We were supposed to have rain and strong winds today so I’m not surprised that we had a lot off sunshine and sort of half strong winds 🙂 Couldn’t notice much in the garden though since the winds came from south.
So the dogs, cat and I spent a lot of time in the garden today, the dogs playing like crazy and the cat running up to them so they would chase her 🙂 I spent a lot of time cutting of dead branches from bushes and trees and also got attacked by small black ants, it never hurts when those black ants attacks (the small red ones though is a totally different thing, that hurts like h..l 🙂 🙂 🙂 Still it took hours to get rid of all of them since they were crawling all over my body 🙂 They lives in a pot whee I tossed away the dead plant and since I had no idea they lived there they managed to run over to me in rather big numbers before I noticed them 🙂 🙂
It was a bit warmer today because of the sunshine, sort of perfect this time of year, not too warm so one could do some gardening but not so cold that one wanted to go inside to have a pot of tea. I’ve also pulled up a lot of weeds from places where I didn’t want them to grow, normally they’re quite welcome here if they flower a lot so that the bees get lots of nectar from them but if they grow where I don’t want them they’ll have to go, if not for any other reason than that snails and slugs love to live there.
I’m baking a bread right now and everything would be good if I just had remembered to start the timer 🙂 🙂 It looks nice in colour but I put a tooth pick in it and it felt a bit too damp, then again it might have been a prefect bread since I did put a lot of cheese in it and therefore it should feel like that sort of 🙂 🙂 I put a lot of rosemary in it and the small is filling the entire cottage. Talking about rosemary, the extra hardy one I planted in the garden has actually survived winter and is now producing new shoots 🙂 Still tiny but I can see them now. This is an American variety and I’ve forgotten the name 🙂 🙂 I have also forgotten from whom I bought it so I can’t get the name from the seller either 🙂 🙂
I just went down to the oven and checked, I’ve shut it off and will let the bread stand there for five more minutes, the cooler of it says it should be ready by then. Even though I did enjoy working the evening shift I still don’t think it is worth it. I was really tired all Friday long even though I did lots of things during the day and I’m still tired today. I’ll probably be back to normal tomorrow so I’ll be fit for fight for work on Monday. I’m an extreme morning person, goes to bed at nine pm and up around 4:30 am the day after, changing sleeping hours even though just four hours later does cost me a lot but thankfully this will only happen every fourth week.
It is time to go downstairs again to pick out the bread so wish me luck that it is ready 🙂 🙂
Have a great day!
The Cottage by the crane lake. 
It has been pleasant here as well, and my seedlings are doing well. Let’s hope the weather is propitious for your gardening…and no more anthills!
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Hi Carol!
Not so pleasant at the moment but nature loves it so who am I to complain 🙂 My seedlings are actually doing pretty well as well even though I’ve placed lots of them outside and the temperature dropped so all I can do is to wish more warm weather will approach again 🙂
These ants actually lived in an old tree stump that I partially managed to rip up from the ground 🙂 🙂 They truly are quick when they want to 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Christer, the bread you described with the rosemary and cheese sounded wonderful. I really enjoy bread baking, but sometimes it doesn’t come out perfect and still we always eat even the “rejects.” I like doing the no-knead bread which is an overnight rise and then baked in a cast iron dutch oven, which I bought solely for this purpose. Do you use a certain recipe or baking pan and do you change the recipe weekly?
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Hi Beatrice!
It was really good this bread! Like You I always eat the bread I’ve baked, as long as it is edible I’ll eat it 🙂 🙂
Well t5his is a gluten free bread but lately I’ve just changed what kind of flours I’m using. Normally I have potato flour and rice flour as a base but after that I can use what I’m having at home. Last time it was Sorghum flour which is the closest one to wheat in taste and structure but buckwheat or corn flour is also usually often used, depending on if I want a lighter or darker bread. I’m using 600 grams of flour and I’m pretty sure You can use whet flour instead. My dough is really sticky but I think it will be less so if You use wheat.
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