Field and Fen

 I thought, thank you Rose, it's been a while since we had a Haggard Hawks puzzle, so I got one out for you.

 

And I tried another couple. I have been known to be hasty in reading and now, a bonus, you're getting a dubble puzzle because of your humble blogista's ineptitude.



And this is where the tipping has been cleaned up. That whole house is now empty, who knows what the story was.

 I had Australian yellowtail fish this week from Misfits, another ingredient I can't get around here. It's a lovely fish, firm and very good. 

I poached it in milk to tender and saved the poaching liquid to use as a cream soup base. Then I chunked the fish and mixed it with the last of that tofu broccoli rice dish, heated up. It's very spicy, so the combination was definitely one to go with again. That was a successful experiment. No pictures because it's not very photogenic.

In other learning this week, I found the dodgy hip has bursitis. My bone doctor did an exam, ruled out various other possibilities, which she didn't name, but I could guess at. Amateur doctor here -- not sciatica, not a pinched nerve, not the hip joint in any ominous way.

Anyway, ice, continue walking, stretches, keep moving, apply special stuff name escapes me, which I've ordered. Not too many ibuprofen. I rarely resort to them anyway, so that's okay.

I hadn't thought of ice, not realizing it was that kind of situation, but I'm doing it now at intervals. 

How excited you must be to hear my organ recital!  I had this in my shoulder years ago, from overdoing, when I installed the kitchen backsplash and got carried away and did one for my condo tenant. Ow. On the good side my pinched-nerve neck,  that you heard far too much about last year, is just fine. One ailment at a time, please.

Misfits this week is welcome supplies of bread and various fruit. 

The fettuccine will make a great fett. Alfredo, with the good butter and Parmesan cheese I have. And another meal with meatballs from the plant based sausage I have in the freezer, with onions in the sauce.

And there will be honey toast in the afternoon with tea, this great seedy bread. 

I took a walk this morning, a bit shorter than usual,  and here's a lovely dollar spot fungus, not a spider web. Ed note: I had this wrong and corrected it.

 

Yesterday's Textiles and Tea was a bit wordy. Nice lady who weaves with a quilting influence, using a thick and thin warp approach.

She was one of the occasional guests who look on the event as sit 'n chat, rather than the usual show 'n tell, so there's not a lot to see, but here it is anyway. She's very much into trying out ideas just to see how they work rather than sticking with established methods.

At the end she suddenly burst into song!  So that was different!

And here's a Haggard Hawks puzzle for your puzzling pleasure. Funny clues only, no answers in comments please. 

I seem to have gone off jigsaw puzzles just now, nothing in the library collection called to me. But maybe at some point it will return. In colder weather, cosy activity.

I was hugely amused at how seriously everyone took my donation tribulations yesterday! It was pretty much a comedy of errors with moi as the schlimazel, and I appreciated how you entered into it, thank you!

And my book page is done trala.

Before I go to the next page I think I'll study the linen situation, as in what to make. I'm thinking about that historic shirt made from rectangles, remember that? 

Wondering if I have enough of the white linen for it, and I can use the dyed and stamped linen for a historic skirt to go with it. First I have to find the shirt pattern or something like it. The linen drapes so well it doesn't need fancy fitting.

And I have another thought, about using the white  to line a jacket made of, ta-da, woven squares... Or maybe the yellow.. So many ideas, so little time.

Mutts usually have good policies

Happy day everyone, don't lose your list!

The day started with a massive down pouring thunderstorm through which I had to drive, to the hearing test place. The test was interesting, various gadgets attached to my head and ears. The audiologist said my ear canals are too small for one of their tests which involved fitting a thing into the ear. So we went with headphones. 

Verdict: normal age related hearing loss, normal in the lower ranges, mild loss in mid range, marked to severe loss in the upper ranges, both ears the same. The upper range is where consonants are usually found, hence the difficulty with conversation.  She and the ENT both recommended I consider aids, though I could wait and recheck in a year. 

I'm going to get an hour with the audiologist in June to see about aids. I have a feeling that my tiny cute ear canals may eliminate otc, cheaper ones,  depending on how many sizes they cater to. We'll see. 

I've been weaving while thinking of all this

The Misfits box arrived, mercifully for the driver, the storm had moved on

The chard and naan will take part in an upcoming stew with carrots and sweet potatoes from last week, plus cannellini and red beans  already here.  

The cheddar will feature in a couple of tuna melts, tuna and whole grain bread  already here. Also the scallions I planted are growing 

so it's not a problem that misfits couldn't supply them this week, likewise Roma tomatoes, because I have diced toms here. I think pasta with a tomato sauce will happen soon.

The blueberries and gala apples continue to be good. Those apples are sweet, crisp and just right. Sold at a discount because they're too small for the stores. Yet just the right size if you have children, as every mom knows. 

And the pure cane golden sugar is a steady need.

Handsome Son is visiting today, so there will be one sausage roll I reserved for him, and apricot cake. 

That recipe makes a ton of cake. There's another container of pieces in the freezer when these are finished.

So long since we had a haggard hawks puzzle

Funny clues only! No shouting out the answer!

Handsome Son visited, approved sausage roll and cake, chatted, got updated on health, work and other things. 

Then before he left, he fixed the settings in my car so the tpms no longer alerts me to the fixed flat tire, my preferred radio station is back and the dash shows total mileage, not just trip mileage. Also it's all in English. This is several things I had tried to reset and hadn't managed.

Everyone should have a nice Handsome Son who lives nearby.

Happy day, everyone! Blink if you can hear me and want cake.

And if you thought life was exciting where you work 

Considering all the friendship I find at both my libraries, no wonder 

Knitting Group today was small but nice, speaking of libraries

I worked on gloves, seen here back home again 

Later while I listened to my friends in the Spoutible pod, I worked on this wire and yarn shape for the growing sculpture or habitat.

And here's a fun thing to try. Please post your answers 

I'm the Guardian of Radical Truth. Sounds a bit 1984.

And for people who are in the mood for a puzzle, this one fits the general theme at the moment

Happy day everyone, today is the Cabbarole Caper, look out.

Yesterday's Easter celebration went very well, all the food worked out, the roast potatoes went over well enough to prove you can't make too many, and we ended up drinking tea and eating cookies, jellybeans and little chocolate eggs. Before, all looked calm and bright, unless I'm mixing the seasons.

Rain too heavy to go out and pick a couple of daffodils for the table, so the Easter cactus played their part. The rain seems to have stopped, though a lot of local roads are closed still. The tire arrived at the door last night, so when the roads are open, I can get it installed.

Meanwhile, I've got out my collection of copper and steel wire, ready for whenever the pinloom arrives. I have some ideas.

The weaver in wire also has a YouTube channel, following on our notes the other day 

 Are you up for a Haggard Hawks puzzle?

Happy day, everyone, our sun just came out, hope yours did in some sense, too.