Writing Fast

It's not my favorite kind of morning. If I can't sit around in my jammies for as long as I want, then what's the use of living? I actually have to get dressed and leave the house and go act like an adult. I'm getting my hair cut (my hair is a work in progress right now), and then I need to replace my gardening shoes with something. I've been using the same shoes for many years, and now the sole is half off of one. I've been wearing them anyway, but I expect to fall flat on my face if I keep pushing my luck. I have a couple of other drop-off-and-go errands too, and so it's going to be a busy run-around day.

Backing up to yesterday, I checked on the peonies first thing. The kitties went with me. 

We found a new one had bloomed. This one is called "Coral Sunset." 

We were also out to check the squirrel trap in the greenhouse. We caught our fourth squirrel. We've been relocating them to the other side of our hill. They can all meet up again and have some kind of little squirrely reunion...maybe gnaw down a tree or something.

Mike and I had a couple of errands to run yesterday. It was mid-afternoon before I was able to get back to my quilting. I wore the splint on my left wrist, and I was able to finish off these quilt blocks without too much trouble. I continued with my dot-to-dot quilting.

The last two blocks were treated as one. I gave the flowers and leaves some shape lines, outlined the applique, and then did a looping meander over the background.

That completes all the blocks. If there's time today, I'll do the rows of flying geese, and then only the border will be left. I'm not sure how long it will take to do the flying geese...probably not long. I've been keeping my quilting times short to save my wrist, and so I'll probably limit myself to the flying geese, regardless.

It was fairly warm yesterday with only a short period of rain during late morning. When I checked the squirrel trap later in the day, I noticed the peony had opened even more.

And you can see there are lots more coming.

I tried a new recipe last night. This is Coconut-Gochujang Glazed Chicken with Broccoli. It was quick to make once I had the ingredients all gathered up. 

It calls for "gochujang paste." The only thing I could find in my grocery store was "gochujang sauce." It's a Korean barbecue sauce, and it seems to be widely available in the Asian section of most supermarkets. It's basically a stir-fry, and so it cooks up fast. The directions had me preparing the broccoli separately, but I did mine in the microwave. Then, rather than keeping it on the side, I added it to the chicken and sauce. Then, I served it over some leftover rice. It was very tasty. For sure, I'll be making it again.

So there isn't much time to write this morning. I need to make breakfast and then get ready to go. I'm hoping I'll get home in time to do a little more quilting. I've been working on the Garden Sunshine quilt since January of 2019...pre-pandemic. (Do you find yourself using the pandemic to mark time?) When I get this close to a finish, I just want to keep going until it's done. It's such a bother when life gets between me and my sewing.