We had a day without rain on Sunday, but not without stifling humidity. Then rain came along in the early evening and it's still raining this morning. If the extended forecast is correct we will need this moisture later on.
I decided I would make bread. This is a whole wheat rosemary loaf. It's good with sandwiches and soup. Being Monday, it's laundry. The horses are staying in the barn today. I know it may seem odd to many that I keep these beasts in sometimes, but we have black clay soil. It's awful when wet. Well, when dry, too. When it's soaked it sucks people in and won't let go. I have found myself face planted more than once as my foot has been held in place while the body is in forward motion. Lovely. For the horses safety, especially geriatric horses, they stay in because this stuff is tendon popping and also the landscape is rolling. I'm cautious.
Gatto sandwiched between bread. I'm a regular comedian! I am too like my father, which is preferable to the other option. I have PT tomorrow, it's down to every three weeks. I stopped my exercises last week because I was in so much pain I just couldn't. For some reason I'm moving better than I was. It's not a reach to believe I may have been overdoing. I tend to be this way, all or nothing. Go figure.
On that, I think I'll toast some rosemary bread and drink coffee while the washer washes.
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Ah, we had some of that clay in CO. By the time I walked around the paddock picking up after the beasties, I was a good 5" taller. Our clay would stick, and layers would add up. Your bread looks yummy!
It wouldn't have occurred to me that someone who throws her life into horses, multiple horses, might have a tendency to overdo.. Noooo.
Your bread is fabu. And the kitty sandwich isn't bad.
Your bread looks good:) Have fun at PT:)
Your homemade bread looks wonderful, and the lazy kitty is sweet. Jon ( from TN)
That bread looks like it smells amazing—and your kitty’s got the right idea about Mondays.
Are perchance located on an old glacial lake bed. We used to live on a clay plain and glaciation was the cause.
That clay soil sounds like a nightmare. I love the kitty sandwich, and the bread looks yummy. :)
Boy, all that rain you have been having is just not making it to Brockport. I have not mown the lawn in weeks....so dry and brown. Glad that you are moving better than you were. You must be doing something right. Beautiful bread and a beautiful kitty. I know what you mean about boot sucking mud, but that happens seldom here as we have very good drainage.
We had rain too on Monday... we now have the Kickapoo River doing its rainy thing...flooding.
With the rain and the heat, the yard could have a Robot Mower just to keep up. Sort of like one of those robo vacuums!
Clay is a curse of the ages, Dreaming.
You picked that up, did you, Boud? 😄
It is good and PT ain't no fun!
Thanks, Jon. That cat is a demon!
It smells of rosemary, Jane.
I don't know, AC. It sucks. Literally.
It is, especially as I was used to a perfect soil, Cheerful. Sandy loam.
This stuff cares not a whit about drainage, Lori. It pulls the water in and thens holds it as an instrument of torture. I don't mow often because it's wet. I guess after the rain leaves Wisconsin it gets tired and stops. It doesn't listen to me, Lori.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a robot mower, Val. I bought a Roomba when they first came on the market. It was a joke for me. Seven large dogs and a small waste container. Not a match.
That bread is beautiful. Drumheller, in southern Alberta, has the kind of mud that builds up and builds up on your shoes, until each shoe feels like it weights ten pounds.
Then you walk like Frankenstein, Pixie! The bread is good.
Gatto is so cute!
I LOOOOOVE rosemary. Love it. I also love making stuffing bread, so all the seasonings that go into stuffing and then later turning that bread into stuffing. My gosh, baking rocks!
We have clay soil as well, but it gray in color. Plus our rocks are mainly granite.
You take such good care of your horses - and good to take care of yourself. Falling is not an option that I want to deal with anymore and I think you are very wise keeping the horses cosey. Gatto is adorable and I wish I had a slice of your bread now. That looks incredible!
The bread 🍞 looks very good and of course you know I love ❤️ 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ 🐱
The black clay soil sounds like a big nuisance. Sensible to keep the horses well away from it.
It's his saving grace, e.
You do feel the joy, Ivy! That's a very good idea, one I never thought of. I'm going to do this.
I bet it's beautiful there, Dora.
I've always been cautious with the horses, Denise. They are my barn babies. I make your soda bread often, it's a great recipe and I will always remember you because of it.
The bread is good, Linda. The cats are not always so!
It's the bane of my existence, nick!
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