Good enough for gummint work and other thoughts

I finally got around to some sock darning and even found a scrap of matching yarn to do it with.  Just a workaday darn, nothing fancy today.

As they say, gefgw 

And now they're in action again 

The darn is under the foot, so you don't see it in use 

I finally made the red lentil flatbread for lunch with sardines in olive oil. 

This worked better than doing it yesterday as originally planned, because I soaked the lentils overnight, one part lentils to two parts water.  This causes it to ferment and work better.

Then I blended it all, using the soaking water, to a creamy consistency, pinch of pink salt. I used olive oil from the sardines to cook it, and it was fine. 

You need several minutes per side, a bit longer than pancakes. 

Today I'm awaiting some handy workaround tools to use when Hippolyta, the hip formerly known as Helen, is in place, including a hopeful request on Freecycle. I probably need to practice using everything.

Tomorrow I hope to have a date of surgery to plan on.

Happy day, if possible!

Happy Earth Day

 

I remember when Gaylord Nelson, Democrat of Wisconsin in the 70s,  organized the first teach-ins about the earth, which developed into Earth Day. 

We took it very seriously having observed the near extinction in this region of the iconic bald eagle, as well as many other less spectacular species. We did save the eagle and the osprey, but we need to take care of Gaia to preserve our remaining species.

Meanwhile let's enjoy her and admire things like this ancient b and w spread from my family dictionary from 1935

I used to read this dictionary all the time as a kid, and it's the only thing I inherited from my parents. And it's enough.

Then there's

Then locally out and about, daffodils have done their job, so now it's dogwood

And here's the little gnome, reunited with his umbrella and installed among the tulips.

Food is happening, too, so here's my latest flatbread, red lentil.

I put the lentils to soak in water overnight, rinsed them today, minced in garlic and fine seasalt, added a bit of water, then blended them to a nice consistency for flatbread.

It made a lot of batter, so there's a container of it in the freezer, too, now.

So here's today's lunch, the rest of the chickpea tuna salad, with the avocado oil, heated, with a lentil flatbread. Garnished with fresh sage.

You need flatbread here because the salad dressing is too good not to mop up. 

And if you can't stand fiddling away with the puzzle any longer, it's been going forever because it's 

ETERNAL

Some people were right on it. And I added to the entertainment by being too dense to pick up some clues and answering them solemnly! I guess there's worse things than providing what G and S would call innocent merriment.

Happy day everyone, Earth too.