August Already!

How did it get to be August already!? Well, here it is. Been harvesting small amounts of things from out little garden. Our cat, Mia, loves spending these sunny days lounging around in the garden. I finally made some zucchini bread, and will undoubtedly make more. Actually, the zucchini has been pretty well under control, and tho' we still have several in the fridge, I do believe we will use them!

Work goes slow on my Web page. I am using a Dreamweaver tutorial on the Adobe site that is very good, a step by step lesson to set up a site. Even tho' I learned this several months ago in the class I took, it's nice to have a refresher, and some hand-holding along the way.

Job hunting goes on, and I am starting to apply networking to my daily job search strategy. Trying to think of everyone I know even remotely connected to the business to get the word out that I am looking and I have experience. I am hoping as summer ends the jobs will start to appear again.

Bread and Gardening

My focus lately has been on baking and gardening. This blog will serve sometimes as a diary of those endeavors.

The latest bread baking was last Monday. This was the most successful bread baking yet because the bread rose well, and was big enough to be considered "sandwich bread".

It has a very good texture, and tastes subtly sweet. We still have some on the shelf, and it makes good toast, too.

The Swiss chard in the garden is looking really good. It is "Bright Lights", a multi-colored chard, that was started from seed in indoor pots on April 2nd.

I planted 3 type of lettuce from seed, also on April 2nd, and the most impressive of the 3 has been the Prizehead lettuce. It has big red and green leaves, and looks full and healthy. I have already been picking some leaves off some of the heads for salad. It has a mild, and appealing taste as well.

The zucchini is doing well, I have 3 plants and they are still small, but are already budding. So I will have to watch them carefully to make sure the zucchini doesn't get too big.

The other squashes I have planted are butternut and buttercup. The buttercup was ready to transplant first and is doing well. It is bigger than the butternut.

When baking bread is more than it seems

I am thinking that perhaps baking bread is somewhat theraputic, in that it is a simple basic task that one can do, be successful and feel satisfied. It is creating something, fulfilling a need, and providing nourishment. When the world around you seems too chaotic, unfulfilling, and just too damn frustrating to deal with...bake bread!