Rye woke up in the best of moods! He ran straight into the bedroom in his PJs with neon bugs all over them. I was making the bed, he was asking me to play particular songs. Once the covers were in order and the tunes were going, he climbed up on the bed - jumped and danced. A life-highlight, no doubt!
Here's Rye frustrated that he can't get his hands pulled into his sleeves correctly. A major victory that he's wearing a sweatshirt at all, really.
Earlier this week, the two of us were in Target. I was looking at electric razors and he was asking a few of his favorite questions 10 or so times each. The women cruising the aisles around me browsing hair driers, moisturizers, and nail polish were all giggling and smiling appropriately. Then we reach the "Daddy, do you have a penis?" question with volume set to 8 or 9. I can't hold in my own laughing, but the women shopping at Target in earshot were all true pros. They kept it all inside, slowly spinning and walking away casually. I replied: "Yes, I do, but maybe we shouldn't talk about it here."Our fourth excursion saw us going to Rye, on the train to save Robert having to drive. It is a nice journey - down to Brighton and then along the coast via Hastings but takes a while. Rye is gorgeous but the streets aren't good if you are wearing heels - lots of hills and cobbles. We were surprised to see how many cafes and shops were closed given it is still September, but we were able to find a little cafe for lunch and thought of Sally B (see the day 2 post) as we had a huge and delicious cupcake each for dessert! We then had a wander round some of the old streets, past the Mermaid and under the one surviving city gate and had a look at the old cannons pointing out across the marshes. The Arts Festival was on so many of the houses had pictures and sculptures on display and I bought some old china in a lovely shop. The time just seemed to fly by as we pottered around not doing very much really but just enjoying the time off - after another pit stop for a teacake (all these posts seem to be obsessed with food!) we realised we had been there four hours and needed to get home before our cats thought we had deserted them! Lovely weather, warm sunshine - nice day.
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This is another formula from the excellent Jeffrey Hamelman
(http://tinyurl.com/lgj6b4).
50% white, 25% rye, 25% wholemeal. The rye is accidified as a pre-ferment
for 16 hours prior to final mixing. It tastes really nice with a subtle
rye tanginess. The crumb is quite dense and moist.