It was a pleasant day with mostly sunny skies. I puttered outside in the garden, pulling out chickweed that was already in bloom. I must keep the blooms from developing into seeds. I always have so much chickweed.
Later, sitting in the sunroom we watched the Bushtits at the suet. It hangs close to the window and we have a birds eye view.
I read my library book which is due tomorrow. I've enjoyed this book and I'm sorry to have to rush a bit to finish it. I suppose I could renew it but there are at least 4 more books that I requested waiting for me.
I baked a cake . I forgot the half cup of oil that the recipe called for, and the cake is rather dry but still very edible. When I took the glass pan out of the oven and set it on the cooling rack it suddenly and very noisily exploded into many pieces. Fortunately they flew far and wide and NOT onto the cake!! I've had that pan for a very long time and never expected this but I suppose eventually they break.
That was my day. Thanks for coming by!
Looks like you had a great day 😀
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks good.
The book looks like one I would enjoy.
The birds are beautiful.
It happened to me with a glass container that usually went in the oven I don’t know why but it broke in big pieces. I love bird watching and we can do it when we take our meals. Here there are very small turtle doves some crows black headed ones and gray body and a kind of noisy birds I don’t know ?
ReplyDeleteHello Granny Marigold from Nanny Joy, one of your newest followers x x
ReplyDeleteGoodness, glad no-one and nothing was damaged when the dish exploded!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely day! I can’t wait until we can putter in the yard, but we’re a ways away from that here in Saskatchewan.
ReplyDeleteThat’s crazy about your cake p,an exploding like that! Glad the cake was saved.
ReplyDeleteWe bought a third bird feeder yesterday and a mixed bird seed in hopes of attracting different birds to our backyard. And we also now have three suet feeders. We both enjoy watching the birds. I have a question about the book you showed. Does it expound on the different types of birds or is it a fun read? Curious minds would like to know. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure sorry to hear about the cake dish exploding when you took the cake out of the oven. I've heard that that very thing can happen, but so far, have not experienced it myself.
That would have scared me to death! Putseying around my house is my favorite thing. Add a warm cake and its all the better. I suppose you could poke holes into it and add a glaze with lemon and 10X sugar. Ice cream on the side!
ReplyDeleteIt must have startled you when the pan broke. I've never heard of that happening before. I wonder what caused it. I'm glad you weren't hurt. You got a great photo of the birds. The book title sounds interesting. I'm going to look it up.
ReplyDeleteI read a few reviews of that book, GM. It sounds like one you might have written :-) One person said her garden will be different now that she's read it, which made me wonder if you would change anything about yours after reading The Comfort of Crows?
ReplyDeleteExploding cake pans and chickweed, two things you could do without. Good books, cute birds, and cake, all good.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy feeding our birds, do you make your own suet? I do both. They seem to prefer mine to store bought.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading that book now!! It's for the book club next week. I think it's okay but not that great. Did you like it?
ReplyDeleteI've never had a dish break like that. Glad the cake wasn't ruined.
Lovely to see the birds at your feeder.
Lovely to see the birds at the feeder.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry your glass pan broke/exploded as it was on the cooling rack. Not fun and I guess you had to take care when clearing up all the pieces.
Your cake does look nice . . .
All the best Jan
You had a great day and crazy that the pan exploded.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a very pleasant day that you had. Well, except for the pan breaking. You're the second person this week that I read that happened too. I'm sure glad it didn't hurt anyone or ruin the cake either.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
A good day! Sweet birds in your garden, first work with healing earth, first early flowers and always a good book as a friend together with some selfmade cake.
ReplyDeleteThe second photo of the birds is so lovely. Sorry about your glass pan. It never feels good to lose them. I hope you'll get or have a good one to take its place.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day you had, except for that dish that broke…what a crazy thing to happen! I’m glad no one was hurt. Enjoy your weekend and stay well. Best, Virginia
ReplyDeleteCreo que has pasado un buen día. No te puedes quejar de la vida, aunque explotara el plato.
ReplyDeleteHe llegado aquí por otro blog.
Tienes la puerta abierta a mi espacio también.
Un abrazo desde Segovia, Abuela Marigolg
Whoa, that must have scared the lights out of you!
ReplyDeleteI need to find that book. Sounds like just my thing.