Dried Apricots

 Yesterday was all about drying apricots.

It was quite a process.

I borrowed a food dehydrator from a friend.

Then I commenced to slicing, pitting, and de-stringing

the apricots.  I pushed their backs forward and

tore the halves in half, making quarters, of course.

These quarters had to go in a citrus bath for 5 minutes.

Then onto the dehydrator trays...

And into the dehydrator,

Then came lots of checking and WAITING...

and checking and nibbling and WAITING...

and checking and switching trays and nibbling

(as you might suppose, nibbling

was the BEST part!)

and taking a few out

and turning them and nibbling

and WAITING...

and so on and so forth,

until...

finally,

they were dry,

(around 10 hours later).

Was it worth it???

You'll have to ask me later,

when we start eating them!

Right now, I'm not sure.

With all this, I haven't had too much time

for hook work, but...

I've made a start on a pink pair

of Kay Meador's crocheted sneakers.

I'll let you know when I get to the pink part!