You can buy me a present.

 https://rjdgallery.com/andrea-kowch-puzzles/

or listen to music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5V2iN3njQI

Color Names

 

ebony

oatmeal

pastel gray

mint gream

oatmeal

honeydew

Aero Blue

Aero Blue

Green Sheen

Shadow Gray

Light Blue

Cool Mint

Blue (Munsell)

Pastel Blue

Moonstone Blue

Marengo

Marengo

Pale Aqua

Gainsboro

Shadow Blue

Marengo

Glaucous

Dark Pastel Blue

Marengo

Pearly Purple

Classic Rose Pink

Platinum

Chilean Pink

lavender blush

baby pink

Munsell Color Exploration

 I'm looking for the 1943 Munsell table.

But look, here is a package in R!

https://github.com/cwickham/munsell/tree/master

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/munsell/munsell.pdf

And here's the Munsell Spin!

https://observablehq.com/@jrus/munsell-spin

Also, tonight I found this Architectural Digest discussion of the Barbie Dreamhouse through the decades.

Bias-cut dress project

Marais dress has angled connection of upper bodice to skirt, V-neck front and back, no buttons or zippers.
https://oliverands.com/community/blog/2021/07/liesls-woven-bias-cut-marais-dress.html 

and the pattern:

https://oliverands.com/shop/marais-knit-dress-top-sewing-pattern.html

McCall's pattern is Aline with diagonal seams

https://www.amazon.com/McCalls-Patterns-M7592ZZ0-Pullover-Bias-Cut/dp/B071GBGDRG
Reviews of this pattern seem positive:

https://sewing.patternreview.com/Patterns/85644

Instapot Vegetarian and Indian recipes.

https://www.cookwithmanali.com/


Our instapot was a gift, and I've been slow to work it into our routine, as I already had a stove-top pressure cooker that I love.

But recently I've been turning to the instapot instead of the pressure cooker to make the basic beans or chickpeas that I use in recipes. The only finished-for-the-table dish I would make in an instapot is butter chicken. But I'm not that excited about it, the kids like it best. I've been wanting to find vegetarian dishes that I could make in the instapot, which do not ruin the vegetables. So I'm excited about this Manali site, it looks promising.

More links: Apple Bundt Cake

 https://iambaker.net/apple-bundt-cake/

Three Sisters Dish for Thanksgiving

 Comparative with:
Simply Recipes version

• Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, diced (about 1 cup)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound butternut or kabocha squash as the pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 2 cups)  ==or Johnna thinks it's easier to roast the squash in the oven, the scoop out the meat.  I hate peeling winter squash.
• 1 (15-ounce) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup vegetable broth (such as Better than Boullion)
• 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
• 3 cups Scarlet Runner Beans, already cooked. (or more beans, so it's equal to the pumpkin?)
• 2 cups chopped greens (such as spinach or kale)
• Parsley or Cilantro to decorate the top.
  
  

• Johnna's directions.

• Roast the squash the day before
• Cook the beans the day before.  I can cooked the beans Wednesday night after we arrive.  I'll probably cook a pound which makes 7 cups.  I can put any leftovers into burritos later.
• Saute onions for 5 minutes
• Add garlic and saute a minute more
• Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, spices and salt, and broth.  Bring to boil and cook 15 minutes to remove the canned taste of the tomato.
• While the tomato sauce is cooking, Remove meat from squash and chop/scoop into bite sized chunks.
  
  Add the Three Sisters: Squash, Beans, and corn. If adding kale, add it now, if spinach add it at the end..  Cook another ten minutes on the stove to make hot through.  
  
  

• Presentation ideas:

• Simple: serve hot Three Sisters in a bowl-type serving dish, topped with cilantro.  This is my preferred way to go.
• 
  Fancy: Make a cornbread batter, bake Three Sisters in casserole dish topped with cornbread for 20-25 minutes until cornbread is cooked.  But, we already have cornbread stuffing on the table, so this doesn't make sense.
  
  Theatrical.  Serve in a roasted whole pumpkin.  Or in small individual roasted pumpkins.  If serving in pumpkin, reduce or eliminate squash from mixture above.
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