Cutting out, frittering, Freecycle and flowers

 Yesterday was bean fritters, cannellini beans mashed with an egg, berbere, cilantro, apple cider vinegar, salt, a lot of black pepper, in avocado oil.

Here's the yellow potatoes, microwaved, buttered, waiting

Curry leaf fancy bit. Oh and I made yogurt, using the big jars of hot water, wrapped up in towel and emergency blanket method, and we'll see when the reveal happens today.

And among other business, including his friend's  visiting dog's anal gland issues, don't ask, Gary asked me to freecycle these, which I posted today 

Sunday's a good Freecycling day, people available to pick up, so we'll see.

And from a vague idea about leaf appliques yesterday morning, to a frenzy of picking between showers, tracing, adapting, cutting out and really having a good time, here's the path to my current collection of new stencils and silhouettes, with all kinds of ideas for use.

I also remembered the issues with my xacto knives, the #2 having a completely frozen in place blade, pliers, mansplainers, blogsplainers, kindness, brute force, boiling water, nothing will unlock it, and I have a box of blades to use. 

Then there are my three #1 xacto bladeless  knives , for which it seems nobody sells blades any more. You can buy a knife with a whole two spare blades, I ask you. Cutting paper, I go through at least a blade per session. 

So I cried Uncle and ordered a new #2 knife. I hope they haven't changed the specs and the blades fit, but I'm not holding my breath.

Meanwhile an old pair of embroidery scissors stepped in and work fine. I love xacto, including the history of how they went from surgeon's tools into everyday use, and I'm reluctant to ditch them for sassy upstart new knives. This ole blunderbuss was good enough fer my generation, dangit. And you kids get off my lawn, anyway!

Meanwhile, soothing flowers, mixtures in two color combos of gift and homegrown

Happy day everyone, don't run with tiny embroidery scissors