Purling Oaks

Gazpacho!!!

Bless you! No, I actually meant the chilled soup. I'm on the road this week and I ate at a new-to-me deli, The Rochester Deli, for lunch today. I was told they are famous for their corned beef or pastrami but when I saw the soup of the day was gazpacho.....I had to have the soup! So, I paired it with a nice cheese sandwich and vinaigrette cole slaw and was in heaven. I remembered that I was low on blog material after my first few bites, so sorry, you get to see what it looked liked five minutes into my meal.
The gazpacho was excellent and was an inspired selection by the deli since it was unseasonably warm today. My Jeep's thermometer said it was 80 degrees F on the way to the hotel. I'll definitely try the corned beef sandwich later this week.

I'm on the road with DH, which is my very good fortune. We are having baked Italian-style breaded boneless chichen breasts, a salad of Boston lettuce with a zesty french dressing by Brianna's and some garlic french bread. All obtained from the nice store across the road and prepared in our little kitchenette. Life is good. *grin*

I'm almost to the left front of Sonnet but no pictures for the blog yet. Soon, I promise, soon.

Friday morning coffee, YUM!

I woke up in my own bed this morning (yeah!), kissed my honey, and slippered into the kitchen to make coffee. We love coffee in the morning and we especially like it made in a percolator on the stovetop. We've tried other methods, but this is our favorite. We made it this way when camping a number of years ago and decided we shouldn't just enjoy it when camping. (Especially since we don't find a lot of time to camp.) When visiting, both our mothers comment on how good the coffee smells. I am sure some of that aroma comes from the freshly ground beans but the method must play a part too.

There was a package waiting for me when I arrived home last night. It was from Blue Moon Fiber Arts! Could it be the first installment of the 2007 Sock Club??? No, it is a bit too early for that.....but it was my order of January One and G-Rocks! They are both lovely colorways and these are my first skeins of STR but not my last, for sure.

Finally, for this morning, there is some actual knitting content!! I made some progress on Sonnet this week. This chilly weekend may also lend itself to knitting so I hope I'll have another photo on Sunday that shows me knitting the back!

I had some help with the photography this morning. Fuzzle found the beginnings of Sonnet acceptable.....