Tuesday's lunch was from Spain on a Fork, Albert's Pinto Bean and Rice stew
The knitting group was wonderful today, work on a knitted toad, a sewn bear, sweaters, socks, and a vest from the yarn the knitter had spun. Such talent.
Chat included mystery ailments that doctors pass off as emotional, or age related, or female(!), the vagus nerve, heart testing, bear making, art, trees, companion planting, inventions, at-home teaching, music, coffee, pet chickens and more.
We ended with a tour of the gallery, and the group really liked the history of the place, and of the artists group. One member may join them, yay, a recruit, where's my toaster?
And here's the flower arrangement, in an artist-made container, that was planned to give me Sunday if the library had not closed for the storm that wasn't, thereby canceling the opening.
Containers and flower arrangement by the current group leader, T.
Textiles and Tea starred Dani Ortman, a weaver in fine threads, silk, cotton sometimes alpaca and hemp, and a skilled natural plant dyer. Very sophisticated fine work, with subtle weave structures and colors.
Lovely Tuesday again.
Happy day everyone, you do you! Everybody else is taken.
"Aside from that, it's exactly the same." So funny!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty flowers and some gorgeous weaving.
Have a wonderful day! :)
It's actually really good! I had a bowl on day two and the flavor is great.
DeleteI love your stew. Other than that, exactly the same. Thanks for sharing the beauty of your world.
ReplyDeleteAlbert is a quirky guy with wild arm gestures and great food! My version tends to diverge a bit, with every ingredient subbed.
DeleteI like how you followed a recipe by seemingly changing almost everything. When you’re good, you’re good.
ReplyDeleteIt did have pinto beans. Not much else.
DeleteI love it when necessary substitutions make a great meal! Looks so good!
ReplyDeleteIt's really good, despite all the subs.
DeleteI love your substitutions!
ReplyDeleteIt generally works if you sub like for like.
DeleteThere is s running joke about Trigger's broom in the ssit-com 'Only fools and horses'; as far as I remember the broom belonged to a character called Trigger, and is still known as Trigger's broom, even though broomhead and broomhandle have been replaced so many times over the years... rather like your stew with so many replacement items!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the George Washington hatchet joke.
DeleteVery pretty posy and a lively 'knitting meeting.'
ReplyDeleteThe group is really a lot of fun.
DeleteYou've taken one of my pet peeves from the comments section on recipes and turned it into an intentional joke. I love it! Pinto beans have always been and will always be my favorites. I was just thinking I need to make a small pot of them.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice flower arrangement!
Ms. Ortman's work is really lovely.
Pinto beans? I can suggest a great recipe!
DeleteDoes it have cannellini beans in it?
DeleteHow did you guess??
DeleteI think you made your own recipe! Lovely work by the young woman. It's gratifying to see younger people involved in these ancient skills.
ReplyDeleteQuite a few textile students seem to be trying to turn pro. She's about 40 which means, as a weaver counts, she's got several decades to go.
DeleteWell, I'm glad you enjoyed your stew even tho you didn't follow the recipe. As long as it is yummy, that's all that counts!
ReplyDeleteI followed the recipe faithfully. I just changed the ingredients.
DeleteTwo fabulous shares (at least)...great stew! I might also substitute whatever I have handy and try it. The fabric art is to die for! Wow! Oh and a third, such sweet flowers for the event which didn't happen thanks to the weather which didn't happen. Wait, that's a double negative, thus...
ReplyDeleteI can see you wearing some of that woven fabric. A scarf or shawl. Try the stew, it's really good despite my changes.
DeleteT's floral arrangement is gorgeous. Glad you got a new recruit for the Artists Group!
ReplyDeleteI put the toaster reference in just for you 😉
DeleteBeautiful flower arrangement. The stew looks wholesome and comforting. I would love it so long as it isn't too spicy. Lovely materials.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting but not spicy hot. Maybe you'll try it.
DeleteWise advice at the end.
ReplyDeleteI think I stole it from somewhere. Only steal the best.
DeleteNow I'm interested in seeing the floral container because it's handmade and no doubt interesting. I love handmade pottery although I don't own much of it.
ReplyDeleteThose fine weavings must take an age to create but the drape must be so soft.
Glad you made it to knitting group and got to share the art exhibit with them too.
The container is a can or something decked with tissue paper. I like it though the giver told me it's to toss. I'm not tossing it.
Deletespectacular range of well saturated colours she gets from plant dyes.
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