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Finish new baby gift! Baby Bunting and matching Hat. Knitted in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Astrakhan (made in Italy)… was happy to find this beautiful baby yarn at #AltiereYarn. Knitting is the perfect way to fulfill your creative side and destress from all the stuff happening across the country😞

#MeToo I am Jane Doe

Sunday dinner -I’ve been making chicken and dumplings for more than 50 years! Pasture raised organic chicken smothered in my homemade gravy made from the broth, sweet carrots, steamed broccoli, topped with cloud soft pillows of dumplings made from scratch. So yummy! #Sundaydinner #madefromscratch

Sunday mornings! Grateful for coffee, homemade freshly baked muffins hot out of the oven, and the gorgeous spot of sunshine in my garden! Love my iris sidewalk garden. #lovetobake, #lovetogarden #iris #homemademuffins

One of my favorite childhood memories was beach tent camping in Carpinteria. When we had kids it was our favorite camping spot with them. We always did a day trip to Solvang to shop needleart supplies and have some Aebleskivers. So glad I bought a pan way back when. Mine is about 45 years old.

Color me happy! This gorgeous bearded iris opened this morning. It’s one of 6 blooms on a 40” stem on just one plant. I have more than 24 different iris growing in the bed and can’t wait for more to bloom! #lovetogarden #beardediris #flowers

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Finished a new pillow cover for our sofa today! The red center is from an old tie of my dad’s that I took apart. #vintagenew #lovetosew #repurposeclothes

When your hubby is a pie guy, you make Lemon Meringue Pie for his birthday! #pie #birthday

Just finished my Poppo Victorian Bear! He’s made from my dad’s ties that I kept when he passed away in 2016. Embroidery and beadwork don’t show so much in front view. Poppo Bear also has a music box inside. #embroidery #beadwork #VictorianBear #handmade #needleartistry

I hate it when the knee of my favorite pair of jeans finally splits. Not one to wear jeans with holes and and dislike boring patches … harder to embroider by hand and had to change my original design vision but I’m happy with the fun result.

So tired of seeing the face of ugliness plastered everywhere you turn. Got my heart balance back with needles…this time with sewing & embroidery needles! Repurposed jeans that I slimmed down out of - made myself a Boho Bag. Inside has 3 pockets and a keys loop. #embroidery #sewing #repurposedjeans

First class all the way. Thank you to this awesome First Lady! No sordid history…and she’s beautiful and classy! bsky.app/profile/ones...

It was a fun bakefest weekend in my kitchen as I tested my recipe conversions to #glutenfree. Yummy bakery GF options are sparse and grocery store options even less. Got 5 star ratings from my testers, even my chef trained son! Savory bread, pumpkin raspberry bars, donut holes, raspberry cheesecake.

Thank you Science for finding vaccines. I did get chicken pox, mumps, and measles as a child before vaccines were found my cousins got polio, but I, along with my sibs, were spared because of polio vaccine.

When your son pops in to bring you a homemade green power smoothie…and brings more! 💕 #rosesforme #flowers #mothersdaylove

Another of my orchids is blooming. This one is called Chrimsom Pride. Isn’t it gorgeous? #orchids #indoorgardening #flowers

TODAY’s RANDOM THOUGHT I wonder if someone tied his hands behind his back so he isn’t pumping the imaginary accordion, if he might be able to speak more intelligently and coherently.

Go a grocery delivery today. Stuff in fridge was out if date - I 86’d some smelly cheeses and rotten lettuce!

Beautiful night sky from Pinetop AZ - the moon is absolutely gorgeous and especially stunning through high power binoculars. Orion and a planet in the middle of the trees - not sure if it’s Jupiter or Mars

My latest knitting WIP: Hooded chenille bathrobe. I just have the belt to finish! I knit so I won’t unravel. I did a test swatch to see how well it would go through washer on handwash cycle and gentle dry (in garment bag, of course) It came out beautiful. #katknits #lovetoknit

#BaytoBreakers in May! Did it this weekend- did 12k through Golden Gate Park! Love our GGP dragon. Redwoods forest, and the rose garden along the way.

Been focused on upping my distance since healing from broken foot last year - training for the #BaytoBreakers in May Enjoyed a midway coffee break midway in the upper Haight. Hit 12k today and in light showers! Yay for me! Not bad for the far side of my 70s!

First positive, exciting, wonderful thing that’s happened in our country since before November 25, 2024! Congratulations NASA. Congratulations to the crew of Artemus II!

Today was quite productive! Well, the aromas wafting from my kitchen were heavenly: banana muffins for breakfast, homemade tacos for supper, pecan toffe buttermilk cake for dessert, and this bread just came out of the oven. GF sourdough is still fermenting for a bake tomorrow. And the laundry!

Buttermilk pancakes coming up - gluten-free! Love #Caputo GF flour! #glutenintolerantsucks

Beautiful morning at Ocean Beach for 4.25 mile walk - even did a little barefoot run- as I continue adding distance to prep for the Bay to Breakers 12k. There was an abundance of whole sand dollars this morning. #beachwalk #barefootrun

In training for 12k Bay to Breakers in May: 4.6 mile through park to ocean and back this morning. Loved seeing the bison paddock and was thrilled with Queen Wilamina’s Garden at the windmill. The tulips are spectacular! #walk #GoldenGatePark #tulips

My first iris bloom - can’t wait for the others in my iris bed to catch up! Isn’t it gorgeous? The ranunculus are perfect companions! #gardening #iris #ranunculus

I love clam chower! Have never made it until tonight. OMG! Perfect for a chilly evening. So delicious.! #soup #comfortfood #clamchowder

Knitting a swatch is so important before starting a pattern. I went from an U.S. 11 in pattern directions to a 10.5 to a U.S. 10 to get the correct swatch size for this chenille yarn. Tomorrow I can start knitting the hooded, short robe to be a gift for someone special. #lovetoknit ##stressbuster

Bake and gardening Saturday! Sourdough loaf is cooling. Sourdough Raisin Challah is shaped and rising while I’m off to the nursery before I go from hands in flour to hands in the dirt! #homebaker #lovetobake #lovegardening

Tea time! SF Teachers and students deserve better! Supporting someone on the strike lines my way! Apple “Teacher Strike” Cake, Beamster Black Label Gouda sticks, dried apricots, and a delicious Wu Ti Black Tea!

It’s sourdough bread baking morning - my bread knife is quivering with excitement! #sourdough #homebakedbread #katskitchen

Fresh out of the oven: GF bread made with #Caputo flour!

when my kids were tots, Super Bowl meant fabric shopping, cutting out patterns for new outfits for the kids. Now I just bake! Cherry pie after homemade biscuits, white bean& tomato stew. I also have sourdough and gluten free doughs rising #lovetobake #sourdough #homecooking #glutenfreebread

Second one off the needles! DK 100%Fine Merino Superwash Wool by Plymouth Yarn in Red. Melt The ICE Hat. Pattern available on Ravelry. #lovetoknit #destress #knit

He doesn’t know how to be honorable or honest!

Knitting has always been one of my favorite stress busters. I’ve been at it a lot this last year. My newest project started tonight Melt the ICE Hat. I’m Using DK Merino Superwash Plymouth Select in Red. Have 2 more promised when this one is finished. Pattern by Needle & Skein on Ravelry.

Saturday morning Sourdough Pop Tarts for breakfast! They’re filled with the delicious Bonne Mamon Four Fruits Preserves. Move over SF bakeries - can’t touch this! #sourdough #lovetobake #katskitchen

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Christmas cookies! My all time, myst-have cookies are Russian Teacakes from my childhood! I remember shelling, pitting, and finely chopping walnuts for my mom to make these in the 50s when I was a little girl. I switched to making them with pecans in the 70s. Yum!

My house smells like a bakery! Wait, it is! Cardamom buns just out of the oven for Christmas morning breakfast- if we can wait that long! #homebaker #holidaytreats #merrychristmas

Christmas Eve breakfast starts two days of happy foods: cheese omelette with freshly baked cinnamon raisin bread! Texture and taste are spot on. Next goal is to replicate in GF version!! #homebaker #holidays