Good Trolls

Hello, friends.  Last week, the Thanksgiving cactus began blooming.  I didn't do a good job of making notes last week.  I do know I doubled the recipe for GF pizza crusts, enjoyed one for dinner, and froze the other three.  I pulled vegan mozzarella and homemade pizza sauce from the freezer to use on the pizzas.  J had some outpatient surgery last week, and knowing I'd be waiting for several hours, I brought reading material, and needle and thread, to sew a button on a shirt.  Some of the other buttons were getting a little loose, so I shored up those, while I was doing it.  I did get an odd look from someone, but what can I say, I like to make use of down time.  J did well, and is recovering well.  We go back for a check this week, and he'll hopefully be better than new before long.  For some time, I've been wanting to check out the seed library in our little local library.  I finally did, and picked up packets of gazania, cosmos, carrots (Little Fingers variety), and four lettuces.  I look forward to trying them next year, and hope they do well enough that I can return some seed to the library.

The weekend did involve trolls, but these were the good kind.  If you've not heard, Danish artist Thomas Dambo has created more than 150 giant trolls, which have been installed around the world.  There have been several recent installations in NC.  A longtime friend and I went to a concert in Durham Saturday night.  Before heading home on Sunday, we checked out the five trolls that are in Raleigh.

Please forgive the quality of these pics.  There were SO many kids, dogs and people.

The trolls are entirely made from reclaimed wood, pallets, fallen branches and other natural materials.

They are spread out in a park.  We got our steps in, walking 3.5 miles to see them all.  Happily, it was a beautiful day.

That's it for this week. I hope your week has a happy surprise or two, and maybe a little bit of magic.