Tag: pickles
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Shenghaied
Wow the last twenty-four hours were not as I had expected them to be at all. I was awakened after my alarm was snoozed at least once I think. I was given five minutes to get ready if I was to leave with my parents. Odd cause if I last remembered I could have sworn…
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Play Time: Unhinged
Do you ever get somewhere and have this perceived idea of what’s going to happen only to be surprised? This afternoon three little girls piled into our backseat when we believed only one was coming with us. Isn’t that quite a jolt, usually? Yeah that was just the beginning of a long evening. As I…
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Salsa
So as you know I have been indulging in my love of vegetables and canning recently. I didn’t know how much I loved canning. Or that I could have as much fun playing around with ingredients canning as I have with pickles and salsa. Right now we have a lot of green tomatoes. So I…
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Taste of Indiana: Fair 2023
Last Thursday was such a beautiful day to be outside and walk around the fairgrounds. I came prepared; Mom and I have not been walking all summer long for nothing. Yet while my feet had been ready, it was my head and stomach that I was uncertain how they would perform in these circumstances. The…
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The Naked Tomater
This evening before we take her home to mom’s a little girl got another chance to show off her adeptness peeling tomatoes for canning purposes. In such a short week she has mastered this portion of the process. Tonight we were able to get another batch of cucumbers and tomatoes inside to work them up.…
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Rolling In No Wi -Fi Again
This morning started out fine. We didn’t walk though and that screwed up the day right there. Then there were three appointments again. A second Thursday in a row with several appointments in different directions. The second appointment for my mom though was very encouraging. She has lost nearly 30 pounds and is in a…
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My Thoughts…
Since last Thursday I feel like a scatter brain. I was able to plan and organize my series and have them straddle each other. All of a sudden I have this one big problem and then vegetables to be canned. Today we canned another dozen jars of pickles. Unfortunately, we lost one jar to a…
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Time for Pickle Canning
Sorry folks, our cucumbers have literally been boiling over our island in the kitchen. The day my eye problem happened was the day Mom and I were to set out to make our pickles. It didn’t happen. So today has become the day to finally tackle this duty. Maybe just the first day of a…
Jewells of Thought 