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Baking and yard envy

We had a spring-ish sort of day today. The temps reached the low 50s and it almost felt warmer outside than inside. Actually, it was pretty close. Unfortunately, the sun didn’t shine very much, so the house didn’t heat up. What do do. On a day like this it’s dumb to start a fire in the stove. I’d roast myself out of here in no time. That’s a waste of wood. But it was cold in here and despite 4 layers of clothing, my teeth were on the verge of chattering.

I finally decided to do some baking. The oven heated the place up quite nicely and I guess that’s a pretty good use of natural gas. Kind of twofer. I have baked goods and the house is now tolerably warm. Oh, I baked a few loaves of quick breads. More than I can consume in a week, but a friend of mine offered her freezer. And she gets a fresh loaf of cranberry bread, in the bargain.

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While out and about a while ago, I observed that approximately 99.9% of the yards in town have no snow left on them. There were a number of people out working in their yards today. Doing things like raking up winter debris and turning soil in their flower beds.

Then I came home to the the .1% neighborhood which still has snow covering our yards. On one side of the street, anyway. My side of the street. My yard is still covered with snow. Rather a lot of it. There is no yard work to be done around here. The only thing I could rake is snow. I think Mother Nature is playing with my head.

Posted on 03/14/08 at 05:37 PM
 




Pablo

I can make space in my freezer if there’s a loaf of bread in it for me. Just let me know.

(Also, that standing offer of free firewood from my forest is still good.)

United States   Posted by Pablo on 03/16/08  at  08:29 AM





Kate

Pablo, it’s just unfortunate that Missouri and Massachusetts weren’t plunked down beside each other. I could use about a cord of wood right now and you’d most certainly enjoy my cranberry bread. I enjoy my cranberry bread...much more than I ought to.

United States   Posted by Kate on 03/16/08  at  03:03 PM





Geraldine

Baking bread is always a great way to heat up a home!

Canada   Posted by Geraldine on 03/16/08  at  09:49 PM





cyn

Am holding my breath but I think all the snow is gone from my yard except a couple places on the street where the plows really piled it up.  I think......and Dusty (the cat) apparently played outside most of the day so the woods must be pretty clear too/ She loves outside, is not thrilled with snow and ice!!  Now that it is all gone. I suppose that means there will be more!!  Only good thing about that is with the sun so warm (when we see it) it won’t stay around too long. I hope!! ;)

United States   Posted by cyn on 03/17/08  at  10:24 PM





Kate

Over the last two days, the snow has pretty much disappeared from my front yard, but the back and side yards are still covered with it. In the spots where the snow is gone, we now have mud. The dormant grass seems to be floating on a sea of it. My feet sink in and leave little indented footprints behind. This, too, shall pass and, before you know it, we’ll be screaming bloody murder about the oppressive heat and humidity and/or non-stop rain (or none at all). We must be hardy souls to put up with this.

United States   Posted by Kate on 03/18/08  at  12:49 PM





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