Gorgeous, Jenny.? You've got two personality kids then!
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I've always read that Bengals are brimming with personality, and yours sounds like no exception.? Made me chuckle.
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Such a pretty place to walk. ? ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Laura Need Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:15 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Spring walks ? Those are *lovely* pictures!! Laura
On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
? For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy! ? Jenny
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Your cat sounds like entertainment all on her own! ? I should really share some video of the dogs doing agility, or at least the teeter.? Kibeth (my? middle dog) is quite intense and serious about her “work,” but Tzeelah tends to gambol while doing it in a way that is really endearing.? If you’ve never seen a dog run up a teeter (see saw) and ride it down, it’s quite something.? ? Melisande ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Jenny Swanson Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:54 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Spring walks ? Never a dull moment in this house. ? This morning Ellie the cat was hanging upside down from our “gazebo”, holding on with her hindlegs and curled tail like? a monkey, swinging around and trying to bat gnats with her paws. She is supposedly ? Bengal, but I think she got more than half the Bengal genes from her mother’s gene pool. She is certainly *very* different from any other cat I’ve ever known……. ? And Freddie discovered the tadpoles in the shallow pool in our local nature reserve, and had a great time trying to catch them until he got muddy water up his nose and nearly choked himself. He can (and does) catch the occasional mouse in long grass but he always lets them go as he doesn’t like the feeling of fur in his mouth (nor, I suspect, the wriggling). ? Jenny ? ? Stunning and lovely! ? And the story and the new “cat toys” was priceless. ? Melisande ? ? I agree!! Made me smile. Anmiryam? ? On May 6, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Laura Need via <lrneed@...> wrote: ? Those are *lovely* pictures!! Laura ? On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
? For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy!
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Never a dull moment in this house. ? This morning Ellie the cat was hanging upside down from our “gazebo”, holding on with her hindlegs and curled tail like? a monkey, swinging around and trying to bat gnats with her paws. She is supposedly ? Bengal, but I think she got more than half the Bengal genes from her mother’s gene pool. She is certainly *very* different from any other cat I’ve ever known……. ? And Freddie discovered the tadpoles in the shallow pool in our local nature reserve, and had a great time trying to catch them until he got muddy water up his nose and nearly choked himself. He can (and does) catch the occasional mouse in long grass but he always lets them go as he doesn’t like the feeling of fur in his mouth (nor, I suspect, the wriggling). ? Jenny ?
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Spring walks? Stunning and lovely! ? And the story and the new “cat toys” was priceless. ? Melisande ? ? I agree!! Made me smile. Anmiryam? ? On May 6, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Laura Need via <lrneed@...> wrote: ? Those are *lovely* pictures!! Laura ? On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
? For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy!
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Stunning and lovely! ? And the story and the new “cat toys” was priceless. ? Melisande ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Anmiryam Budner Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:36 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Spring walks ? I agree!! Made me smile. Anmiryam?
On May 6, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Laura Need via <lrneed@...> wrote: ? Those are *lovely* pictures!! Laura
On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
? For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy!
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On May 6, 2020, at 1:15 PM, Laura Need via < lrneed@...> wrote:
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For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and
DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed
her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy!
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On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
? For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy! ? Jenny <DSC00014.JPG> <DSC02395 (3).JPG>
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Wow - they are GORGEOUS! Lovely picture of you, as well. Thanks for sharing,?
jacqui?
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to?another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
-C.S. Lewis
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On May 6, 2020, at 12:42 PM, Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote:
For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy! ? Jenny
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Re: Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour
The flour section in TN stores still looks like the disinfectant aisle. Two days ago, I broken down and ordered 100lb of flour because I cannot cope with continuing to use all-purpose (which I sort of view as junk food). Sugar is fine. Yeast is absent at standard grocery stores but Trader Joe’s had plenty.? ?
jacqui
We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.
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I’m just about to break into my 50 lb bag of flour but will confess I haven’t looked at grocery store shelves for flour or yeast for weeks since I found it elsewhere.? I’m going to need more white sugar soon (down to the last 5 lb bag) so I’ll report back. ?Won’t have any opinion or knowledge about meat because we don’t eat it.
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Re: Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour
What I’m most concerned about in the US is that different approaches that various states, and to some extent, areas of the country are taking.? Some of the governors have formed coalitions to coordinate reopening, most notably a set of western states, a bunch of states in the northeast/mid-Atlantic region, and I believe one set of states in the Midwest.? Those coalitions seem to be more cautious overall than some of the states I’m seeing reopen now.? ? What happens if my area is cautious and attempts to keep the curve declining (as I believe it finally is in NJ) while other areas increase the number of infections?? Despite what some governors have said, there are no restrictions on travel within the US and I don’t know what any of this looks like. ? Or whether my sons will be able to go back to school in the fall, which is one of the biggest things I am worrying about personally right now. ? Melisande ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Jenny Swanson Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:37 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour ? [trimmed a bit] ? Though as my DH and I were saying at breakfast, when it’s a choice of risk possibly catching something which might not make you individually very ill, or starve and see your kids starve, there’s no doubt what almost anyone would choose. People just hope they as individuals won’t be part of the higher price which will be paid overall. Africa and India are going to get caught the same way. ? Hoping everyone is staying safe and well Jenny
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For anyone not on Facebook (and apologies to those who’ve seen this) we had a good, legal “lockdown walk” in local woods at the weekend and managed to see the bluebells in full bloom. We’ve been blessed with glorious weather for most of the last 7 weeks and DH was home for all that time. First time he’s been home for seven consecutive weeks since 2010! He’s now back in Geneva as his office there has reopened. Very quiet here now, just me, Freddie and Ellie the tabby. Now the weather is better she has resumed her old habit of stealing other people’s silky undies from washing lines. At least I hope she’s not going into their houses to snatch stuff…..on the other hand she seems to have a few new ?cat-toys now which I certainly did not buy! ? Jenny
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Re: Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour
When I saw Stephen Colbert discussing sourdough starter with one of his guests last week (can’t remember who it was, but I think it was an actor I didn’t know could sing but can), I knew that the sourdough craze was truly out of hand.? I think it’s become a bit of a viral thing, to be honest, and part of the same social media culture that pre-pandemic had gobs of people eating out every night during the week and tackling massive complicated recipes are recreation/social media post fodder on the weekends. ? I’m just about to break into my 50 lb bag of flour but will confess I haven’t looked at grocery store shelves for flour or yeast for weeks since I found it elsewhere.? I’m going to need more white sugar soon (down to the last 5 lb bag) so I’ll report back. ?Won’t have any opinion or knowledge about meat because we don’t eat it. ? We’ve always baked a lot and I’ve been baking my own bread for years so other than embarking on sourdough with Ezra, nothing new for me other than difficulty getting ingredients.? ? New Jersey is one of the states that has not really begun to reopen and since the things that I’m truly interested in doing will be late in the game (my dog training club is starting to plan for what eventual reopening will look like), I’m surprisingly OK with the status quo.? The other thing I miss a whole lot is seeing my Dad, but I’m going to be cautious about that too. ? Melisande ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of mary_007usa via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:19 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [yarnmongers] Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour ? Well this is a potpourri of topics, but here goes.
1.? The Groups.io site was down this morning, just presenting a log in page, but it wouldn't accept my login.? I decided to attempt to log in with my gmail account, which I don't use often.? Because it's a different email addy from my usual sewgood5 email, it treated me as a applicant for membership.? I then went back to my gmail and it was "down for maintenance" which was the message I received on groups.io last night.
Went to io. to have them send me a link to log in.? Unsuccessful again.? Went back to their link to log in and it magically worked.? All my groups in place, no problem.? So, Jaya, if you see a member request from me with an easley gmail account, just forget it.? I think it's all de-bugged at this point.
2.? Bread Flour:? I found the discussion of shortage of bread flour and sourcing really interesting.? I no longer bake bread much, but we certainly do crank out the pizza dough for every Friday night's pizza extravaganza.? Out of curiosity,? I decided to see if my Lowe's Foods in Southport had bread flour and it is sold out. In fact I almost mistook the entire flour section as the section for disinfectants b/c it was so bare. Today I'm in Raleigh to fulfill some appointments and I thought I'd check Wegman's:? No Bread Flour.? None.?
A nationwide shortage of bread flour. I am amazed.? Are Americans really baking that much bread?? Certainly more brean than the customary 40-50 hour work week plus commute time would allow, but enough to cause a shortage?? It's impressive.
No shortage of meats in Raleigh, not even the lamb or veals.? NC has lots of pork and chicken processors in rural counties and I read today that some of the pork producers have been hit hard with the virus.? That's frightening.
I'm heading back to Southport tomorrow, but it was like a tonic to lay eyes upon my son and daughter.? I've missed them so much.? It just felt so good to be able to talk and laugh with them.? We humans are not wired to be without live human interaction.? This is so shallow in light of the gravity of the times, but I was amazed to find that my son had actually kept all of my plants alive.? I wasn't expecting that.
Our infection curve is still rising, but flattening out, yet we are slowly opening back up, and I am very nervous about it.? I'll be the old fogey staying home.? However, it is reassuring that most everyone is wearing masks.?
The outliers tend to get the "stink eye" from those wearing masks and are given a wide berth as they pass.? It makes me think of this funny, simple, but crude way of explaining just why masks work:?
?1.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. Neither is wearing pants. Both pee. Each is peed on by the other. ?2.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. One is wearing pants and the other is not. Both pee. The man wearing pants is peed on by the other man. ?3. Two men face each other a few feet apart. Both are wearing pants. Both pee. Neither is peed on by the other.
A very direct analogy indeed.
One of my girlfriends lives in Oakwood, a downtown Raleigh neighborhood near the Gov's Mansion.? Last week the neighborhood had all of these men in army gear with machine guns (AR 15?) and side arms rolling through their neighborhoods in trucks, shouting and honking horns.?? My friend said it really put her on edge and was scary. No police anywhere. The same day,? one of the OpenNC people led a group to crash through the SW gate of the Gov's Mansion.? That's pretty unbelievable.? Strange times.
Mary
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Re: Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour
That’s a fascinating update on what is happening in your area. Much appreciated. ? What they say here about the flour is that there was a sudden spike in flour sales at the point where bread was hard to come by, and many people were stocking up on foodstuffs which would keep for weeks or even months in case they felt it was just too dangerous to go out. This spike used up all the ?flour pre-bagged in standard shop-size bags (which here are 1.5kg, about 3 and ? pounds). There was still plenty of flour in the warehouses but it was all in 7kg/15lb bags or bigger. Also because of social distancing regulations they couldn’t get enough staff in to re-bag it in smaller quantities (and indeed had not enough of the bags on hand). ? The small suppliers are willing to send out bags of various sizes, but only a few people can go into their packing areas at once so they can only take a limited number of orders per day. So this route is not available to most people. ? Basically there is plenty of wheat to mill, and plenty of flour, it’s an issue with getting it to people. Lots of people are baking cakes and cookies in lockdown as activities especially with children so demand is a little higher than usual anyway. Eventually it will sort itself out. ? What you say about the guys with machine guns is terrifying. I’m amazed it was allowed, though I suppose it would take the military to go against something like that. ? I much fear that the USA will shortly learn what happens if you unlock while there are still such high numbers of infections. Educational as it will be for us all,? I’m so sorry for the pain which will ensue. ? Though as my DH and I were saying at breakfast, when it’s a choice of risk possibly catching something which might not make you individually very ill, or starve and see your kids starve, there’s no doubt what almost anyone would choose. People just hope they as individuals won’t be part of the higher price which will be paid overall. Africa and India are going to get caught the same way. ? Hoping everyone is staying safe and well Jenny ?
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Subject: [yarnmongers] Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour? Well this is a potpourri of topics, but here goes.
1.? The Groups.io site was down this morning, just presenting a log in page, but it wouldn't accept my login.? I decided to attempt to log in with my gmail account, which I don't use often.? Because it's a different email addy from my usual sewgood5 email, it treated me as a applicant for membership.? I then went back to my gmail and it was "down for maintenance" which was the message I received on groups.io last night.
Went to io. to have them send me a link to log in.? Unsuccessful again.? Went back to their link to log in and it magically worked.? All my groups in place, no problem.? So, Jaya, if you see a member request from me with an easley gmail account, just forget it.? I think it's all de-bugged at this point.
2.? Bread Flour:? I found the discussion of shortage of bread flour and sourcing really interesting.? I no longer bake bread much, but we certainly do crank out the pizza dough for every Friday night's pizza extravaganza.? Out of curiosity,? I decided to see if my Lowe's Foods in Southport had bread flour and it is sold out. In fact I almost mistook the entire flour section as the section for disinfectants b/c it was so bare. Today I'm in Raleigh to fulfill some appointments and I thought I'd check Wegman's:? No Bread Flour.? None.?
A nationwide shortage of bread flour. I am amazed.? Are Americans really baking that much bread?? Certainly more brean than the customary 40-50 hour work week plus commute time would allow, but enough to cause a shortage?? It's impressive.
No shortage of meats in Raleigh, not even the lamb or veals.? NC has lots of pork and chicken processors in rural counties and I read today that some of the pork producers have been hit hard with the virus.? That's frightening.
I'm heading back to Southport tomorrow, but it was like a tonic to lay eyes upon my son and daughter.? I've missed them so much.? It just felt so good to be able to talk and laugh with them.? We humans are not wired to be without live human interaction.? This is so shallow in light of the gravity of the times, but I was amazed to find that my son had actually kept all of my plants alive.? I wasn't expecting that.
Our infection curve is still rising, but flattening out, yet we are slowly opening back up, and I am very nervous about it.? I'll be the old fogey staying home.? However, it is reassuring that most everyone is wearing masks.?
The outliers tend to get the "stink eye" from those wearing masks and are given a wide berth as they pass.? It makes me think of this funny, simple, but crude way of explaining just why masks work:?
?1.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. Neither is wearing pants. Both pee. Each is peed on by the other. ?2.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. One is wearing pants and the other is not. Both pee. The man wearing pants is peed on by the other man. ?3. Two men face each other a few feet apart. Both are wearing pants. Both pee. Neither is peed on by the other.
A very direct analogy indeed.
One of my girlfriends lives in Oakwood, a downtown Raleigh neighborhood near the Gov's Mansion.? Last week the neighborhood had all of these men in army gear with machine guns (AR 15?) and side arms rolling through their neighborhoods in trucks, shouting and honking horns.?? My friend said it really put her on edge and was scary. No police anywhere. The same day,? one of the OpenNC people led a group to crash through the SW gate of the Gov's Mansion.? That's pretty unbelievable.? Strange times.
Mary
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Strange Experience on io and Bread Flour
Well this is a potpourri of topics, but here goes. 1.? The Groups.io site was down this morning, just presenting a log in page, but it wouldn't accept my login.? I decided to attempt to log in with my gmail account, which I don't use often.? Because it's a different email addy from my usual sewgood5 email, it treated me as a applicant for membership.? I then went back to my gmail and it was "down for maintenance" which was the message I received on groups.io last night. Went to io. to have them send me a link to log in.? Unsuccessful again.? Went back to their link to log in and it magically worked.? All my groups in place, no problem.? So, Jaya, if you see a member request from me with an easley gmail account, just forget it.? I think it's all de-bugged at this point. 2.? Bread Flour:? I found the discussion of shortage of bread flour and sourcing really interesting.? I no longer bake bread much, but we certainly do crank out the pizza dough for every Friday night's pizza extravaganza.? Out of curiosity,? I decided to see if my Lowe's Foods in Southport had bread flour and it is sold out. In fact I almost mistook the entire flour section as the section for disinfectants b/c it was so bare. Today I'm in Raleigh to fulfill some appointments and I thought I'd check Wegman's:? No Bread Flour.? None.? A nationwide shortage of bread flour. I am amazed.? Are Americans really baking that much bread?? Certainly more brean than the customary 40-50 hour work week plus commute time would allow, but enough to cause a shortage?? It's impressive. No shortage of meats in Raleigh, not even the lamb or veals.? NC has lots of pork and chicken processors in rural counties and I read today that some of the pork producers have been hit hard with the virus.? That's frightening. I'm heading back to Southport tomorrow, but it was like a tonic to lay eyes upon my son and daughter.? I've missed them so much.? It just felt so good to be able to talk and laugh with them.? We humans are not wired to be without live human interaction.? This is so shallow in light of the gravity of the times, but I was amazed to find that my son had actually kept all of my plants alive.? I wasn't expecting that. Our infection curve is still rising, but flattening out, yet we are slowly opening back up, and I am very nervous about it.? I'll be the old fogey staying home.? However, it is reassuring that most everyone is wearing masks.? The outliers tend to get the "stink eye" from those wearing masks and are given a wide berth as they pass.? It makes me think of this funny, simple, but crude way of explaining just why masks work:? ?1.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. Neither is wearing pants. Both pee. Each is peed on by the other.
?2.? Two men face each other a few feet apart. One is wearing pants and the other is not. Both pee. The man wearing pants is peed on by the other man.
?3. Two men face each other a few feet apart. Both are wearing pants. Both pee. Neither is peed on by the other. A very direct analogy indeed. One of my girlfriends lives in Oakwood, a downtown Raleigh neighborhood near the Gov's Mansion.? Last week the neighborhood had all of these men in army gear with machine guns (AR 15?) and side arms rolling through their neighborhoods in trucks, shouting and honking horns.?? My friend said it really put her on edge and was scary. No police anywhere. The same day,? one of the OpenNC people led a group to crash through the SW gate of the Gov's Mansion.? That's pretty unbelievable.? Strange times. Mary Mary.
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Yeah. this. wildlife.?
We live in a semi-rural area but have no woods around us. We have a small width of trees that separate us from our back neighbors, plus we are on a hill so their roof line is a little above our soil line. But that is it. We have almost an acre but it is all landscaped. We had another little row of scrub between us and our neighbor on the left (looking out our front door).
Deer and rabbits are common. They eat pretty much everything I plant that they are supposed to like or not like. I just started using Bobbex this year to try and keep the deer from eating my daylily flowers and all the new growth on my rhododendrons. I could never plant hosta or any other deer loving plants. The rabbits eat the flowers so I stick to marigolds and other things that they don't like. The daylilies are right by the road. The rhodos are near the house. I've seen deer wandering up and down my driveway and cross the road. There are very few woods anywhere near by so they are hanging out in people's yards.?
We also got a fox one year that decided to set up house in that little bit of scrub between us and our neighbor. I was finding bits of animals all over my yard. It finally left and my neighbor got rid of the shrubs and just left a few of the trees between our properties (it was all on his property).?
We are encroaching so much into the undeveloped land around us that the wildlife had become used to our presence and is making itself home in our environment. Neither the deer nor the rabbits fear us. They will only move away if we get within 3 ft of the rabbits and about 10 ft for the deer. Social distancing.
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 2:50 PM Anmiryam Budner < anmiryam@...> wrote:
We have plenty of mice here in our very suburban, clearly not rural location. Also lots of rabbits, deer and foxes. I never ceased to be amazed at how much wildlife can nestle up to human activity.
Anmiryam
I’m lucky that I’ve got room in the unfinished basement for the freezers to put things into.? I’ve had trouble in the past with mice chewing through plastic (and I know that there are mice in my yard because one scampered out of the patio umbrella yesterday
when we went to put it up), which I know is a hazard of living “in the country” (for the NJ version of that, which is probably more rural than you’d think).??
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It’s wonderful that you were able to share some bread.? At the moment, my bread sharing has been unintentional.? Somepuppies got a large part of the sourdough loaf that was cooling yesterday because it didn’t go back up on top of the china cabinet before the
last person left the kitchen.? I think I might have to bake more regular bread today though, since Baird was looking for what was left before he went to work, which means there’s a decent chance that was the end of it.
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Thanks - I have an in to GFS- a big food supplier through my brother. We're just seeing about quantities - I live in a small house and can't store more than 10lbs of flour. Craig did find a 50lb bag which is a bit excessive. My brother and SIL are home working
with?a 3 year old and 4 month old so aren't doing a lot of baking. I brought them a loaf yesterday. It was nice to see other humans in real life (besides Craig and Xander).
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Not that it’s at all local to you, but I’ve got a friend in Winnipeg who always buys her flour from a local mill near her.? I can ask her if you’re interested, and maybe there’s something more local with way Castle Valley turned out to be to me.?
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The other thing that was suggested to me was to call local restaurants or bakeries and see if they might be selling some of their ingredients.? I know that some are in the US, though the bakery I tried wasn’t.??
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I've been reading about flour too - turns out Canadian All Purpose flour is comparable to US bread flour in protein (about 13%) - something to do with the type of wheat grown here (hard red or white winter wheats). It explains why I always need more liquids
when using US recipes calling for all purpose?flour.? Brand doesn't seem to matter as that's the minimum standard for milling. Canadian bread flour is 14 - 18% and I never buy it unless specifically called for. It was a good rabbit hole to keep me distracted
for a while.?
The bigger issue is finding flour. Craig brought home a 10lb bag of whole wheat last week but can't find any white all purpose - I'm running low! I may have to shut down my home bread shop??
?
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:40 PM Melisande R. Wolf via ?<melisanderwolf= [email protected]>
wrote:
I use a lot more all-purpose flour (which I understand from some reading I've been doing in my quest to understand what the heck is going on with my sourdough is a uniquely American thing) than whole wheat flour, so that's what I was really low on.? We'll see
how long it takes to get through the 50 lb bag of KA all-purpose that's now in my freezer.
Cheese (we go through a lot) and ice cream (likewise) seem to be in short supply around here, but other than flour and yeast, which I've now sourced elsewhere, I think most things other than frozen vegetables seem to be available.? I'm rotating stores since
different chains seem better able to keep different things in stock.
Melisande
-----Original Message-----
From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Anmiryam Budner
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 11:36 AM
To:?[email protected]
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I haven’t had a problem with All-Purpose Flour. We stocked up a bit early on when Em went to Whole Foods, I’ve gotten some delivered from our local grocery store and found some 10 lb bags on offer from Amazon that were from Amazon directly and were priced appropriately.
It seems like a lot, but we’re moving through it at a steady clip much to Martin’s amazement (he also ridiculed my need to have several dozen eggs on hand, but he went and got more yesterday because we had used so many over the last week). Whole Wheat flour
has been more problematic and I’m just so happy to have a stash.
I believe it about wildflower books. It doesn’t help that so many of them are likely printed in China because of the heavy reliance on color printing. People are always amazed at Christmas time that there are several books we can never get back in stock because
the re-prints are stuck somewhere on the ocean. Printing is fast, bulk shipping in containers is not.
And no, my flour stash will never be as large or as long lasting as my yarn stash.
Anmiryam
> On May 4, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Jenny Swanson via?<jenny=[email protected]>
wrote:
>?
> Lucky you, I haven't seen flour in a shop in 8 weeks! And the big sacks you can order online are only orderable for about 15 minutes each day before the production is sold out for that day. Eventually, I hope demand will settle. It seems as though one of
the coronavirus effects is that, while bread was unobtainable because some people had stashed dozens of loaves in their specially bought extra freezers, the rest of the country found that a variety of breads are relatively easy to bake. This is a great result
IF we can all get flour. Eventually the availability system will catch up with us.
>?
> Another odd side effect is that DD1 asked me yesterday to choose and order her a wild flower book so she could start to identify what she sees on her solitary early morning walks (her husband is shielding because he has a particular health condition, and
she has chosen to join him rather than live separately in half the house). Anyway, almost every decent British wildflower book was out of stock for at least 6 weeks. In the end I found her a book of "Scottish Wild Flowers". There's no mountain or moorland
in Hertfordshire, but otherwise it's much the same for common wild flowers.....
>?
> Anyway, I deduce that since so many people have taken up daily walks in the absence of any other excuse to leave the house, interest in flowers (and indeed birds) is booming. I think that is good too.
>?
> Jenny
>?
> -----Original Message-----
> From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Anmiryam Budner
> Sent: 04 May 2020 15:41
> To:?[email protected]
> Subject: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill
>?
> Who was handing out the link to this mill in Doylestown? Was it Lise? Melisande??
>?
> All I can say is thank you! I ordered both 10 lbs of whole wheat and 10 lbs of bolted whole wheat on Friday and it was on my doorstep on Saturday! Of course Doylestown isn’t far, but still that’s amazing turnaround. It was especially great to support a local
business, and? get something that was hard to find generally at a really fair price.
>?
> Now to bake it all up.
>?
> Anmiryam
>?
>?
>?
>?
>?
>?
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We also get (lots of) turkey vultures, a couple of species of hawks, the occasional bald eagle, bats (which make me happy because the local bat populations have been battling a fungal infection for years that, no, can’t be spread to humans), and (usually in the spring) bears since we’re so close to the river.? ? What’s unusual and likely a sign of the pandemic was the raccoon I saw trundling across an entrance ramp to I-95 in the middle of the day last week.? Usually a daytime racoon siting would mean the animal is sick, but right now all of the wildlife seems to be much more willing to show itself. ? The mice I tend to see are a different species than the ones I’ve seen in some of the less rural areas I’ve lived.? (That last is a relic of my time working in a mouse lab). ? Melisande ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Jenny Swanson Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:57 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill ? That sounds pretty lively, Mary. Here the red kites swoop so low you can hear the wind in their feathers. And the muntjac deer trot through the estate after dusk (droppings on the pavements are the giveaway). Foxes bounce on trampolines in back gardens, hedgehogs feast on our slugs and snails, badgers occasionally march along the pavements. But we are only a few feet from fields and a small nature reserve so it’s not so surprising. ? Jenny ? ? You are so right.? It's crazy how many critters go through our yard.? In Raleigh, we live in town on a small lot.? One recent Thanksgiving as we were dining, we saw in the back ivy, a perfectly composed deer just sitting in the ivy, munching away.? Guess he decided to join us for lunch.? Then a fox trotted across the terrace.? We couldn't believe it.? Downtown, there are coyotes.? Rabbits, definitely except the dratted cats hunt them mercilessly.
Hawks!? We were having a get together and as the ladies were arriving, a hawk swooped down, pinned a squirrel and began eating him right in front of them.? Yikes.? Not appetizing and anyone but the hawk.? They live on the ledges of the high-rises a little farther into the down town area
Always raccoons at night.? One afternoon, there was a mamma raccoon teaching her three cubs how to use the bench to climb our back wall.? So cute!
Mary
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That sounds pretty lively, Mary. Here the red kites swoop so low you can hear the wind in their feathers. And the muntjac deer trot through the estate after dusk (droppings on the pavements are the giveaway). Foxes bounce on trampolines in back gardens, hedgehogs feast on our slugs and snails, badgers occasionally march along the pavements. But we are only a few feet from fields and a small nature reserve so it’s not so surprising. ? Jenny ?
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Sent: 05 May 2020 14:30
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill? You are so right.? It's crazy how many critters go through our yard.? In Raleigh, we live in town on a small lot.? One recent Thanksgiving as we were dining, we saw in the back ivy, a perfectly composed deer just sitting in the ivy, munching away.? Guess he decided to join us for lunch.? Then a fox trotted across the terrace.? We couldn't believe it.? Downtown, there are coyotes.? Rabbits, definitely except the dratted cats hunt them mercilessly.
Hawks!? We were having a get together and as the ladies were arriving, a hawk swooped down, pinned a squirrel and began eating him right in front of them.? Yikes.? Not appetizing and anyone but the hawk.? They live on the ledges of the high-rises a little farther into the down town area
Always raccoons at night.? One afternoon, there was a mamma raccoon teaching her three cubs how to use the bench to climb our back wall.? So cute!
Mary
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You are so right.? It's crazy how many critters go through our yard.? In Raleigh, we live in town on a small lot.? One recent Thanksgiving as we were dining, we saw in the back ivy, a perfectly composed deer just sitting in the ivy, munching away.? Guess he decided to join us for lunch.? Then a fox trotted across the terrace.? We couldn't believe it.? Downtown, there are coyotes.? Rabbits, definitely except the dratted cats hunt them mercilessly.
Hawks!? We were having a get together and as the ladies were arriving, a hawk swooped down, pinned a squirrel and began eating him right in front of them.? Yikes.? Not appetizing and anyone but the hawk.? They live on the ledges of the high-rises a little farther into the down town area
Always raccoons at night.? One afternoon, there was a mamma raccoon teaching her three cubs how to use the bench to climb our back wall.? So cute!
Mary
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We have plenty of mice here in our very suburban, clearly not rural location. Also lots of rabbits, deer and foxes. I never ceased to be amazed at how much wildlife can nestle up to human activity.
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I’m lucky that I’ve got room in the unfinished basement for the freezers to put things into.? I’ve had trouble in the past with mice chewing through plastic (and I know that there are mice in my yard because one scampered out of the patio umbrella yesterday
when we went to put it up), which I know is a hazard of living “in the country” (for the NJ version of that, which is probably more rural than you’d think).??
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It’s wonderful that you were able to share some bread.? At the moment, my bread sharing has been unintentional.? Somepuppies got a large part of the sourdough loaf that was cooling yesterday because it didn’t go back up on top of the china cabinet before the
last person left the kitchen.? I think I might have to bake more regular bread today though, since Baird was looking for what was left before he went to work, which means there’s a decent chance that was the end of it.
?
Melisande
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Thanks - I have an in to GFS- a big food supplier through my brother. We're just seeing about quantities - I live in a small house and can't store more than 10lbs of flour. Craig did find a 50lb bag which is a bit excessive. My brother and SIL are home working
with?a 3 year old and 4 month old so aren't doing a lot of baking. I brought them a loaf yesterday. It was nice to see other humans in real life (besides Craig and Xander).
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On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 2:14 PM Melisande R. Wolf via ?<melisanderwolf= [email protected]>
wrote:
Not that it’s at all local to you, but I’ve got a friend in Winnipeg who always buys her flour from a local mill near her.? I can ask her if you’re interested, and maybe there’s something more local with way Castle Valley turned out to be to me.?
?
The other thing that was suggested to me was to call local restaurants or bakeries and see if they might be selling some of their ingredients.? I know that some are in the US, though the bakery I tried wasn’t.??
?
Melisande
?
?
I've been reading about flour too - turns out Canadian All Purpose flour is comparable to US bread flour in protein (about 13%) - something to do with the type of wheat grown here (hard red or white winter wheats). It explains why I always need more liquids
when using US recipes calling for all purpose?flour.? Brand doesn't seem to matter as that's the minimum standard for milling. Canadian bread flour is 14 - 18% and I never buy it unless specifically called for. It was a good rabbit hole to keep me distracted
for a while.?
The bigger issue is finding flour. Craig brought home a 10lb bag of whole wheat last week but can't find any white all purpose - I'm running low! I may have to shut down my home bread shop??
?
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:40 PM Melisande R. Wolf via ?<melisanderwolf= [email protected]>
wrote:
I use a lot more all-purpose flour (which I understand from some reading I've been doing in my quest to understand what the heck is going on with my sourdough is a uniquely American thing) than whole wheat flour, so that's what I was really low on.? We'll see
how long it takes to get through the 50 lb bag of KA all-purpose that's now in my freezer.
Cheese (we go through a lot) and ice cream (likewise) seem to be in short supply around here, but other than flour and yeast, which I've now sourced elsewhere, I think most things other than frozen vegetables seem to be available.? I'm rotating stores since
different chains seem better able to keep different things in stock.
Melisande
-----Original Message-----
From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Anmiryam Budner
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 11:36 AM
To:?[email protected]
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I haven’t had a problem with All-Purpose Flour. We stocked up a bit early on when Em went to Whole Foods, I’ve gotten some delivered from our local grocery store and found some 10 lb bags on offer from Amazon that were from Amazon directly and were priced appropriately.
It seems like a lot, but we’re moving through it at a steady clip much to Martin’s amazement (he also ridiculed my need to have several dozen eggs on hand, but he went and got more yesterday because we had used so many over the last week). Whole Wheat flour
has been more problematic and I’m just so happy to have a stash.
I believe it about wildflower books. It doesn’t help that so many of them are likely printed in China because of the heavy reliance on color printing. People are always amazed at Christmas time that there are several books we can never get back in stock because
the re-prints are stuck somewhere on the ocean. Printing is fast, bulk shipping in containers is not.
And no, my flour stash will never be as large or as long lasting as my yarn stash.
Anmiryam
> On May 4, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Jenny Swanson via?<jenny=[email protected]>
wrote:
>?
> Lucky you, I haven't seen flour in a shop in 8 weeks! And the big sacks you can order online are only orderable for about 15 minutes each day before the production is sold out for that day. Eventually, I hope demand will settle. It seems as though one of
the coronavirus effects is that, while bread was unobtainable because some people had stashed dozens of loaves in their specially bought extra freezers, the rest of the country found that a variety of breads are relatively easy to bake. This is a great result
IF we can all get flour. Eventually the availability system will catch up with us.
>?
> Another odd side effect is that DD1 asked me yesterday to choose and order her a wild flower book so she could start to identify what she sees on her solitary early morning walks (her husband is shielding because he has a particular health condition, and
she has chosen to join him rather than live separately in half the house). Anyway, almost every decent British wildflower book was out of stock for at least 6 weeks. In the end I found her a book of "Scottish Wild Flowers". There's no mountain or moorland
in Hertfordshire, but otherwise it's much the same for common wild flowers.....
>?
> Anyway, I deduce that since so many people have taken up daily walks in the absence of any other excuse to leave the house, interest in flowers (and indeed birds) is booming. I think that is good too.
>?
> Jenny
>?
> -----Original Message-----
> From:?[email protected]?<[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Anmiryam Budner
> Sent: 04 May 2020 15:41
> To:?[email protected]
> Subject: [yarnmongers] Flour - Castle Valley Mill
>?
> Who was handing out the link to this mill in Doylestown? Was it Lise? Melisande??
>?
> All I can say is thank you! I ordered both 10 lbs of whole wheat and 10 lbs of bolted whole wheat on Friday and it was on my doorstep on Saturday! Of course Doylestown isn’t far, but still that’s amazing turnaround. It was especially great to support a local
business, and? get something that was hard to find generally at a really fair price.
>?
> Now to bake it all up.
>?
> Anmiryam
>?
>?
>?
>?
>?
>?
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