Doggie News: Jack is continuing to have eye trouble. He developed an ulcer on his left eye and we had to have a procedure done twice for him. After 6 weeks on antibiotic/anti-inflammatory drops, he is finally started to recover. ♥ Raven twisted her bad knee while playing. She was wearing her brace but her energy levels were through the roof and she overdid it! She is currently on pain killers and anti-inflammatory medication...she's hopping around on one leg...I hope she heals soon! But...this will be an ongoing issue with her. ♥
Frosty nights are here, I wake up each morning with a crunchy lawn! The garden is winding down. All I have left to do is harvest the potatoes from the tires and remove weeds and old plants for next season! I learned a lot about what I can grow here and what I can't!!! Look at my sorry harvest of tomatoes this year! Thank goodness I found that farm for my canned tomatoes! I'm trying to ripen these in my window!
On the video front:
⬆️⬆️ Here's a 10-second video, it's a Little Blooper from my garlic planting video!
⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I made a video of the Halloween: H20 Charcoal Drawing!
⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Frankenstein's Monster!
⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing My First Potato Harvest!
⬆️⬆️ ⬆️⬆️ How To Make 3-Ingredient Ricotta Cheese!
⬆️⬆️ And finally, my video on Planting Fall Garlic!
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Ha. I had a Halloween mask, too, but thought it´s a tad early and kept it for later.
ReplyDeleteThe burger looks to die for! And the pasta!
Can you believe I "lost" bread????
I made low-carb bread and put what I could not eat in time into the freezer. Gone.
Apples, it´s the time.
Poor Jack. But glad there is help.
Oh, warm here, for a change - 05:30am, 16C / 61F.
Wish I was allowed to use the garden for planting. No one uses it, but our "special" neighbor has an eye what you are "allowed" to do... And our balcony is small. Alas!
I hide behind a mask, kinda, when I see him and give a "friendly" gooday...
LOVE your art. YUMMMM on the food front.
ReplyDeleteI hope your poor pooches recover quickly and well. It hurts when they suffer doesn't it?
Cute mask art and charcoal. The food looks amazing. Sorry about your pets. Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi Rain, sorry for your pet health issues, hope they heal quickly. Tomatoes are such fussy plants, I think they grow best indoors even in a really hot climate, I had some this year which went in our salads but they didn't really pay for themselves. I just planted garlic, we eat a lot of it and I think it stores well. Your video on potatoes was interesting, I think supermarkets store them at low temperatures in the dark so your basement might be ideal if it doesn't get warm - will be interesting to see if they are then worth growing on a large scale :) I planted some which I hope will be ready for Christmas but it all depends on whether anything wants to eat them before we get the chance! I wan to grow mushrooms - that might be a good experiment for your basement :) Betty (the wood fairy)
ReplyDeleteoh no raven. willie's leg does the same thing. on days when he limps, i give him a pain killer and anti-inflammatory and cross my fingers. remind me to give you my bread recipe. after making a gazillion loaves of white bread i have a really good one and it's from the maritime!
ReplyDeleteWe too eat vegetarian much more frequently these days. I doubt that we will ever make the switch totally at this stage in our lives, but we have cut back on meat drastically and don't miss eating so much of it. And we save money too!
ReplyDeleteMarie Antoinette Bugs is great, LOL! And I love how you've so decoratively arranged the apple slices in your galette -- looks delicious! I like making galettes too.
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't come here when I'm hungry because now I'm REALLY hungry! It all looks delicious but if I could reach in and grab anything right now, I'd cut a big slice of that bread and make some wonderful toast!
ReplyDeleteMix a can of black beans drained
ReplyDeleteA can of beets drained
A can of fire roasted tomatoes drained
Chopped or shredded carrots
Add chili powder and any spices you like to taste
Mix all in a blender or chopper
Add oats or flour or crackers to hold
I use little flour
You can air fry
Toaster oven
Reg oven
Or stove
The beets are important
Frankly I throw together whatever I have but beets and black beans must enjoy
Best veggie burgers
I have been a vegetarian strict 30 years
I love the pumpkin princess, all this great baking and the dogs of course!
ReplyDeleteRain, your food always looks so delicious!
ReplyDeleteYOU are amazing and I LOVED visiting here today! Watched some of the videos and I think you have such a lovely voice! What a talented artist you are!!
ReplyDeleteWe are planting onions and garlic this weekend....and how would I love to wake up to a crunchy lawn! We are still in AC mode here in Texas!
We haven't had frost at my house yet, but tomorrow I plan to pull the veggie garden. You still have lots of green tomatoes. You could always make something yummy with them. I hope those pups are back up on their feet and happy soon. And I also have never made an apple galette, but it does look delicious. And thanks for sharing your cheesemaking video. I hope you are getting a break from your basement project. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteWhat a sumptuous post. Enough food and art to be well pleased.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday to all
much❤love
Good thing I just had dinner, otherwise this post would have killed me. So much delicious food! I'm hoping to plant garlic this year for the first time. The "garlic man" on the farmer's market encouraged me to do it, so I will give it a try. I'm not much into ricotta, but that broiled cheddar cheese pasta looks tempting. Not a fan of white bread either, but give me some hearty dark German bread and I'm your best friend.
ReplyDeleteRain - love the look of that bread, and definitely want some of that Baked Apple Galette! Happy Autumn!
ReplyDeleteWow...looks like you have been really busy. I love baking, not so much on cooking but I love baking, esp bread. I love making no knead rosemary bread. I sure do miss your daily post and you coming by the blog. Figure you are getting prepared for the winter months .....they are coming!!! The weather folks are telling us that we are going to have a cold snowy one. We will see.
ReplyDeleteHi Rain. Great post with lost of good looking food. If you take a look at my blog post you will see why I didn't join in. Hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteyeah for fall weather and comfort food and ALL of your foods posted here look so good, as always, Rain. I will be trying the apple galette recipe very soon (apple crisps ones are becoming tiresome). The homemade bread making is one of my favorite things to do now. I recently made my first pitas and it was such fun. I will be looking forward to your future break making posts as well.
ReplyDeleteHope that Jack will be feeling better and seeing OK. He is a sweetie!
I'm up, and I'll be back to read your post and comment after my workout at the gym.
ReplyDeleteOh and forgotten ... I love Bugs as Marie Antonetta and as soo as I read "Let them eat carrots" I LOL and then couldn't remember what it was that she actually said. From this day forward it was going to be "Let them Eat Carrots" ... but alas, I googled it and now I know it is really cake. Don't get old Rain, it can do funny things to you :)
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Hi, Rain! I'm sorry about Jack and Raven. Poor little critters. I hope they are feeling much better soon. All your food looks delicious. I like Lindt chocolate too. Pasta is a staple at our home as well. We have it twice a week for sure. Bugs is so cute. I'm not sure why Jamie looks stunned rather than horrified. Maybe she needed more white around her pupils and a little less shadow next to her mouth. Look at me, nervy enough to offer a real artist some commentary. I'm shameless. ~ lol! Your bread looks amazing. Have a great weekend, my friend!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented in everything you do, Rain. Love the first image and the food looks incredible. I laughed at your blooper; mostly because you laughed at yourself. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteNo frost here yet ... we had a few showers of rain today though.
ReplyDeleteYour food looks yummy.
Hope the dogs recover well.
Enjoy the week ahead.
All the best Jan
...how about "let them eat carrot cake?" Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, so much to take in, sensory overload! Prayers for your pups' healing and enjoy all your activities. xo
ReplyDeletesorry for your dear pets dear Rain! i wish them speedy recovery asap.
ReplyDeleteyour art for Halloween is mind-blowing ,slightly different but you are on the mark almost as at first sight it gives quite a fright believe me .
your burger is super inviting !!!!!!!!!!
and the banana dish is also so delicious looking .
wow for your potato harvest .and best wishes for the garlic plantation my friend!
waiting for the day when i will have time to sit down and learn from you how to draw such amazing things !
hugs and blessings
Rain, your Marie Antoinette bugsbunny is such a sweat Illustration. And of course, I must (!) try the cookie recipe.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Weekend
love your masked lady :)
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