can't just sit... sitting quietly in good company is one thing. Sitting alone is a completely different matter.
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...looks delicious.
It isn't atall bad!
I can almost smell that bread from here!
That loaf of bread looks perfect! Whole wheat? And blood orange marmalade - - oh my.
Half and half...aiming for wholewheat eventually.
I like making blood orange marmalade..tastes good, looks good and something different for a present!
I used to have a breqd maker years ago. I could never get it to work properly so I gave it away. I then used to make bread by hand. I’d mix and kneed in the morning. Let it rise, second kneed after lunch. Let it rise. Then I’d pop it into the oven just before I went out to pick up kids from school. By he time we walked in, it was ready the loafs didn’t last long after that lol
Beautiful bread and jam!
Excited to see how your art gets out in the world (shops/galleries etc.)!
Your bread looks outstanding. I've never made bread. If it is just putting ingredients into the machine and get a nice loaf, that sounds perfect.
Shops pay rent plus a percent of sales seems a bit steep. Is that standard practice?
We're in the midst of a national postal strike in Canada, so it's putting a real damper on Christmas parcels including the ones I need to send and receive!
Mmmmm, warm bread! And marmalade. What a treat.
Seems to be many artists in your area, and outlets for their work. That is nice, and quite different from where I live.
That bread looks good. I bet it was delicious.
Nothing like bread from a bread maker.
Fresh bread is always good. Home made Blood Orange Marmalade sounds deliciously unusual.
Good luck with the craft outlet. I agree with you on cutlery drawers too as mine need doing yet - as you say - only clean stuff goes in there - where does that dirty dust come from?!
Forgot to say, sitting alone at night is the pits.
That home baked bread sounds wonderful. I wish I could smell some. I think we could be making soda bread today🤔?
It is becoming more common...more for the shops to make money than for the makers
I think we may be slowly getting more artists here..it is cheaper to rent or buy in a lot of places in our district.. mainly because it isn't an affluent one...
I do like doing a proper batch of baking, planning other things to bake while the oven is on...but I haven't done that in a long time now
You have been so productive! That bread looks just wonderful. And I'd love to visit the artist area. Yes, sitting along is fine -- as long as it is because you chose to, and not because you are missing the company.
The bread looks great. You had a very busy day! I can understand the desire to keep moving and stay active.
My grandmother always used to say that she slept in as she found mornings the loneliest - and then she worked like fury in her amazing garden all day (and there was a lot of foot traffic going past so that was her company) and then the telly and craft was her company. Sounds like your art mind is firing - this is a good thing.
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