The Joy of Cooking and Baking in my New Kitchen

…with more storage and counter space

I’m still putting away supplies, dishes and accessories from our old kitchen but much of it was given away, donated to a thrift shop or thrown away. We have a second kitchen in the basement and some of the supplies that we don’t use every day will stay down there until we need them.

On Sunday I had an itch to cook and bake. As many of you know, my husband does most of the cooking in this house. He gets so much pleasure working in the kitchen and now in his new space his pleasure has doubled.

I love making soup and made a large pot of chicken vegetable soup. While the soup simmered I made a batch of lemon cranberry muffins. When I was gathering up supplies for the kitchen I came across a recipe that my sister, Chris, typed up for me awhile ago.

Both recipes were delicious and we enjoyed them for the next three days and there is still enough soup left over for another meal.

Thursday Trios – Some of my Favourite Things

from around the house

My next three reads

If you have any trios you’d like to share please copy my link and paste it into your post. I’ll be sure to check it out. Have fun!

Day 16 – Two More Pieces

finished just in time to enter in the next members show at WAAC

In February the members show at the Women’s Art Association of Canada is titled Monochrome Moments. After making the smaller piece on Monday evening, I decided to make two larger pieces for the show yesterday. Weaving on canvas is a lot of fun.

Both these pieces are 12 x 12 x 2 inches.

Looking Back With Judy’s Photo Challenge

thanks to Judy Dykstra Brown for the hosting the Numbers Game Photo Challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/01/27/the-numbers-game-58-jan-27-2025come-play-along/

This week’s number is 179.

Judy’s Photo Challenge – #178

thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Game Photo Challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/01/19/the-numbers-game-57-jan-20-2025-please-play-along/

I love typing in the number into the search box on my photos page. I never know what’s going to come up. Try it, it’s a lot of fun.

It’s so cool when some of photos actually have the number 178 in them. Can you find it?

The Good and Not So Good

days 6 and 7 of my Art Journey

Not everything that I post will be good. I do feel, however, that I should post my artworks, good or bad so that I can see and have a record of my progress. I know that I’m not a particularly good artist when I draw realistic subjects but I’d like to get better so I’m going to try to improve my drawing skills. Instead of flowers I’m going to try my hand at animals.

My first attempt in my Art Journey for 2025 is that of a Frenchie. I also went back to the collage that I had started up at the cottage and added more marks and a couple of old photographs that I came across when I was sorting through my collage papers.

Day 5 in My Art Journey

while waiting for the laundry to be done I did find some inspiration to work in my journal

I’ve always loved drawing florals so I picked up my Micron pen and started to draw over the collage I had glued down last night.