This
morning (Wednesday), when I went to post on Facebook, I wanted to include a
photo and no longer use the widow crying one because while I may be a widow, I’m
choosing to no longer cry. So, I posted a photo you’ve probably already seen of
my purple poppy. Looking out the window, I decided I’d go outside and take a
photo of each and every bloom currently available…just so sorry some of the
great ones are already gone.
Beginning
today, I’ll include a photo of a flower and explain what it is, that is if I do
know. If I’m unable to identify, I’ll say so and perhaps someone else can tell
me what it is that’s living in my garden. For today, I’m including a photo of a
pea vine blossom. The vines have been growing like crazy and I was beginning to
think I wasn’t going to get any peas, but the few blossoms I found today gives
me hope. Now, if the squash and tomatoes would just get busy too, I’d be very
very happy with my sort of green thumb.
Haley
came today, but was only here for about an hour. So many of the boxes out of
the further reaches of the garage attic had rat poop in them, that for the most
part, we deemed the contents to be garbage. Next week, we’ll make a trip to the
King County Recycling and Transfer Station. Besides what we’ve piled up, there
are other items about the place that could take that trip too, so I’d best be
busy gathering them up and adding to the pile.
Last
week I was amazed to see the raspberries were getting ripe…in fact some of them
were already too ripe. I picked then and then again today and now have a gallon
freezer bag full that I’ll use to make jam some time this fall. That’s probably
the only jam I’ll make. I still have one jar from last year’s raspberries and
should probably send it home with one of the sons because I would take me a
year or more to get through a pint jar.
In
another six weeks or so, it will be time to make dill pickles. Last year, I had
three of my friends over and did a tutorial on how to make dill pickles. I
doubt we’ll be able to do that this year, so I hope they can pickle on their
own…no pun intended. I’m also going to find a new place to purchase the
pickling cucumbers. Last year, we all pretty much bought from the same place,
but there were a lot of the cucumbers that were bad after soaking overnight in
cold water. That place may be less expensive than, say Yakima Valley Fruit
Market, but I think I’d rather pay a bit more and have the majority of my
cucumbers go into jars rather than yard waste.