For the annual holiday of eating turkey, I made my way down to Temecula, which I had not realized was not in San Diego County, but is actually in Riverside County. Before making that 8-hour drive, I got a little of making done. I painted a pumpkin for a thanksgiving tablescape...
...I glazed porcelain bisque.
And then a race from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 to get to my sister-in-law's father's house in the desert where we were celebrating Thanksgiving. I'm glad I made the trip. The next day's temperature made my bones less stiff and body more supple. I had the whole day to prep the food.
The pan was a bit too narrow for my liking, but crammed the spatchcocked bird atop the Stove Top stuffing. Note to self, no need to moisten the stuffing with chicken broth beforehand.
On Black Friday, my sister-in-law, brothers and I walked Old Town Temecula, I didn't buy much. Just this watercolor exercise book and a bunch of stickers and vintage-looking bluetooth speaker from an independent romance bookstore. The tote below made me think of my misspent 20s.
And my evenings have been spent before the Christmas holidays on sipping wine and brie and pate and crackers and stringing frost porcelain ornaments with jute and twine and hot gluing their knots.
It feels good to be back to brainstorming and making.
