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Saturdays can get intense sometimes. This morning, I leaped out of bed, did the dishes (too tired last night), ate breakfast, and headed over to the farmer's market. I bought a whole bunch of tomatoes this week, as tomato season has arrived en force. Also some more peaches. The peaches I bought last week were actually reasonably good, giving me hope for Texas peaches after all.
Then home, to mow the ditch and backyard. I was soaked through by the time that was over, so I changed clothes and went over to Brazos Natural Foods for groceries, and swung by the Farm Patch on the way home, for good measure. Then I mixed up a batch of lentil-pecan pate, and also tried making a tofu-dill-caper aioli. Both use up odd ingredients in my cupboard; the lentil-pecan pate calls for some umeboshi paste, which is amazingly flavorful stuff, but a little umeboshi goes a long ways and I have a substantial stash to work through. The tofu-dill-caper aioli used up half of a little jar of capers that's been lingering in the fridge for over a year by now. It was good enough that I may make another batch once this one runs out.
Then, time for bike maintenance. I've been thinking the Jolly Roger's rear wheel needed some truing, so it was time for some generalized cleaning and maintenance.
The thing is, anytime I need to budget time for bike maintenance, it should really be on an open-ended afternoon. Projects that seem like they should be straightforward aren't always straightforward, and this one took an ugly turn at the end. I was almost done, to the point where I was putting fresh lube on the chain, when I suddenly realized I hadn't threaded the chain properly through the rear derailleur. I took it apart again at the masterlink...and lost half of the masterlink in the weeds and grass on the back patio. Just as I realized it was time to pack things up for a Saturday evening picnic ride. So I hastily put things away and hopped on Froinlavin instead.
I hope I can find the masterlink tomorrow morning.
I'm also glad that I'm calling it a night after the picnic. 'Twas a full day, and the picnic was a wonderful ending, but man, I'm pooped, and I have a lot of things on the agenda for tomorrow, too.
Then home, to mow the ditch and backyard. I was soaked through by the time that was over, so I changed clothes and went over to Brazos Natural Foods for groceries, and swung by the Farm Patch on the way home, for good measure. Then I mixed up a batch of lentil-pecan pate, and also tried making a tofu-dill-caper aioli. Both use up odd ingredients in my cupboard; the lentil-pecan pate calls for some umeboshi paste, which is amazingly flavorful stuff, but a little umeboshi goes a long ways and I have a substantial stash to work through. The tofu-dill-caper aioli used up half of a little jar of capers that's been lingering in the fridge for over a year by now. It was good enough that I may make another batch once this one runs out.
Then, time for bike maintenance. I've been thinking the Jolly Roger's rear wheel needed some truing, so it was time for some generalized cleaning and maintenance.
The thing is, anytime I need to budget time for bike maintenance, it should really be on an open-ended afternoon. Projects that seem like they should be straightforward aren't always straightforward, and this one took an ugly turn at the end. I was almost done, to the point where I was putting fresh lube on the chain, when I suddenly realized I hadn't threaded the chain properly through the rear derailleur. I took it apart again at the masterlink...and lost half of the masterlink in the weeds and grass on the back patio. Just as I realized it was time to pack things up for a Saturday evening picnic ride. So I hastily put things away and hopped on Froinlavin instead.
I hope I can find the masterlink tomorrow morning.
I'm also glad that I'm calling it a night after the picnic. 'Twas a full day, and the picnic was a wonderful ending, but man, I'm pooped, and I have a lot of things on the agenda for tomorrow, too.
