Weekend Editorial Work

[akirlu]

Editing in the broadest sense. I spent some time each day out in the yard, airing the dog and editing dandelions, wild geranium, and encroaching ivy out of the iris bed and the grass at the foot of the apple tree. The roots of the dandelions continue to be full of fat, healthy-looking worms. Yay, worms. Also fat, healthy-looking slugs. Boo, slugs. We stab them with our steely knives, yes we do. Still tons o' weeding left to do, though. Pity I'm all out of weekend.

And I'm finding, speaking of steely knives, that while I like the way I don't have to bend over so much with Grampa's Weeder, I do prefer the accuracy and precision I get with the hori hori. With the Japanese weeding knife, I never miss the root because the dandelion is really two dandelions in a cluster.

Hal and I also spent some time going through the coat closet, editing the contents down to stuff we actually wear. Winter coats are now downstairs, there's a pile of stuff to go to resale, and several bags have been bundled off to the Goodwill. I also packed up my heaviest wool sweaters and put them away for the season. If it snows in May, that will be my fault.

The photo is yesterday's French Toast, another bit of editing. Saturday, Trader Joe's had strawberries too beautiful to pass up, but I was determined not to forget them until they molded unlike last time. Hence, cooking what we got instead of going out, and thus strawberry French Toast for brunch. It was pretty tasty.

Comments

[greyorm.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh...*drool* Those look ridiculously scrumptious.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

The vanilla in the egg batter, and the clotted cream on top were a definite plus, yes.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

For some reason, the Lawn Aerator Shoes on that hori hori page make me larf. Perhaps that's why my lawn is so crappy looking. Still, I need to book mark that site and spend some time drooling over various garden utensils.

Speaking of editorial work, I'll take this opportunity to say: you owe me a cartoon!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll see if I can't clear off my work table today, so as to have an actual surface to draw on.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Though, now that I think of it, I don't know how you'll manage to make enough copies of my work table, so perhaps I'd better draw on paper, instead.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Well, we could photograph your work table and insert the photo into our layout, but all in all a drawing on paper (or a scan thereof) is preferred.

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

The hori hori is a great tool.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

It sure is! I love me some great tools.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Boy, that looks good!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It seemed photogenic enough to preserve for posterity.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Typing is difficult, thanks to the million and one thorns that stuck my hands and fingers everywhere while I was weeding yesterday. So I'll just say I ought to weed on something less than an annual basis, and also that french toast looks yummy.

[lintninja.livejournal.com]

When I first looked at that picture, I thought it was salmon with powdered sugar on it.