Winter Woes

It has finally been cold enough to dig my winter clothes out of storage. You can imagine my dismay to find they have  serious moth damage. I used cedar blocks, but guess that was not enough. My favourite skirt has damage all the way to the hip. 

Now the challenge is to find out what other clothes  are damaged and how to fix it. The skirt has so much damage that I don’t think I can darn it all. Throwing it out is not an option. So I was thinking of possibly using these fabric yo-yos from my mother’s craft stash. 

I am really saddened by this, but determined to overcome it.

Life will always throw something at you! Next year I guess I will pack it all up with old fashioned moth balls.

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Moth balls

I sincerely hope none of you have to go through this!

Peldyn

Seasons Change

Eating seasonally. Many of us have forgotten this due to having an abundance of veggies available all year round. Once you start to try and grow your own, be it in pots on a sunny window sill or a multi acre farm you learn this lesson. Growing things have a season. With the food shortages we have experienced I expanded my garden. While this has helped , it also really struck home how I need to adjust my eating habits. No wonder winter is the month of soups and stews. Not only are they hearty, but make good use of root vegetables and crops that are winter hardy. I will miss the ripe tomatoes of summer, but look forward to the cabbage, peas and turnips. 

So tonight’s dinner is going to be Tatie and Neeps and old Celtic recipe.

May the goddess bless you all with abundance

Tattie and Neeps Recipe

4 cups  diced potato

1 or 2 cups diced turnip

1/2 cup cream

4 tablespoons butter

2 cups sliced cabbage

1 small onion chopped 

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional 4 slices bacon crisply cooked and crumbled

Cook potato and turnip in boiling water until tender.

Drain and reserve.

If using bacon cook the cabbage and onion in the drippings until tender. Use olive oil if not using bacon.

Add potatoes and turnips to the pan with the cabbage and onion. Mash. Add cream, butter, salt and pepper, mixing well. If you like, you can let the bottom get slightly browned. Top with crumbled bacon.

Serves 6 as a side dish or 4 as a main course.

The Dollhouse Saga: A Tale Of Two Bedrooms

It has been a while since I worked on the dollhouse. Storing it in the garage was not the best idea. It was either too hot or too cold to work in there and the cats kept getting into it. So I feel like I am starting over again. So today I decided to work on the one bedroom. After thinking it through, I decided to make it two bedrooms. The house is going to be a B&B so it doesn’t make sense to have just one room. That means I will have to make the bathroom area work as a double bathroom. That could be fun, or it could be a nightmare.

So I cut the vinyl tile for the two bedrooms and decided on the wallpaper. I hope to finish the floor and walls in the next couple days. Then will be the fun of building furniture and decorating. 

I hope to also have the floor done in the cafe/library. So much to do, but it will be so cute!

Peldyn