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I Dislike Licorice but I Love Allsorts

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What’s your favorite candy?

I don’t know if ‘dislike’ is strong enough to describe how much I don’t like licorice. My mother loved black licorice and I have a friend who adores the strongest and saltiest licorice she can find. When I travelled to Amsterdam she wanted me to bring back licorice for her.

Strangely though I really like licorice Allsorts. How is that possible? Between all the layers of colourful sweetness lies black licorice.

Candy is never at the top of my list of favourite foods. I can take it or leave it but if you put Licorice Allsorts in front of me I will always take it.

Number 180 – Photo Challenge

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…thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting this challenge https://judydykstrabrown.com/2025/02/03/the-numbers-game-59-feb-3-2025-come-play-along/

Here are the photos that popped up when I typed 180 into the search box.

Why is my Bedroom Always the Last Room to be Cleaned?

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…partially because my studio is at one end of the room

Over the holidays my room has presents and wrapping paper all over the bed and floor and bills are stacked high waiting to be filed. Luckily I pay them as soon as I get them. My art table is cluttered with papers and art materials, waiting to be organized so that I can start painting again. Right now most of my art is done in my journal while I’m sitting at the dining room table or watching TV on the couch.

After the renovations I gave the basement and the main floor a good cleaning to remove the dust. I felt it was affecting our health and prolonged our colds. I did eventually get to vacuuming the bedroom floors and that at least made me feel better, psychologically and emotionally. Today I started to tackle the clutter. I put all my yarns back into bins, sorted through dozens of magazines and put the ones I wanted to keep in a box and recycled the rest. I cleaned off my desk and my art table and sewing table art much better but there’s still more work to do.

Here are the before photos. Someday I may show you the after photos but not today (still too much to do).

Weekly Prompts February Colour Challenge – Green

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…thanks to Sue W and Gerry C for hosting this weeks colour challengehttps://weeklyprompts.com/2025/02/01/weekly-prompts-february-colour-challenge-green/

The Joy of Cooking and Baking in my New Kitchen

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…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.