Sewing Day Ahead

The past week or so has felt very busy, and yet, completely enjoyable. Today things will get back to normal, more or less. In fact, they'll be so normal that I'll be picking up the first share for this year's CSA tomorrow. We've been getting CSA veggies for about five years now, and so the first share of the season feels a part of our rhythm now.

It was a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. We had very nice weather...warm, but not too hot. Early on, we had a couple of visitors to our field.

They're probably sniffing out the rosebuds on our one rose bush. I'm surprised at how shaggy their fur is this time of year.

My first task for the day was to put the topping on the cheesecake and make an attempt at chocolate curls. These aren't half bad.

It would have worked better with a thicker Baker's chocolate bar, but I was using the thinner Ghiradelli semi-sweet chocolate. I stacked a couple of pieces on top of one another and used my Y-style vegetable peeler to make these. The pieces were stacked because I needed the height to accommodate the peeler.

With that finished, I got to work transplanting the tomato plants into their largest pots of the season. Usually, I go with a medium-sized pot first. These tomatoes seemed so big and sturdy, I thought I might be transplanting them again later in the week. The biggest pots were the better choice. Now, grow, You! Make tomatoes and be merry!

There was a lot to do getting ready for dinner with the kids last night, but I managed to make my way into the sewing room around 3:00. From there, I made 32 half square triangles and then puzzled out their placement.

Usually, I sew the wrong seam on these and have to take out one or two when I can't lay them out right on a second pass. Yesterday, I paid careful attention and got them all sewn together right...so far. When I left for the day, I still needed to sew the horizontal seams. There's still time to F-up.

It was time to stop for the day then. Erik called to say they were on their way. They arrived with two dozen roses, and Mae arranged them in a vase. So pretty.

We had a nice dinner and a nice conversation. Everything is going well in their world, and so it was all good news from them. Even Erik's beloved Trailblazers have made it into the NBA Western Conference Finals. Mike and I used to be Blazer Believers until a while back when they turned into the Jailblazers, and we lost interest. It might be time to start rooting for the home team again.

As for the cheesecake, it's always scary removing the "form" from the springform pan, but this one came off beautifully.

When you make this, you sprinkle chocolate chips over the crust, then add the filling, and then add more chocolate chips so that there is chocolate both under and over the filling. The topping is made from whipped cream, sugar, and instant coffee granules. It's such a tasty mix.

You can find the recipe for this Bailey's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake right here. Yes, it has a lot of cream cheese and a lot of eggs. Were you under the impression that cheesecake is diet food? Sorry if I've burst your bubble, but you'll be more successful in your weight loss efforts now that you know the truth.

Okay, so I'm taking it more easy today. I need to do a little work in the kitchen, but most of the day will be spent sewing. I'm catching up on my monthly blocks, but then I'm going to start sewing the Snow Globes together. It won't happen today, but later this week, I'll be coming for them.