pancakes for supper...

in which our plucky heroine tries to remember the basic truth of wherever you go, there you are... and that where you are is not behind...

I'm making progress on the Star Wars Jedi cosplay garments for SR. The underlayer "dickey" is almost completed, just needs the side ties added. I will be making the obi-style sash next, so as to not need to switch threads on the machine, and then move on to the tunic

Starting on my New Years cooking: the black-eyed peas are soaking. Since I was entirely unable to locate bulgar in either of the local markets! (will need to make a trip next year to the international grocery store over on SE Stark), pivoting to kasha for the kale salad seemed like a possibility. I'll make up some of Sister Gigi's corn pancakes today tomorrow as well, and have decided that baking another fruitcake would be a good way to begin the new year with a note of sweetness. I also tried Smitten Kitchen's recipe for savory winter squash pancakes... which turned out very solid, but not in a bad way, more like in a bread way. There are worse things than starting out the new year with an assortment of pancakes in the freezer!

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~ Advent Swap day 29 and day 30 ~

Some more tiny mushrooms that glow in the dark, and a wee little cat bell...

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~ hat decorations ~

In the past I made several of these felt roses, in various shades of blue, as brooches. All were attached to the now lost denim hat. More will be made... they are fairly fast and easy, and look well, particularly if some green felt leaves are added.

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I soaked dried persimmons in port wine. For the fruitcake, like one does... they of course not only softened but increased in volume, so there was more than I needed for the recipe. It turns out that persimmons soaked overnight in port wine are rather a peculiar cooks-treat, though I can only eat one or two small slices, and somewhat reminiscent of the "baby ears" (dried apricots macerated in booze) I remember Miklos had at 12th Night one year long ago.

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Finally... a replacement DVD arrived in my mailbox today, from the online seller I have dubbed "Mr Incommunicado" for their extremely terse replies to my queries over the last several weeks, (or lack of any reply altogether).  The DVD was unwrapped and was immediately taken to the Viewmaster so I could check that it was playable. Whew! The story "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse is sweet and the animation is superbly done.

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December SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	7 jars quince	kitchen plumbing	old plumbing
2	dried pears	heat pump installed	old furnace
3	dried persimmons	return vent vanes	high pitched whine
4	linen gauze privacy curtains	bedroom register	yard waste bin
5	tiny peach charm	bike flat tire	recycle bin
6	1-wire Laurel setting	restring necklace	x
7	"merry mathoms" stamp	x	x
8	white Pelican setting	x	x
9	knit acorn oakleaf brooch	x	x

today's gratitudes -
1. I finally received a playable DVD, over three weeks from my original order. And the short film was really sweet with beautiful animation.
2. lots of lovely compliments as replies to my "what do people love about you most" meme post... things I'd not realised made a difference.
3. tiny rotary cutter (plus extra replacement blades) arrived today. Clover makes the nicest tools.

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