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"Once more into the breach," is how I felt this week as I woke up my sourdough starter to make bagels again. |
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I made sure the starter had tripled so there would be plenty of rising action, and the dough rose! |
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Mr. Hansen gently refinished and lightly re-stained all the wood. |
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He also increased the depth of the padding behind the tucks. He believes this is how the love seat was originally built. |
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Ben and I weren't sure how this was all going to work, but we like the new look. |
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Jacob immediately fell in love with the sofa. |
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Dad had given Aunt Janet a portrait of Nana as a young woman. That portrait came to me with the love seat. This afternoon, Ben got out Dad's tack hammer and hung the picture in our family room. |
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I don't think anyone besides Corinne and me knows the meaning of this cup. |
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Nana's picture looks lovely on the wall, across the windows from Kofi. |
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My bagels came out of the oven. They felt light. They looked great. Unfortunately, while cleaning up the kitchen, I realized that I had not held back any starter for next time. Uh oh. |
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Ben, Jacob and I had lunch together and enjoyed some mousse cake. We discussed the Ghirardelli chocolate again. |
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Then I popped Jacob in the car and we went tramping. |
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Papa Ben contributed some red socks for this activity. They have grips on the bottom. Jacob loves the socks. |
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Unfortunately, the socks don't have grips on the toes, so Jacob was forced to switch out for the orange ones. |
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Jacob's toes occasionally make contact with the trampolines. |
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Not too often, but you can see why he likes the toe grips. |
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But you can also see my point that this isn't always necessary. |
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On our way home, we stopped to feed the fish. |
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Jacob likes the koi. |
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They like him. |