Hello June

We are only 4 days into June and already it's been beautiful and productive. I started the first day of June with a new book and the beach. It was a picture perfect beach day. Sunny, warm, breeze and calm. I needed that. Work has been very busy and it was nice to just sit and read for hours.

I killed my sourdough starter. Ugh. My fault. Just ignored it again. So I started another one this morning. Without my starter, I googled some bread recipes and came across this one on the King Arthur Site. It's a No-Knead Crusty White Bread recipe. I baked mine in the dutch oven similar to how I bake my sourdough. It was good...but not the same. Chase votes for my sourdough over this one. But it was delicious and easy. I saved some leftover dough in the fridge and baked the rest this morning. It makes the house smell so good.

My son is going to France with his girlfriend and her family in a few weeks. I was scrolling Pinterest and found a pretty knitted tank. My little knitted tank days are LONG gone but I thought she would look adorable in one. I had the idea to knit her one for France and my son agreed. He thought she would love it. After narrowing down some patterns, he picked the one he thought she would like best. I'm knitting the Vanilla Lace tank by DROPS. Oh DROPS...your patterns are head scratchers for sure. They're free (yay) but I have to make sense of them every time and almost rewrite before I knit. I don't suggest these for beginners! The knitting isn't hard, but the instructions are wacky!

I'm almost finished with the Colton Gentry book. I loved the first half. The second half is ok. Almost done. I plan on reading The Little Paris Bookshop next because it seems like the perfect France knitting pairing!

Are you reading or knitting anything so far in June? Would love to hear what you're up to.