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Apr. 12th, 2020 07:42 pmLet the sour-dough rise overnight, and baked it this morning. I think I left it a little too long, as I don't think it had the energy to "spring" quite as much as it otherwise would have. It had some nice cell-structure, though, and while it was a dense, chewy loaf, it definitely had the sour-dough tang. Frazer was pleased with it, and encouraged me to continue with it. Will keep feeding the starter and see if I can figure it out. I cooked it inside my roaster pan, and that seemed to make a difference. I had it in a loaf pan, and poured a half-cup of water in the bottom of the pre-heated roaster before putting the pan in the roaster and putting the lid on.
Spent some time and started tidying the balcony today. The weather has been lovely, so I'm really looking forwards to being able to sit outside and read comfortably. Rhys actually came with me on my morning walk. He grabbed his scooter and it was actually quite pleasant. He only did it because he was bored (he's not allowed tech before 11am), but it was still nice. Now he's done it once, I hope he'll be up for doing it again.
We had Easter Dinner with my mum and sister and brother tonight. In this age of social distancing, that involved us with Frazer's laptop on the end of the table and a Zoom meeting going on. It was actually surprisingly effective. Due to a larger family, my sister actually had two devices going at once and they were almost-but-not-quite overlapping camera views. It was really trippy watching my nephew reach off the edge of one screen and into another, especially since the other one was at a slightly higher magnification. Rhys said it was like watching someone reach behind a glass of water. In the end, it was really nice... my brother was having dinner with his housemates, so he didn't eat with us. Instead, he hung out with us while he prepped and made dinner for his household. Flow of conversation was a little different than if we'd been in a room together. Much less talking over one another. :-)
I miss being able to hug my mum, though.
Spent some time and started tidying the balcony today. The weather has been lovely, so I'm really looking forwards to being able to sit outside and read comfortably. Rhys actually came with me on my morning walk. He grabbed his scooter and it was actually quite pleasant. He only did it because he was bored (he's not allowed tech before 11am), but it was still nice. Now he's done it once, I hope he'll be up for doing it again.
We had Easter Dinner with my mum and sister and brother tonight. In this age of social distancing, that involved us with Frazer's laptop on the end of the table and a Zoom meeting going on. It was actually surprisingly effective. Due to a larger family, my sister actually had two devices going at once and they were almost-but-not-quite overlapping camera views. It was really trippy watching my nephew reach off the edge of one screen and into another, especially since the other one was at a slightly higher magnification. Rhys said it was like watching someone reach behind a glass of water. In the end, it was really nice... my brother was having dinner with his housemates, so he didn't eat with us. Instead, he hung out with us while he prepped and made dinner for his household. Flow of conversation was a little different than if we'd been in a room together. Much less talking over one another. :-)
I miss being able to hug my mum, though.