I had a plan for the day… really I did, but somehow the entire day was derailed. Not by one specific thing, but a thousand bitty things that were unrelated. So here I am blogging in the afternoon, for the first time today. My head feels like it is spinning around, but I checked, it is still firmly afixed to my shoulders. We finally had rain, it was so welcome…

This is a treat I think Hanna should make in her kitchen. Amid the yeast dough, add a good bit of butter, or in a modern kitchen butter extract, to add the flavor without the fat. Then dip in salted boiling water, baking soda is the norm and bake at a high temp for soft, Lower temp for crunchy. The advantage for modern day cooking for making your own pretzels…

I made up a fresh batch of nectar, 4/1 ratio water to sugar, boiled it for 5+ minutes and set it to cool. My husband said he felt bad for the little guys, in the midst of our dry spell, all the flowers were turned to dust. I added two more tablespoons of sugar and brought it back to a boil. After cooling overnight to room temp, I cleaned and…