Happy Halloween!

Daniel decided he wanted to be chamo man for Halloween. He doesn’t really do trick-or-treating any more but they do dress up at school. We spent much of Friday afternoon searching these stores for matching chamo shirt and pants and after many false starts finally found some desert chamo items that would do. A chamo belt was also acquired as well as a dog tags from the costume store. We had to sort of wing it on the face paint but managed to get gold, grey and brown at the costume store as well. He doctored the dog tags in art metals class so that they now look quite realistic. He asked me to get him up early this morning and apply paint. I’m not sure I like the final effect but he seemed happy enough with it.

The local market has quite a lot of local produce this month and yesterday the beets were calling my name. I picked some up while I shopped for dinner and made myself a quick lunch. I simmered the beet roots in salted water for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile I sauted a bit of sliced garlic with the beet greens, a handful of dried cranberries and some pine nuts. When the roots were tender I peeled and chopped those and added them to the pan as well. It made for a quick and light lunch. Yum!
Last but not least, I’ve been working on a  Koigu version of the Orange Twist sock to verify my scribble-scratch notes. The twist is even more pronounced and the heel is even nicer with the shorter stretches of color you get in Koigu KPPPM.