Tuesday

9°f/-12.8°C, clear but windy.

I guess we are enjoying an Alberta Clipper, as the weather people call it, again. At least this brought no snow, although snow would have at least made it pretty. Instead, it is very cold, dry and, well, cold! The sun is shining but produces little warmth.

The house was pretty chilly this morning too, so I decided to cook up a big breakfast to warm things up. I had half an onion, part of a tomato, some grayed cheese, and a small piece of ham, and that said omelet to me. Then there were a few grapes and a couple bananas, so I pulled out a pack of strawberries I froze last summer, and made a quick fruit salad. Add whole wheat toast with Naddie's homemade butter, grape juice and strawberry jam from the cellar, coffee---and we had a feast for breakfast! I only remembered to take a picture of what was left of the fruit salad and my toast and coffee, so you will have to imagine the rest.

The bowl above is actually a pale blue casserole dish that has the prettiest lid. It's from the 30s or 40s, made by Fire-King and called Sapphire Philbe. 

Coffee in my favorite cup, which is actually a Cracker Barrel knock-off of Fire-King's Jadeite. I like it because I can use it without worrying 

about breaking an antique! I brought my toast and coffee in the lig room with me to enjoy while I write, since I was full after the omelet and fruit. So perhaps this is my elevenses?

Some recently learned trivia, from a story by Lillian de la Torre called The Christmas Box.  In the story she used the word coruscated to describe ladies' evening gowns. That was a new word to me and suggested rusted! But no, it actually means sparkling or glittering. In another part of the tale, her detective, Dr. Sam Johnson and his sidekick Boswell of English history fame learn that there was once an ancient Celtic written language called Ogam, or Orgham as it seems to be correctly spelled, that used lines like sticks as characters. I had to look that up and indeed, it is true. De la Torre used several other unfamiliar words in the story, so in addition to being entertained by a good tale, I expanded my vocabulary!

Not much on the agenda today except keeping the house warm and a few small projects. I will work on straightening up my workroom/stockroom, which is once again a right mess. That will probably result in more things to price, and additions to the thrift store pile. I have several aprons to iron for the booths too, and some ebay sales to pack. And that will be yet another riveting day in our ho-hum wintry life.

I know this is Walk Out America day, but we will not be going anywhere. Even the open mic tonight is canceled; we weren't planning to go anyway. Tomorrow it will be warmer and we will be on the road again, and so I am going to enjoy one more day at home.

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