Finishing Never Have I Ever while ugly crying and eating carbs. I freaking love “watch shows that make you cry so you can cry out all the other crap you’ve been holding too” nights.
One gentle pleasure I’ve been trying to incorporate lately is listening to a podcast or a meditation app while sitting outside, emphasis on the latter because hearing the birds chirp while the wind blows is peak peace.
I bought my dream bread machine a while back (Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery 1-Pound-Loaf Programmable Mini Breadmaker, aka a "Mini Zo") and have had such a great time making experimental loafs from cookbooks from the heyday of bread machining, the 90's, that contain things like green chilies and cream cheese, or dried onion and poppy seeds. What's great about a one pound loaf is that it's exactly 8 slices of bread so if it works, huzzah a few sandwiches, if it doesn't you can *cough* trash it without feeling too guilty.
However, I just cracked the code on THE most epic, THE softest, THE most perfectly textured white sandwich bread loaf you'd ever believe. It's like a Rotella's Bakery dupe. It's jaw dropping. And a slice with a schmear of Kewpie is literally my quiet gentle treat to myself these days.
I’ve been trying my hand at making some desserts recently that I’ve never made before. And despite a few failed attempts, it’s an absolute bliss to get that one cookie/brownie right. This sense of accomplishment calms my spirit and that’s what makes my day.
Love that you're assisting your practice with some videos - it's so much more inspiring to learn when you feel you have some help! At least I think so. My gentle pleasure of the week has been watering all my house plants and toting up the number of new baby leaves they are putting out. I have been really busy and neglecting their hydration, so this is a soothing practice for me. :)
Such lovely paintings! This was such a chaotic week for me new job and the two last week's of class in college (I'm Brazilian so my calendar it's different). Lots of finals and studying. A new rotine. My gentle pleasure for the week probably was been eating many candy's than I should.
Finishing Never Have I Ever while ugly crying and eating carbs. I freaking love “watch shows that make you cry so you can cry out all the other crap you’ve been holding too” nights.
One gentle pleasure I’ve been trying to incorporate lately is listening to a podcast or a meditation app while sitting outside, emphasis on the latter because hearing the birds chirp while the wind blows is peak peace.
I bought my dream bread machine a while back (Zojirushi BB-HAC10 Home Bakery 1-Pound-Loaf Programmable Mini Breadmaker, aka a "Mini Zo") and have had such a great time making experimental loafs from cookbooks from the heyday of bread machining, the 90's, that contain things like green chilies and cream cheese, or dried onion and poppy seeds. What's great about a one pound loaf is that it's exactly 8 slices of bread so if it works, huzzah a few sandwiches, if it doesn't you can *cough* trash it without feeling too guilty.
However, I just cracked the code on THE most epic, THE softest, THE most perfectly textured white sandwich bread loaf you'd ever believe. It's like a Rotella's Bakery dupe. It's jaw dropping. And a slice with a schmear of Kewpie is literally my quiet gentle treat to myself these days.
I love your paintings! My gentle pleasure of the week was a lot of reading while it rained ❤️
I’ve been trying my hand at making some desserts recently that I’ve never made before. And despite a few failed attempts, it’s an absolute bliss to get that one cookie/brownie right. This sense of accomplishment calms my spirit and that’s what makes my day.
Love that you're assisting your practice with some videos - it's so much more inspiring to learn when you feel you have some help! At least I think so. My gentle pleasure of the week has been watering all my house plants and toting up the number of new baby leaves they are putting out. I have been really busy and neglecting their hydration, so this is a soothing practice for me. :)
My gentle pleasure has been sitting outside and knitting.. the sounds of the birds ... zen
Love the paintings! I've been learning sashiko.
Such lovely paintings! This was such a chaotic week for me new job and the two last week's of class in college (I'm Brazilian so my calendar it's different). Lots of finals and studying. A new rotine. My gentle pleasure for the week probably was been eating many candy's than I should.
catching a rain shower while hiking in the forest <3