Hello Blog Friends!
Oh my goodness only 2 more weeks until the start of Advent, is this possible?
The Autumn weather continues here, which on one hand is lovely but on the other offers nasty forebodings of climate change. To still have leaves on the trees in mid-November is certainly strange in Montreal.
I hope you all read the special “Wednesday Words” blog post I published this week. We had a lovely Retreat last Saturday afternoon and I hopefully the post will give you a glimpse into what we shared.
Sunday it was back into “office mode” as we had our CTM Board meeting that afternoon, which for me means taking the minutes, typing them up and circulating them to all the members. I got them typed on Monday, sent them to our President for approval and was able to circulate them on Thursday.
Of course Wednesday I spent much office time gathering the elements together for the extra blog post as well as following up with our Communications Director on some points from the Board meeting. There is no more news at present about the completion of the e-book that we have been working on since the summer, but I really hope it will be ready to launch next week.
All week I have been raking and raking whenever I could carve out the time and have filled a number of the giant paper leaf bags that are then picked up by city workers and turned into mulch for municipal gardens. We have had a couple of light frosts so I know time is running out to spread my own compost and that task cannot be accomplished before all the leaves have been raked, it’s a sort of “Catch 22”situation at present 🙂
Tuesday afternoon there was a meeting of Diocesan Council (MORE minutes to take and type 🙂). The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada attended part of the meeting along with 3 other guests from the National Church office, as our Diocesan Council had been chosen to participate in a session about the Strategic Plan currently being formulated at the National level for presentation at General Synod in the summer of 2022. We were divided into breakout rooms for that part of the meeting and I was asked to serve as the scribe in one of the groups, which entailed an extra 3 pages of notes. AGH!!! We had been asked to submit the notes to the Vicar General that evening, so Tuesday I had a very late dinner 🙂.
There really hasn’t been much space for handwork this week although most evenings I squeeze in a couple of hours for knitting and my first pair of winter socks is almost completed. I have turned the heel on the second sock and now just have to finish knitting the foot and toe portions. I have the yarn for a second pair in other colours so as soon as these are off the needles I shall cast on the new ones 🙂.
A few weeks ago I ordered a container of locally sourced raw honey as I do not eat any processed sugars. One delicious treat I occasionally make when I have honey is Honey Cream. I made a batch this week and decided you might enjoy it too! It makes a special dessert, served with shortbread. Yum 🙂.
Honey Cream
- 1 & ¾ cups Whipping Cream
- 2/3cup raw honey
- 4 egg yolks
Whip the cream until stiff peaks form and set the bowl aside in the fridge. Place the honey in a small saucepan and bring to the boil Meanwhile beat the egg yolks until thick and pale. Once the honey has boiled for 2 minutes, VERY SLOWLY beat it into the egg yolks. Continue beating until the mixture has cooled to room temperature, about 5 minutes. With a wide spatula, fold the whipped cream into the egg yolks and honey. Transfer to a glass container with a tight fitting lid and freeze for several hours before serving. Will keep in the freezer for a few weeks (if you can restrain yourself from eating it 🙂) Serves 6-8