vital functions

Reading. ( Seanan McGuire, Ursula Vernon, Martha Wells, James Clear )

Cooking. Quince Dorset apple cake, with 50/50 quince and apple, plus ground hazelnut substituted for 50g of the flour. Extremely good, esp. with Chantilly cream.

Other than that everything has been Drying Apples.

Making & mending. I have cut patches to size for two sets of trousers that need repairing; I have made a start on sewing a patch to a cap for A.

Growing. Latest rosemary cuttings do not appear to have just keeled over dead! 100g of ripe poblano chillis harvested and dried (and gosh was THAT a learning experience). Furkled seven bags of oak leaves.

Observing. Lovely pale blue and cream and white sunset as backdrop to bare branches on Friday. Excellent crescent moon.