Tuesday, a pop of colour and ramen

Morning, everyone.
Oddly, I have been feeling a bit down recently.  Nothing personal; I think it is stuff that's happened to people I love and just the general state of life, the universe and everything.  Perhaps that's why I'm not sleeping that well - who knows?

Anyway, it's not like me so I'm going to focus on positivity for a few days.  I started with some Autumnal colour.

I finished the latest mini granny lap blanket, which I am keeping this time rather than donating and I sorted out the garden room for Autumn.  It looks very cheerful now with the reds, golds, browns and oranges giving a real pop of colour. 
I am not one for much decorating apart from Christmas but I do like this cheeriness and am thinking I might pop into the cheapo shops and get a few more things.

I have loads of Autumnal coloured yarn so I've switched temporarily from granny squares to pumpkins!  After all, can you have too many pumpkins at this time of year?  
I crocheted one (they're not difficult and don't take that much time) and went to get my polyester wadding, only to remember I gave it to Beth.  So Amazon to the rescue!  A bit more expensive than Temu but probably better quality and certainly quicker delivery!
In the meanwhile, I will make a few more.

Today is Groove and Chris is coming too - I have missed our walks - and then I have bread to make.  The leaven isn't quite ready after doing its thing overnight but I might be able to mix up the dough before I leave for Groove and finish the loaves today.  We will see.

Chris asked a question about ramen.

This is how my first ever attempt ended up.

I made the stock from some chicken stock and some white miso paste with a shake of soy sauce - I do like the extra flavour the miso added.

I cooked the noodles separately.  There is such a thing as ramen noodles - I used what I had which was bog standard ones.  Noodles are not a thing I have looked too closely at.  

I gather that the noodles and the stock are the actual ramen and the rest is like 'toppings' - very fancy toppings - but they are not optional.

I boiled the egg at the same time as cooking the noodles, in the same pan, I mean.

The other stuff is four baby corns from the garden, some cooked edamame beans (DON'T cook them in the microwave; mine went hard like bullets), thinly sliced pork, yellow pepper and red onion, some ribboned carrot, a tomato and some spinach.  This was all stuff I had in and I softened some of these in the noodle water.

I gather you can add almost anything you fancy so leftovers are definitely to be used.  Chicken, salmon, prawns . . .

I didn't eat the chilli, it's just there for colour really.

Please be nice - first times are always feeling the way times.  And it was lovely - tasty and filling.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

I got loads of washing, line drying and ironing done so this morning's first task is to put everything away.  So - better get moving!

Bye.  xx