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But I have an excuse…

I looked at the blog(s) today and noticed that I have not posted since, well, forever.

We are still here.

Much canning of tomatoes and assorted veggies, a big ol’ batch of apple butter & apple pie filing, and canned butter (oh yes, you can do that) has taken a big chunk of time.  There was also the clay oven we build that took a few weekends, see here.  Then, I just got tired…

Oh!  Also, I decided to try knitting.  Just another thing to do.  Boy, am I having trouble with tension.  The end of my rows are fine, but the middle seems to be just really so tight.  Any suggestions on that?

Hopefully, things will start to settle down to a more normal pace and I can post a bit more frequently.

Except for, you know, that whole holiday thing…

<sigh>

Building, of a sort

We’ve been building – kind of.

We started on a clay oven, just as it was getting cold outside.  Probably not optimal conditions, but so far, so good.

We’ve been repairing cracks the last two days as the temperature dips into the freezing range over night.  The wet clay has rebelled and in the morning, some nasty looking cracks.  None that have gone all the way through, but needing repair.

We built a small fire last night (until I went inside, then Dennis built a BIG fire) to burn out the barrel we used as our form.  We’ve started a small one tonight (last I checked) to help with drying.

No baking done yet, but I smell pizza and bread in our future.

Here’s some pictures of our progress so far.

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