rainy wednesday

these are two of my favorite cards on chanda's wall. the aunt green, aunt blue and aunt lavender series by elsa beskow is one of our favorites. the embroidered card is from a dear friend of my mom's who lived in germany.

morgana and i have been making almond milk for several mornings this week. i let the almonds soak overnight, then i peel them in the morning (actually, you don't have to peel them, but i do because it makes it easier when straining) until i have about a cup. then i put them in the blender with two cups of water. i strain it through cheesecloth into the pitcher.

we drink it plain, or pour it on fresh oats and let it soak in.

chanda has now switched over to the redwall series, from the narnia series. she's been going back and forth all summer. here she is writing a list of the redwall books in the order they were published (which is very different from the order in which they take place). (actually, when looking at it now, i see it's a list of the redwall books we don't have!)

korrina received a copy and i received a copy . . neatly printed out with her fountain pen.

morgana worked on her guitar, while jack laid down next to her . . until he sensed me taking a picture.

chanda took over with picture taking when i went down to switch the laundry and give my friend the car keys to borrow the car. i suppose this is the redwall book she's reading now?

this is her lunch that korrina made for her. she was supposed to take a picture of korrina cooking in the kitchen with her friend, but i don't know what happened to that. maybe there was too much chaos as a glass had just broken on the floor of the kitchen as i went downstairs.

for dinner we had rice noodles and chick peas with sauteed bok choy, garlic and ginger.