... and Sunday wasn't exactly freezing, either

[wiseheart]

28°C in the darkened flat (we had all Venetian blinds down from late morning on), 32-33°C outside - or so the telly says. We didn't go out. Well, not any further than the rubbish chute at the end of the corridor. That's Mum's daily walk. She does half the distance using her crutch only. She's a fighter.

We also prepared the lovely cherries my friend Evie brought us on Friday to be frozen. Mum didn't dare to eat them raw as they were a tad hard (although very yummy), so we put them into the freezer for later. I made some cherry ragout from a couple of handful of them, to go with today's Topfenknödel.

The rest of the day will be spent with preparations for tomorrow's cleaning frenzy, which will include the windows, too. Joy! The best weather for such efforts, right?

I did a tiny bit of crafting early in the morning, though.
Here are Pages 24 and 25 - the latter with the flap closed because the inside is still unfinished:



The recipe in the foreground will go into the pocket on the left.

Oh yes, and thanks to the nice, hot weather, the goddamned bugs have crept out of hiding again - so it's killing time in the house!

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

These... things have only been here for the last couple of years; definitely not indigenous ones. They are quick, they get in everywhere, and they stink like a bus when squashed. I'm considering wearing a mask for the safari.

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Ever tried biological warfare?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

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When you wrote about the stink I thought you talked about bugs, because once we had some which stank indeed when getting squashed. Those we killed by the help of nematodes. But gnats you can either squash or convert your flat into a greenhouse by the use of tomato plants. Tomatos gnats are not in love with...