It's going to survive about other cherry solar daytime hither at the Three Cats Ranch inward my 3-day cherry marathon. Today volition survive the concluding solar daytime amongst them. You should know that I've been so excited nigh the cherries, I couldn't instruct enough. At the grocery shop on Monday, they were soundless on sale for $1.99 per pound, as well as so 6 to a greater extent than pounds came dwelling household amongst me. I'm planning to brand about other several jars of the Cherries inward Syrup. Mae is going to dear those on her morning time oatmeal, as well as I gots to accept help of my darling daughter-in-law, don't yous know.
So here's what happened yesterday. My rootage task was to locomote out as well as H2O the pots earlier it got likewise hot. While there, I noticed ii to a greater extent than of the sunflowers had bloomed. This i is called Starburst Panache. It has a funny frilly flower. Also, aspect closely, as well as you'll run into a large fatty bumblebee inward its center.
This i is called Floristan.
I intend I misidentified i from concluding week...this one...which is truly called Double Dandy.
Oh yes, as well as here's a crappy painting present of i of the echinacea. One of these days I'll instruct a practiced painting present of the echinacea. Sometimes auto-focus focuses on something inward the distance rather than the dependent champaign of the photo, as well as my eyes aren't practiced plenty to run into it inward my digital screen.
Also, in that place were to a greater extent than cherry tomatoes to harvest. These conduct maintain a trivial greenish cap at the stalk end, but they were falling off the plant. Possibly the oestrus is causing it to shed it's fruit simply a tad early, as well as so I picked the most cherry-red ones.
Of class the kitty crew was amongst me every footstep of the way. They are thick every bit thieves when they're outside. I don't know what's so interesting here...something exclusively they could see.
Smitty got bored amongst it likewise as well as walked upward to bring together Sadie on the cool concrete.
Sadie...where conduct maintain yous been? You odor similar a dental office.
Pawsibly your exhaust is running a trivial rich. You mightiness desire to conduct maintain that checked out.
After finishing the outdoor chores, I went to function on the cherries. Yesterday's endeavour was quite a chip to a greater extent than labor-intensive than the solar daytime before. I spent most of the morning time as well as a practiced component subdivision of the afternoon on this. When it was finished, in that place were 8 half-pints of Black Forest Preserves. These conduct maintain amaretto inward the mix, as well as oh wow. This materials is divine. It's real much the consistency of jelly. We position it on our H2O ice cream concluding night, but amongst the jelly consistency, it's to a greater extent than similar a hot fudge sauce. I'd similar to attempt warming it inward the microwave a trivial bit, as well as so I intend it would survive non bad every bit a hot dark wood sundae. Yum.
If I were going to brand this again, I'd in all probability brand one-half a batch because 8 half-pints is a lot. It volition survive fun to share, however, as well as it would also brand a non bad gift at Christmas.
Also, I made iv pints of Sweet Cherry Balsamic Jam. And this was real practiced too. Again, it's a lot of jam, as well as I intend a one-half recipe packed inward half-pint jars mightiness survive a amend agency to go. There was simply a smidge left that wouldn't gibe into the jars, as well as so nosotros had that on our breakfast toast.
This is the best workout I've e'er given the cherry pitter mentioned inward a recent weblog post, as well as I wanted to tell a few words nigh it. It's a non bad tool...the best tool for the job, inward my humble opinion.
Nevertheless, I've discovered something nigh it. When I'm using it amongst large cherries, the cherry sometimes gets stuck (impaled) on the plunger, so that when I liberate the plunger, it goes dorsum upward amongst the plunger, rather than falling into the bowl. And when that happens, I've noticed that to a greater extent than oftentimes than not, the pit also falls into the bowl rather than into the receptacle below. It's non a large deal, but something to pay attending to when you're using it. Also, it misses a few pits, every bit whatsoever pitter will. The stray pits float to the locomote yesteryear of whatever concoction I'm cooking, as well as so I simply fish them out amongst a spoon. Just the same, as well as every bit amongst all things cherry, sentinel for pits spell you're eating it.
While I was waiting for the jams to laid upward as well as the jars to process, I finished upward the stitching on the 4th of ix blocks for Friendship's Garden. I similar this one. It's called "Joy Blooms inward Every Garden."
Here are the iv blocks I conduct maintain so far.
It was belatedly inward the afternoon when I finished amongst my canning. I spent the remainder of the solar daytime typing novel recipes into my database, as well as so in that place was no sewing again. There are soundless to a greater extent than recipes too. They pile upward similar quilt projects. Each fourth dimension I swear I'll locomote along upward amongst them i at a time, but that works out nigh the same every bit a Block of the Month. So many hobbies, so trivial time.
Sadie spent her afternoon inward the cool basement. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 girl's got to locomote along upward apurrances, yous know, as well as so she was giving herself a practiced grooming.
And a overnice nap.
Smitty prefers the locomote yesteryear of the china cabinet for his cooling efforts. He was ready for a nap too.
Don't come upward looking at me amongst your flashy box.
Today's canning volition survive faster. I'm finishing off amongst about Chocolate Cherry Preserves. It's made much the same every bit the Black Forest Preserves, but this batch volition conduct maintain cinnamon as well as a pinch of cayenne inward house of the amaretto. I'll conduct maintain to permit yous know which nosotros similar better. Also, I'll survive able to instruct ii batches of the Cherries inward Syrup. Those are real quick to make, as well as so I'm expecting to pass exclusively a couplet of hours at this, rather than the whole day. And thence volition convey an terminate to cherry canning for the year.
Knowing I'll pass less fourth dimension on canning today, I'm going to pass about fourth dimension this morning time on practicing the fancy feathering I desire to do to complete off the plane quilt. Also, I'll survive getting a start on the adjacent row of names for the Shop Hop quilt. The temperature's ascension i time again outside. Our oestrus advisory is supposed to concluding through tomorrow. Fortunately, it's been cool at night.
Stay cool, as well as stitch on, my blogging friends.