D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Cupcake Cracked Corn
Tue Feb 21 2017

  Today, because I could tolerate it no longer, I dove into the Room of Requirement, kicked arse and took names. I don't know WHY it happens, I don't know HOW it happens, but that room seems to have a mind of its own. I can impose strict, first born, PhD level organizational skills to it, but in a matter of days it starts to deteriorate into chaos once again. I think Entropy himself must have sublet the space without my permission. I want to see his papers. Anyway, there was a project in amongst the clutter that I decided I would tackle, once I uncovered it. Corn. DSC02768 It had to be taken off the cob. So I commenced. DSC02771 It's a tedious job of rubbing one cob against another to loosen the kernels. I felt a certain kinship with all people who have worked the land and still work it, without big machines to do this kind of task. I got a blister on my right palm. Just sayin'. DSC02775 Eventually, I got it all done. I now have some nice dried corn cobs to start fires with. Not many things go to waste around here. And because I'm a photography fool, and I have cabin fever, I took a few little portraits... DSC02777 DSC02779 Here's the whole harvest: DSC02781 Now, I cannot really feed this to the chickens. It needs to be cracked. Enter Mr. P's hand mill.... DSC02787 This is going to take a while. And before the day is out, that back room is going to be mine again..... for a while.   lime wild          
4 Comments
  • From:
    FutureCat (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Feb 21 2017
    Wow, I never knew corn kernals could be so beautiful! (I also never knew what "cracking corn" meant, so I've learnt two new things today :-) )
  • From:
    Cheryl Taylor (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Feb 21 2017
    I cringe to see you grinding that beautiful corn! Wow! It's gorgeous! (Keep the pretty ones in a bowl somewhere)
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Feb 21 2017
    I love the kernel portraits!! Only you, SIL! Only you. Don't you dare ever, ever change. <3
  • From:
    Cheryl f (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Feb 22 2017
    did you crack the corn for chickens or corn bread?