Baking day and more pizza

This morning I wasn't sure what the weather was going to do.  One moment the sky was dark and looked like it would rain, then the sun would pop out for a few minutes and then back to the dark sky.  I never did get rained on though I was warm again and the rain would have felt nice.  Not a down pour but a little drizzle for a few minutes. The temperature was 64 again like yesterday.  I walked along some roads and paths in the woods, not on any particular route.  As usual not many people out along the paths.  Everything is so pretty and green and lush looking.  I like the fall colors but this time of year is my favorite.  All new and fresh.  The only wildlife I saw around were birds and squirrels.
This azalea bush that I came across this morning is one of the biggest I've seen.  It's not really that full, I guess because it is in the shade but it sure is big.

I found two pennies and
I walked 6.3 miles.

Sunrise 5:52

Sunset 8:17

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Lots of rain again today but the sun made a showing every so often.  I was planning on going out but I ended up baking instead.  I really didn't have to go anywhere,  just thought I'd get out since I've been home all week.

 I made some shortbread cookies that had to be rolled out and Ken came up with a great idea to keep them a uniform quarter inch thick.  He cut me two quarter inch strips of styrene (which he uses for his train modeling) and I put the dough between them and rolled it out.  I can't roll it less than a quarter inch because the rolling pin is on the styrene.  I didn't think to take the picture until I was finished rolling the dough out and had the cookies already cut out, but it's a great idea and all the cookies were exactly the same thickness.

I tried out another new kind of bread in my bread machine.  This time it was Oatmeal Bread and it is very good.  I'll definitely make it again.

I had some bananas that were too brown to eat so I made Banana Bread also.  I'm going to have to start buying bananas two at a time so I don't have to keep making bread out of them.

Here's the finished products of my home baking.

Baking takes up more time than I think and cleaning up takes a while too.  I make such a mess when I'm in the kitchen.  After getting out of the kitchen there wasn't much time left for anything else.

Late in the afternoon it was good to plop down in my chair and read until Ken got home.

I know we just went out for pizza last night, but Ken called me this afternoon and said that our friend Jackie emailed him and asked if we would like to go out to eat with her and her husband Kerry tonight.  They wanted to go out for pizza and Kenny knowing how much I like pizza said sure we'll go along with you.  So that's how I got to eat pizza two days in a row. : )

When I walked down to get the mail I found another lucky penny in the road - that makes three for the day. Doc Martin from Netflix arrived in the mail so we will be watching that in a little while.  Now I just have to decide what I'd like for my snack tonight.  I'm thinking a piece of banana bread and two shortbread cookies.

Hope all is well in your part of the world.

A smile from me to you.

Happyone : )

Of course I look at the glass half full.

The only time I would look at it half empty

is when I think about how good the first half tasted.

~ Drew Deyoung