Bread, salt, olives, socks, rain, your basic Sunday

This morning with rain in the forecast, I glumly decided I'd better make bread, since I was totally out. No toast, nothing to make a sandwich or cheese toast, nothing to hold up my sardines, this wasn't right.

I wasn't in the mood at all, but as usual once underway I wondered what the fuss was about. My bread is no knead, easy to make.

Anyway I did, and here's the rather small cast of characters needed

to make a large loaf which I quarter into four medium loaves, three in the freezer.

I didn't have my favorite whole-wheat, so I went with bread flour and ap, and added in ground flaxseed, the usual vital wheat gluten, that's in the can marked chocolate fingers or something, salt, need to order, yeast, need to order, and for a savory touch, sliced green olives.

Quite a nice crumb and a good crust, crisp not tough. Not bad for an experiment, since I didn't know about the vital wheat gluten and how it works with bread flour. Okay, it turns out. The olives almost disappeared but there's a mild savory effect. I've been meaning to try them for ages.

Then I finished the socks, in yarn which the donor tells me is probably hand wash, so they're for me. I do need some anyway.

And I ordered various vital items, salt, etc.    The whole wheat flour is harder to come by, but it's ordered and I'm not in desperate need. 

Now I need to get packing small artworks to send to friends. Not a favorite activity but, like bread, you're glad you did it.

Happy day everyone, rainy here and my chives and honesty are happy, gentle rain is what they can use right now. I'm impatient to get seeds going, but last year what with surgery and rehab, I didn't get seeds in till late May and still had a nice showing. 

So you never know, late is okay.