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20 quarts of tomatoes almost finished.

bean burritos tonight. :) i'm ready!

why would anyone watch that?

i used to fish when i was living up north in the UP of MI. cleaner water and more scenic. i walked streams most of the time and fished for brook trout and rainbow trout. once in a while we canoe fished different small lakes for pike and bass. we usually did catch-and-release and only kept a...

i am the family dog.

picked the last round of tomatoes for canning today. about 100lbs (5 buckets of which 1 bucket was discarded due to rot or animal damage). i'll be washing, sorting and canning some of these today but not sure how many i'll do until i get them done. considering the weather and other issues i'm...

looks like funny chickens walking along... :)

Foreign Object Debris

had a few friends who kept one as a pet, would not advise that for anyone who is casual... mainly nocturnal and loved french fries. that's all i got other than so many teef.

i had nibbles of this and that, mostly some cottage cheese with some crackers on it (something different) - i considered potato chips but didn't want that much salt (and we're low so i saved 'em for Mom :) ). also had a few leftover tomato chunks. today i should pick some beans before watering...

it's nice to be able to sleep in a bit longer (without the sun coming through my patio doors).

finished another batch of tomato canning last night. 12 quarts. today will be warmer, mid-to-high 70s, pretty much the rest of the week too into the low 80s again. no rains, i'll do some watering today and tomorrow.

picking some dry beans and weeding today, will be putting up some tomatoes tonight.

there was frost on the roof this morning when i was walking back from taking out the trash. no frost on the ground though. the local weather station said it was as low as 42F. i don't ever recall them being off by that much before but we are in a low spot and it was clear and still last night.

a green Fruit Loops torture device?

being cooler is so much easier on getting things done. :) now though the nights have been cool enough that i turned the heat on for a while this morning. it was down to 66F in here! brr!!! especially when you're used to 75F. Mom was cold and...

had to do some spider patrol this morning to get the population back under control. i knew i had a few in my room that needed to be evicted and found them and their egg cases. glad i got it done. more to do, my room has too much stuff in it so i actually am getting rid of some things to make...

perhaps in the future people will have air bags...

we buy it in 3lb containers most of the time and then we often reuse those containers many times for giving food to people we cook for.

if you scare her perhaps she will jumpstart?