The best laid plans of AElves and painters . . . seem to have gone astray! Two days without a bit of painting. (I may be feeling the first faint stirrings of withdraw!)
It was worth it though. I wasn't feeling well Friday afternoon and Pat flat out told me to stop working and take the rest of the day off. I was so out of it I didn't even feel up to painting. We had a nice evening relaxing together and I felt better Saturday morning.
Saturday was Pat's sixty-fifth Birthday! We had a nice loaf around morning, then spent the afternoon shopping and just having fun. I did make it by the A.C. Moore craft store. Picked up three more bottles of acrylics and a nice Loew-Cornell #2 Round Comfort brush. (A type I highly reccomend! Comfortable in the hand, they come to good points, they hold and spread paint well.)
By the time we got home I was pretty done in. So I set up her new microwave oven, opened a beer and loafed for an hour or so. Then it was time to prep dinner . . .
If I say so myself (and I do!), it was a great meal!
Most of my prep time went into the potato au gratin . . . Mandolin-sliced potatoes, celery, mushrooms, hand diced bell pepper, garlic, paprika, fresh ground sea salt and black pepper (I forgot a bay leaf). Mixed with grated mild white cheddar and parmesian cheese and heavy cream. I buttered the sides of my favorite David Grant Perfect Pot and put it all together. Into a cold oven, turned to 450 for about fifteen minutes, then down to 350 for another hour, hour and a quarter. Wow, it was good. (And the left overs will be even better this evening!)
Then asparagus with a great olive oil, fresh ground sea salt and black pepper grilled. I microwaved the salmon with a little olive oil, a splash of soy, and slices of fresh lemon with a light peppering. Just like she likes it.
The sauce took awhile but was incredible! Finely diced sweet onion, celery and garlic sauteed in olive oil and butter with thinly sliced mushrooms. Heavy cream, a liberal splash of Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon with an equal amount of Coors. Thickened with corn starch, finished with a little more cream and butter.
We had a delicious meal and then watched her new copy of Across the Universe,which Pat has been wanting for awhile now. It was a really fun relaxing evening. She says it was just what she wanted for her birthday dinner.
Now today I am going to get some painting done! Time for a quick run to the store then home to cooking shows and AElves with halbreds!!!
But I have no idea what I'm making for dinner tonight! It might be time to finish off the left over chili I made Friday . . .
It was worth it though. I wasn't feeling well Friday afternoon and Pat flat out told me to stop working and take the rest of the day off. I was so out of it I didn't even feel up to painting. We had a nice evening relaxing together and I felt better Saturday morning.
Saturday was Pat's sixty-fifth Birthday! We had a nice loaf around morning, then spent the afternoon shopping and just having fun. I did make it by the A.C. Moore craft store. Picked up three more bottles of acrylics and a nice Loew-Cornell #2 Round Comfort brush. (A type I highly reccomend! Comfortable in the hand, they come to good points, they hold and spread paint well.)
By the time we got home I was pretty done in. So I set up her new microwave oven, opened a beer and loafed for an hour or so. Then it was time to prep dinner . . .
If I say so myself (and I do!), it was a great meal!
Most of my prep time went into the potato au gratin . . . Mandolin-sliced potatoes, celery, mushrooms, hand diced bell pepper, garlic, paprika, fresh ground sea salt and black pepper (I forgot a bay leaf). Mixed with grated mild white cheddar and parmesian cheese and heavy cream. I buttered the sides of my favorite David Grant Perfect Pot and put it all together. Into a cold oven, turned to 450 for about fifteen minutes, then down to 350 for another hour, hour and a quarter. Wow, it was good. (And the left overs will be even better this evening!)
Then asparagus with a great olive oil, fresh ground sea salt and black pepper grilled. I microwaved the salmon with a little olive oil, a splash of soy, and slices of fresh lemon with a light peppering. Just like she likes it.
The sauce took awhile but was incredible! Finely diced sweet onion, celery and garlic sauteed in olive oil and butter with thinly sliced mushrooms. Heavy cream, a liberal splash of Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon with an equal amount of Coors. Thickened with corn starch, finished with a little more cream and butter.
We had a delicious meal and then watched her new copy of Across the Universe,which Pat has been wanting for awhile now. It was a really fun relaxing evening. She says it was just what she wanted for her birthday dinner.
Now today I am going to get some painting done! Time for a quick run to the store then home to cooking shows and AElves with halbreds!!!
But I have no idea what I'm making for dinner tonight! It might be time to finish off the left over chili I made Friday . . .
Today's photo is The Mayor, from our last Road Rash game. He's a MegaMinis figure. I didn't quite finish him before the game. I'm still not satisfied with him and need to finish him before our next game.
The buildings are from Tim the Elder's collection and are by Games Workshop. Brent G. gave them to me years ago. Tim wouldn't let me just give them to him when he first brought the Chateau d'Vin to town. So he gave me seven of his fine Ral Partha spearmen, painted who knows how many years ago?
Tim spruced them up and added bases to them. He unveiled his new buildings and roads, and more fields for his Road Rash game. It was a lovely table and a heck of a fun game! Here's in overview of the table, that I took standing on a chair! To the left is the main gate of Castle Devin. Just out of view to the right is the outer gate and walls.
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