Two perfect summer days in a row! We are very grateful after this rainy cool summer. I may not like the rain and cool temps but my veggie garden just loves this weather. I have tomatoes as high as my chin and huge brussels sprout plants. Everyting is doing extremely well. The Jap. beetles came a few days ago but so far I am keeping aheaad of them by picking them off. My lawn became a thick lush hayfield as I waited for my mower to be repaired. But yesterday when I returned from Hick's Orchard where I have been working, there sat my red tractor by the back door, just waiting to get to work. Although, I was looking forward to a power nap after being on my feet most of the day, I succumbed to the lure of the red machine and began to mow. I quit an hour later to greet Pete who brought some most welcome libations. We joined on my porch as I grilled sweet potatoes and salmon fillets. A from-the-garden lettuce, onion and tomato salad and we had another feast. Pete and I enjoy our respective porches. We watch and identify birds with an occasional hot air balloon huffing and puffing in from my porch. At his house, we watch hummers, squirrels, chipmunks racing back and forth and the woodchuck fammily with an occasional family of turkey or deer. Last year we had a hawk swoop in and sit on the barn roof watching us. Oh, the beauty and excitement of a porch.
Hicks' Orchard is picking sour Montmorency cheeries and huge blueberris right now. We have been busy. I have been working in the store this week stocking shelves, cleaning and weighing fruit for the families of pickers that make it a yearly event. I will be in the Winery next week I think. I would like to get some free time to pick some fruit myself. I brought home a quart of cheeries which I pitted, sugared and shared with Pete last night with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum!
Rosie Pup has been with us all week. She is the alpha dog. It is amazing how Bash just changes his habits to allow her to sleep in all his favorite places. She has emptied his toy crock several times searching for his stash of bones. When she gets to the bottom, she dangles in there huffing and puffing but comes up with nothing since I had already removed the bones. We found last year that the bones create problems between them.
Gotta go mow before so I can run to Granville for groceries then on to a party for Marty Nestle who just graduated from training with the Air Force. Team Jones is hosting the party at their place in Hartford Village. Gloria and Emory are motoring all day today back from the VA mountains where they have been vacationing with two of their grands.
Have a blessed day dear friends.....
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