Coffee

[baymule]

Up at 4;00 AM this morning. On my second cup of coffee. Yesterday morning it was 18F, but before daylight it dropped down to 16F. Today it will be a high of 52F!! I’ll be able to turn the water back on at the meter. But I’ll still be hauling boiling water this morning to thaw out frozen buckets so the sheep can get a drink.

 

[ducks4you]

Only got up once at 1:30AM, then I slept until 6:30.
Coffee with yogurt to watch the news.

 

[Marie2020]

Only got up once at 1:30AM, then I slept until 6:30.
Coffee with yogurt to watch the news.

I woke up around the same time and slept pretty well. I tired myself out laughing at a lady in byc. She would make a fantastic comedian

 

[Phaedra]

Finally the snow and ice disappeared, and we will have some mild days from today. Going to have my second coffee.

Today's treasure hunt - homemade sourdough Foccacia - much less waiting (for fermentation), much less energy (lower baking temperature and shorter baking time), much softer surface (I have no love for hard crust), and you can add whatever you like for toppings.

The texture comes from the very active wild yeast in the sourdough, and the charming peach color comes from beetroot juice, so adorable. It immediately becomes the star of my spring menu.

 

[digitS']

I recently learned a little about the meaning of the word "gnome ." From children's literature, we all know about these earth creatures who may have some effects on what happens outdoors. But, the word also is a synonym for accepted sayings, like "gardens aren't made by sitting in the shade" .

It's true and why didn't I know this? Gnome is synonym for a shared knowledge, a maxim. The word comes directly from Greek gnome, "to know." We should pay closer attention to those garden gnomes.

I tried something yesterday AM. Instead of being confrontational about the neighbor shining headlights against our bedroom window at 4:30, maybe a change in her behavior will result from seeing the interior. I opened the curtains completely. DW and I were both up so I just closed the bedroom door. With some geometric luck, those headlights might have been reflected in the mirror on the closet door right back through the window .

The advantage we have is that so often we aren't in the bedroom at 4:30AM. Secondly, and with DW more likely to be the one there, DW likes pillows and has an extra one propped against the headboard. She never notices the headlights.

It didn't work. The neighbor backed into her driveway yesterday and shined those headlights across the road while warming the car again this morning.

 

[ducks4you]

"With some geometric luck, those headlights might have been reflected in the mirror on the closet door right back through the window ."
Maybe neighbors will think it's aliens.