I can't get my sourdough starter... Started! I get to a point where I feed it and it gets a bit bubbly but nothing else. It's like a soup. It's weird because the first feedings go so well: it grows, smells great, but after a few days it just kind of dies. I don't want to give up but I even bought a book, followed instructions to the gram and still won't get it right!

PS those baguette look so good!!!

It's choring day today. But I'm still in bed because the first chore is strip the bed and wash sheets.

I want to make a list but it always squnches it down to a paragraph so I'll just do that instead

Strip bed, sheets and anything else into the wash. Start wash. Husband is probably out of bed, so fully wash his cpap machine including hose. Find the second set of sheets and make the bed. Go fill cat food. Start the scrubbing and refilling of water for the cats. The single cat has like three bowls, one an electric fountain. Change laundry over to dryer. Think about doing another non planned chore, instead take a nap.

The shaping looks great. I tried once and gave up on the concept. I can hardly shape a boule unfortunately.

Some fine lookin baguettes you got there!

We've spent the morning cleaning and organizing the cottage for winter. About to leave home soon. Fixed the porch yesterday and picked up funnel chanterelles and lingonberries. We've had a couple nights with minus degrees so berries were a bit mushy, but I'm planning to cook jam from them, so it shouldn't matter. But I must say I haven't used "old" lingonberries in jam before so we'll see how it turns out. 😅