Dragon's Orchid Garden

My favorite part of Thanksgiving is the leftovers.  Specifically, turkey pot pie.  We just polished off the rest of the one I made Sunday and I forgot to take a picture of it for the blog.  Mostly because I didn't even think about blogging about that.  So, instead here's a picture of another pie I made.  Just imagine it with turkey and veggies inside, instead of what's really in it (apples). The only recipe I follow is for the pastry, and I use the one for a 2 crust 9" pie from my trusty Fannie Farmer Cookbook .  After making the dough, refrigerate it before rolling it out while you prepare the filling, as follows: 3 medium potatoes 1/2 onion 4 or 5 carrots a couple stalks of celery about a cup of broccoli (I hate peas) Chop those up into bite sized pieces and put them all into a steamer until al dente (just barely fork tender).  Make the sauce: 3 tablespoons of butter (not margarine!) 3 tablespoons of flour about a cup of chicken broth abo...

I finally got down to typing up the chart I made for the new bookmark.  It has three lace flowers surrounded by eyelets around the edges.  The fun bead I picked for the tassel echoes the flower shape of the lace.  I found out that the Windows version of CET Knitting Symbols font works almost perfectly with Apple's Pages.  Almost.  I just could not get any of the alt-codes to work, so had to improvise a "t" for the more commonly used knitting symbol for a twisted stitch.  You can find the finished charted pattern here . I love the part where I get out the pencil and graph paper and draw the design. From knitting The finished bookmark looks great with this color-way of Mini Mochi yarn.  Blocking: From knitting Finished: From knitting Fueled by homemade turkey pot pie, I was able to get through the frustration of (still) learning Apple's Pages version of working with tables as opposed to Word.  The pot pie is to die for.  I'll shar...

It's perfect bike riding weather.  While I prefer two wheels without a motor, Wayne likes something with a bit more power that makes a lot of noise.  His motorcycle had been sitting in the garage gathering dust for years, when he recently decided to take it out, dust it off, rebuild it and start riding again.  Here's the old Harley-Davidson Shovelhead in all it's current glory.  I do like the sound of it running. From bikes Saturday morning, he took it out for a ride around the neighborhood.  He stopped to talk to some neighbors and while they were chatting, Wayne spotted a unique bicycle in their garage.  He came back to the house and traded the Harley for the Huffy beach cruiser and rode back to the neighbor's.  It turns out that the neighbor had bought a bicycle at a yard sale for $20 for his wife.  His wife didn't really like riding it, so Wayne offered to trade for the Huffy.  She loved the Huffy. Wayne found the Huffy sitting out...