"that's all right, I have a lid out in the car"*

in which our plucky heroine has a rather busy day...

Trying every morning to deal with windfall fruit (plums to the yard waste bin, apples to be salvaged for sauce), and do a bit of pruning... if I get to it while it is still cool out, the Danger Bugs are asleep... I'm beginning to wonder if the yellow apples are actually Golden Delicious. (though they are far more tart and less the sweet and slightly floral taste I associate with that variety)

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~ creativity challenge ~

design sketch for neckline decoration

now that the sleeves have been pieced together, I will be starting on the leafy counterchanged motifs for around the neck of the long sleeve jersey top. The tiedye sleeves will get teal foliage, and the teal center front and back will have foliage backed with the remaining scraps of colorful tiedye jersey. I'm thinking about using some translucent small glass beads in irridescent light and dark turquoise as well, to border the design edges alongside the hand stitchery...

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This Linguistic Family Tree is so visually beautiful (created by Minna Sundberg, creator of the webcomicStand Still. Stay Silent) as a way of presenting knowledge. And this is only the indo-european language tree, there are a number of other language trees here on the planet...

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Rode my bike to the local farmer's market this afternoon, where I was very excited to be able to pick up 10# of organic San Marzano tomatoes. I plan on making some tomato sauce for pantry storage, (since I cannot eat commercial tomato products. According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, that will make about eight half pints of sauce.

I shall have to check how many lids I have available, sigh. First step will be to clear out enough freezer space, as I freeze tomatoes before processing them. As they then thaw, the skins slip right off with a little encouragement, thereby eliminating all faffing about with blanching and ice water baths. It will be wonderful to have the option this winter for tomato based meals!

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September SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	Greek masks block carved	rodent removal	yard waste bin
2	pillowcases printed	bicycle tube replaced	recycle bin
3	snood for Ariadne	side plum pruned	yard waste bin
4	memorial calligraphy	apple tree pruning	broken oven bits
5	tiny fox "Almandine"	moar apple pruning	-
6	fig lemon jam 5 jars	added bat embroidery	x
7	Almandine clothing	x	x
8	windfall applesauce 5 jars	x	x
9	Nandina blouse	x	x
10	x	x	x
11	x	x	x
12	x	x	x
13	x	x	x
14	x	x	x
15	x	x	x

today's gratitude - There is a farmers market, there is one organic farm that sells there, they had what I wanted, and I was able to use my old person farmer's market scrip, plus the "double your EBT" benefit to get lots of tomatoes to process at an affordable cost. And if I have enough lids, I can get more next week or the week after, and put more up for pantry storage... wishing I had bought more wide mouth lids the only time I saw them earlier this year, but I am grateful that I did buy some. (Might be time to give the reuseable Tatler lids a try!)

* from "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" - Firesign Theater