Change Always Leaves Me Conflicted

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newchapter on 7 May 2020 at 11:09

A change in the weather has me spending more & more time, in the yard; and less & less time, baking.  I love baking!  I also love seeing the results of subduing my wild back yard, into something fruitful & see it become a more lovely place in which to spend time.  I love being in each season, ie; cozy, homey, bread season, and; conquer another major project, in the yard, season.  It’s just the bridging of those seasons, that gets me.  It’s like I’m not quite done with one, emotionally, before it’s time to switch to the other.  My muscles were super sore, the other day, so I decided to take small breaks from the yard, to make some slow-cold-fermentation bread.  Six loaves are coming out of this (see picture) today.  Don’t ask me why I decided to knead enough dough to produce six 625 gram loaves of bread, with sore muscles...I may have been in the sun too long to make any thoroughly processed decisions. ?

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We’ve taken down the 40’ tall olive tree, and the stump is too big to remove, without killing ourselves over it.  So, it stays.  But, I will be turning it into a piece of yard art...hopefully!

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newchapter on 7 May 2020 at 13:52

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Bread is out of the oven...so, I guess it’s time to get back in the yard.  Only one loaf docked nicely enough to give me a petite ear.  The blade on my lame, has seen better days.  I ordered more blades, a week ago, but they won’t be here, until next week.