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 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:53 pm
Silencing a small laugh, Emris nodded. "You're welcome..." He paused on his way back into his study area and looked back over at Terrie. "That sounds fine. We can sort through them later and such." He also had other things that he needed to get together for market now that he thought about it.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:05 pm
"Okay." Terrie searched quietly, resisting the urge to peek behind herself at Emris every few seconds. Soon enough, she found the book and was able to submit to whatever was making her yearn for his face. "Found it!" It wasn't a very big book and she flipped quickly through it, skimming the pages before setting it with an absurd pride in front of Emris.
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:47 pm
Finishing the plans (which for some reason the foxtaur had worked extremely fast and hard at the sketch), Emris placed the piece of charcoal back in its case before looking at the book. The foxtaur chuckled and grinned warmly at Terrie. "Yes, yes you did." He commented flipping to the right page. Pointing at the section on mulch he pushed the book towards her. "Any of these make sense to you, Terrie?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:59 pm
Terrie looked at the page Emris pointed out and scratched her head. "That doesn't look right. It seems useful, but this isn't what I was thinking." With a small frown, she started flipping slowly through the pages.
When she found the right item, she stared a moment before laughing bashfully. "Well don't I feel silly. It's not mulching I wanted." She turned the book so that the new page faced Emris, taping it with her finger. "It's a compost pile."
((you see how much I garden? XD I seriously couldn't remember that!))
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:26 pm
(xD Same here. )
Scanning the page quickly, Emris nodded at Terrie. "You're right." He chuckled before joking, "Some of my neighbors would be ashamed to know me because of not knowing this."
He looked up at Terrie and propped his elbows up on the desk, "So you going to make a compost pile to use then?" He asked with a smile, "It's still a good idea after all."
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:07 pm
Terrie giggled. At least it hadn't been just herself who'd been mixed up.
With Emris smiling up at her, Terrie felt her cheeks warm slightly and she focused on the page in front of them. "I think mulching will come later. I'll still use it eventually. Compost needs an early start though, and it will put those old weeds to use."
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:07 pm
"Aye, wise choice." Emris noted before standing. Instead of feeling fine with sitting for so long as he usually would, the foxtaur felt the need to stretch his legs after that work. It was a good thing that they were going to the marketplace tomorrow or the Emris wouldn't know what to do with his nervous self.
Flexing his paws Emris walked over towards Terrie and stood beside of her. "So now what?" He asked with a warm smile, "Should we study this some more or work on getting those peaches and other things ready for tomorrow?" He asked Terrie because his mind was jumpy today and Emris wasn't sure if he was forgetting something.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:19 pm
Tail flicking with pleasure at his approval, Terrie tilted her head in thought. "I guess we should get ready for the market tomorrow. I want to make sure those peaches look their best so we can get the most we can from them. Is there a lot of material we need to buy?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:27 pm
Emris smiled and then chuckled softly at Terrie's question. "It's the market, I never know what we'll end up buying especially material wise. But I have some materials already sorted out. We'll figure out the rest tomorrow as we wander. No worry!"
With that Emris squeezed Terrie's hand playfully and started towards the door. "Those peaches won't wait forever now, will they?" He grinned and disappeared down the hallway. Then a whistled tune was heard down the hallway as the foxtaur entered the kitchen.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:38 pm
Terrie smiled from the excitement. Going to the market tomorrow was like a child waiting for their birthday.
Chuckling softly, she clapsed her hands in front of her in an unconciously shy-girlish pose as she watched Emris walk away. She had to admit to herself; half the excitement was knowing it'd be one more day she'd get to walk with him. It was a nice feeling, having someone familiar around.
Taking a deep breath, she headed after the male and into the kitchen. "Does that look like enough?" She asked, pointing at the two baskets of peaches.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:58 pm
Coming back up from digging around under the draws of food ware, Emris nodded. "It looks like a good amount to me." Holding onto a basket of small glass jars the foxtaur gently laid them on top of the table and was soon pulling out a smaller cauldron to use over the fire for heating up water.
"A bunch of these can be sold fresh, but it doesn't hurt to preserve some of the peaches. Preserves can sell and trade for more as well." He grabbed at a bucket, "I need to run to the stream to get more water though." Emris would need it not only for the preserves, but also for washing the peaches themselves.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:04 pm
Terrie nodded slowly. "Okay." She looked around a bit before scratching her arm. "Is there something I should do? I've never canned anything before."
((Mmmmm. Canned fresh peaches.. *drool*))
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:11 pm
Holding onto the bucket, Emris nodded. "You can peel the skins off of a few if you want. Just about six or so for now though. The knives are over there near the jars and things." He pointed to the area above where he had found the jars. "Be careful, they're sharp."
With that Emris headed outside into the crisp evening air with a bucket swinging freely on his elbow. Soon he was already running the wooden bucket through the icy stream and filling it up with water.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:23 pm
Terrie sorted through the knives, finding a small, easy to use one. She knew her way with knives though, and made quick work of peeling the skins. The peelings in one pile, she set the peaches in a line on the table, awaiting her next directions.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:33 pm
Returning with the water, Emris didn't look over at the table until he had set the small cauldron over the fire with water. It was then that he noticed Terrie was finished with peeling the peaches. "Great!" Emris didn't hide his delight at the quick and neat work. He picked up one of the peeled peaches and held it in front of Terrie. "Now we need to git rid of the pit like this." With ease the foxtaur pulled the fruit from the pit and placed the two halves on the table. "I'll get the syrup and water ready for preserving while you finish this job."
He headed back down to the hallway. "Be back in a minute!" Waving the foxtaur made his way down to the small hidden cellar and came back with a jar of golden syrup.
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