Pillows done, food too

I repaired four of the pillows, which didn't seem to need stitching until you noticed your finger sliding into a place where the patches were coming apart. 

The epp medallion on the yellow silk pillow was almost falling off. I think maybe played with as visitors sat with it on their laps. I wonder why people do this with pillows? I do it to raise up what I'm doing and save my neck from strain now that it's fixed again.

Pillows done, I made a layered baked dinner. Layer one last of the roast cabbage, layer two last parboiled potato, diced, layer three last of the (diced) tomatoes.  Dessert last of the (diced) peaches.  Dices feature regularly around here, lazy eater just using a fork.  Maybe Monday I'll go wild and have cod, not diced. 

Irony alert, which will amuse Minnesota blogistas. Sunday our recreation department had scheduled a winter fest. Cancelled because of weather. Snow.  Folks, it's January, it's NJ, winter fests take place in winter.   Three inches of snow is shorts weather to some.  

I've now read all the Ruth Galloways, so sad.  But I've found a nice series set in Yorkshire, with a cool self doubting detective police officer, Inspector Blades 

This is Book Two, several more to go. It's set in the early twentieth century after WW1, social changes, demobbed shell shocked soldiers, women bobbing their hair, daringly going out alone. Plenty of murder possibilities.

Happy day everyone. If you can manage it. Do it for Martin.

Sunday morning with snow and coffee

Since Gary's tree went down in the last storm, my view opened up. Snowy Sunday with coffee and banana bread 

I finished the bergamot boxes, leaving the inside unpainted to keep the lovely citrus scent, and the tops actually fit quite snugly 

And here they are in a mini gallery 

Today's deed is to finally repair a few rips in the pillows I made several years ago, in a summer frenzy of English paper piecing and patchwork, using batiks, silk, and designer fabric scraps. 

I also converted some dyed beaded and stitched wall hangings into pillows. And the knitted pillows I made for use in the car have come to join them.

They've all had wear and tear from visitor handling, so there's a bit here and there needing a stitch. Invisible repair this time,  they're busy enough without more decoration.

The spicy banana bread is very good on the second day, for breakfast with coffee.

Happy day everyone, enjoy something, what ever you can.  

If Minnesotans can do fun costume runs down the slopes, we can certainly find fun somewhere.

And we can resist AI. AI is theft.