orchestra rehearsal, sunflower seed crackers and pickles

since greg had to go to work this morning (they had to move a bunch of phones in his building) i worked quickly to get the compost to the green market before meeting chanda and walking to third street. here they are reheasing a new piece i'm not sure the name of yet. 

i usually knit while i listen to them practice, but lately i've been falling asleep once i start and knit a few stitches. this is very annoying to me.

greg and morgana were both gone for dinner so chanda and i ate late as i got involved with putting nuts, seeds and dried fruit away. it had all been in plastic bags from the coop scattered on the kitchen counter, and i switched it all into jars now stacked neatly in the pantry. i also finally pickled the cucumbers with 1/2 tbl mustard seeds, 1/2 tbl seasalt, 2 tbl whey, and 1 tbl fresh dill. the crackers were made from sunflower seeds, three cloves of garlic, and a cup of sesame seeds. the sunflower seeds had to be soaked and dried on the lowest setting in the oven first. then they were ground into a coarse flour with the garlic and seasalt and sesame seeds in the food processor; rolled out and baked at 350 for fifteen minutes. they're a little bitter, but not too bad. they're tasty with the ghee you see in the jar on the left. we made that also, by melting a pound of butter in a pot and simmering for about twenty minutes. so much work. i miss opening a package of pasta and sauteeing garlic with spinach or broccoli or zucchini.