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Bath Time for Belvedere

First, some knitting. I cast on for Siesta from Knotions last night. in Ella Rae Silkience then I found this tiered skirt.

After bath time, I got this look. I took it to mean, "I need more treats after being doused with the hose and shampooed oall over."

But he got over it fast, eating a dog biscuit while being toweled off. His short hair dries remarkably fast. Then he trotted off to play with a stick
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Bevedere even let Punkin chew on the other end of the stick.

Flowers and Cozy

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Progress is slow on the water bottle cozy in Opal Flamingo sock yarn leftovers, due to tendenitits in my wrist

The stock in the Aerogarden is finally blooming, visible after the petunia plants sagged from the plethora of blooms. The Twinkle phlox plant is still hanging in there.

2009 Komen North Central Alabama Race for the Cure

I have registered for the North Central Alabama 2009 Race for the Cure. Please help me reach my fundraising goal. I will have to find some sock yarn for a prize. I will hold a drawing after I have reached my $250.00 goal. (I reserve the right to up the goal if I get a deluge of donations, LOL.) The race is October 10, 2009. One entry goes into the virtual hat for each $5.00 donation. My family, friends and co-workers have all been affected by this all-too-common disease.

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Pup

The only thing I have done today is get the car serviced and play with our puppy when he is awake. Really looks innocent for someone who just ripped a hole in my denim capri pants.

Yeah, the flash went off, didn't it?

Nom Nom

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Hummus with artichoke hearts, left, tzatsiki on the right, The tzatsiki has homegrown mint and some of my homemade yogurt. I also got Kalamata olives and Feta cheese to make Greek salad. I forgot the pita chips were in the oven, and they got very toasted.

Hee Hee

This was posted to a Yahoo list I an on. I couldn't resist the bald faced Saint Bernard...

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It's Yogurt

I used to make yogurt when it was not as easy to find it in 32 ounce containers. I have a Salton one quart yogurt maker somewhere. Anyway, with the cost of tiny cups of Greek yogurt, I decided to try some using Greek yogurt as a starter. (It was plain fat-free Chobani with five active cultures.) I used the method noted in a comment here. I heated a quart of milk almost to boiling, then put the pot in ice water to cool it to around 110 degrees F, then put  powdered milk and the starter in, and placed the muxture in a preheated 2.5 qt Crock-Pot. Turned the slow cooker off, and wrapped it in 2 big, thick towels. The resulting yogurt is soft, and the photo shows it in a yogurt strainer to thicken up.

Gardening and Puppies

The Mesclun salad greens in the Aerogarden have recovered from their bout of malnutrition, because I did not read the directions and failed to add nutrients at the right time.

I have lots of Genovese basil, because the seeds are old, and I start lots of them

Belvedere is adjusting well to the other dogs, and loves playing with Punkin. He has grown in the week we have had him. He likes to eat plain yogurt whenever I eat yogurt.

"I'm gonna get you, Punkin!"

Tempted Yarn

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Knitting Purls Indie sock Yarn Club yarn. Tempted Good Grrl, somthing with Iris in the name.