homemade bread

Mmm...a loaf of homemade bread. I made this last week for a friend who recently had a baby. I took a meal to her and her husband. I made a hearty vegetable soup and oatmeal bread (both from my Simply in Season cookbook), and took along fruit salad and brownies for dessert. It was good to make bread but I could tell I was rusty at it--I let it rise too much and it turned out airy and too light for my taste. I like bread to be nice and chewy and thick. Still, it looks tasty, right?