Have you ever eaten Monk's Bread? Well, this is the Abbey of the Genesee where it's made. The facility is in Piffard and can sometimes be woven into my errand route as it was last weekend. The store is to the right - they sell bread, jams, cookbooks, notecards, pottery and fudge. The church is on the left in what Denise calls the ski resort. I popped inside to see if I could get a better photo of the stained glass windows but it was rather dark inside and out. The church is open from 2am to 7pm if you are ever in the area and need some solitude. There is also a retreat house on the grounds but I haven't been there since 12th grade. BTW - I got the sunflower bread and the cinnamon bread was BOGO. Not bad: 3 loaves for $4.20!! At least half the price found in the local stores.
I also stopped at a not-so-LQS for their 25% off sale. I think I was a pretty good girl to only get 10 FQs and 3 remnants. The oranges are for my Salt&Pepper project, some of the fabrics are "fussable" for the Patchwork of the Crosses I want to make and the others are just for stash re-building.
And this is the twisted hexie I finished at lunch today. I also finished one at home this morning but forgot to take a photo. I tell ya - having a separate hexie project bag at work is so much easier than carting stuff back and forth every day. Retreat #1 is this weekend so I hope to get a few more finished...
6 comments:
Oh, I use to make the trek to the Abbey when my daughter went to Syracuse - great bread and yes, great prices. Lovely bundle of fabrics you picked up.
Denise cracks me up! : )
Looks like quite the place--and the bread sounds yummy!
Beautiful rosette, Sarah!
Have a great time at retreat #1!!
How fun, the bread sounds delish.
*Janet* cracks *me* up! LOL! It still looks like a ski chalet, too. :) Your fabrics look even prettier in a big picture! LOL! Do you still have bread left? Or has Z pilfered it??! :)
some great fat quarters you have here, especially like the orange ones. Twisted hexie is good, I do like this effect have done one on a bag but the bag is a bit scruffy so it is on the list to remove and put on a new bag.Enjoy your stitching retreat
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