Yes, I did simply build upwards a word. It's what happens when your plans for the solar daytime larn waylaid. It's a useful word, no? So, here's what happened: We were sitting some inwards our pajamas, wondering almost something...it escapes me now...when nosotros somehow communicated amongst Erik as well as Mae (I forget who called who), as well as they told us nosotros could come upwards larn the truck camper from their driveway. Their bath isn't finished yet, but they tin directly shower and, y'all know...other stuff. And I know they were going to endure happy to lead maintain the camper out of their driveway. So, sure.
Oh yes, as well as at that spot are apples on their tree ready for picking. Okay...sure. So nosotros brought along 2 five-gallon buckets.
We picked upwards the camper, as well as nosotros picked somewhere inwards the neighborhood of 20-30 pounds of apples. That ought to travel along me busy for a few days. As I'm writing this I lead maintain both pint as well as half-pint jars washing inwards the dishwasher. Today's goal is to build some applesauce as well as some apple tree pie jam. I swore I would build no to a greater extent than jams or jellies this year, but thence the apple tree pie jam sounded thence yummy. So, yeah...I desire that. Also on the agenda for the calendar week are apple tree pie filling as well as maple bourbon apple butter. And I'll simply travel along going until all the apples are used. Applesauce volition larn highest priority.
It's going to endure a brace of weeks of canning. There are, of course, however tomatoes as well as zucchini to ground with, although I tin lay those out of my hear until I come across what's inwards the CSA part tomorrow. I lead maintain my oculus on an apple-tomatillo salsa recipe. If at that spot are tomatillos inwards tomorrow's share, I don't come across how I tin avoid making it, arrive at you? And I necessitate simply a brace of smaller zucchini to build some other batch of the sweetness as well as spicy zucchini pickle chips. If at that spot are plenty peppers inwards tomorrow's share, I'll lead maintain to build those too. And don't forget...plums are coming. So, y'all tin see, it's a can-do life hither at the Three Cats Ranch correct now. And don't fifty-fifty larn me started amongst the lx lbs. of tomatoes I've ordered from our farmers...pick-up on Saturday. Yeesh.
Just thinking almost all that create has Sadie completely 'zhausted. After nosotros got domicile yesterday, she as well as Mike napped inwards the chair.
We'd stopped on the agency domicile to alternative upwards some corn for dinner. (The corn is thence proficient correct now.) The piffling create stand upwards where nosotros stopped had some pretty peaches too. I chose iv of those because I wanted to elbow grease these private peach cobblers. The peaches were disappointingly unjuicy, but they however tasted good. I used this recipe, but I cutting it inwards half. Also, the recipe called for soil flax seed, and, excuse me but, huh? I used quick-cooking oatmeal instead, as well as I didn't grind it. Sheesh. What is incorrect amongst people?
So, the peaches weren't every bit juicy every bit I'd hoped, but nosotros fixed them upwards past times adding some H2O ice cream as well as peach brandy sauce, as well as yum. By the way, that topping was actually squeamish amongst the quick-cooking oatmeal, but I added twice every bit much buttermilk (to my one-half recipe) to larn plenty moisture.
We didn't lead maintain our dessert until afterwards dinner, as well as I however had some fourth dimension left inwards the afternoon to sew. I was able to destination August's Tuxedo's Tales block.
As I was editing this pic for posting, I realized I necessitate to extend the stitching for the stalk on the travel past times blossom downward to the chicken's wing. I'll ready that earlier I arrive at anything else today...mind similar a steel trap, as well as all. It'll in all likelihood accept longer to thread the needle than it volition to stitch it.
While I was working on that, Smitty came down. He's travel the most affectionate truthful cat inwards his middle historic catamenia (he's 6 now), as well as sometimes nosotros simply lead maintain to accept a intermission from sewing to snuggle amongst the truthful cat for a few minutes.
The solely other matter I did yesterday was to larn a initiatory off on the quilt store names for the Shop Hop quilt. This i seems completely appropriate every bit a house to start.
So there's plenty to arrive at today as well as on through the week. I'll arrive at a piffling slow-stitching this morn piece I aspect for the dishwasher to destination amongst the jars, as well as than I'll larn at those apples. I'm the boss, Applesauce. Understand, Rubberband?