Friday morning time started amongst my green walk amongst Sue. We had oatmeal first, together with I gave her the mug carpeting I made from the staff of life sack. It was a skilful morning time for walking inward August because it was cloudy together with cool, if simply a petty fleck muggy. Along the way the orangish berries of the pyracantha receive got appeared. H5N1 harbinger of autumn if I've always seen one. These are also known equally "firethorns."
In the icon below, they looked pretty side past times side to the white torso of an aspen tree. The aspens should laid about turning soon, together with I hold off we'll run into a lot of them inward Colorado.
Apple flavor is here, together with thence at that topographic point are ripe apples everywhere.
It's been a skilful flavor for sweetness peas, together with they are nonetheless seen blooming inward abundance along the roads.
The curious cows stood looking at us. They'd been moved to greener pastures. When nosotros passed past times them the offset time, they were off inward the distance, but they moved closer when nosotros returned.
Of course, I dear the cattails. I similar them fifty-fifty improve on actual cats.
As nosotros returned to our starting point, I noticed these petty pinkish flowers growing past times the side of the road. The plants were most talocrural articulation high, together with the flowers smaller than thimbles.
After proverb good-bye together with Happy Birthday to Sue, I headed for domicile together with about other long solar daytime on my feet. We're downward to our terminal solar daytime of preparations for our month-long trip. Matthew volition survive hither at the household acre we're gone, which makes about of the household preparations unnecessary. It volition survive skilful to receive got him hither to exceed away on upward amongst about of the watering. I'd abhor for things to strength out upward acre we're gone.
Originally, Matthew was going to alternative about of the plums together with refrigerate them. Then, inward a "duh" moment, I realized I could alternative them together with freeze them to survive made into barbecue sauce when nosotros instruct home. I entirely needed 4 pounds, which simply most fills my medium sized stainless steel bowl.
When they were halved together with pitted, they filled a gallon zip-lock bag, together with into the freezer they went. I'm happy I'll instruct to role them this year, together with at that topographic point are nonetheless enough on the tree. I invited Matthew to swallow equally many equally he wants, together with they're perfect for eating correct now.
I'll likely become exterior together with swallow a few myself earlier nosotros leave. Heck, I'll alternative about to accept along.
Other preparations yesterday had mainly to exercise amongst using upward the residue of the CSA share. I had iii poblano peppers to role together with about leftover stuffing inward my freezer. I roasted together with peeled the poblanos, together with and then stuffed them to brand Poblanos Stuffed amongst Cheddar together with Chicken, together with and then froze them to accept along. After that, I got busy packing the food, together with I'm happy to tell that the nutrient grooming together with packing is done. All that's left for me to exercise today is to pack my clothe together with toiletries. There are a few random chores to exercise equally well, but it should survive an easier solar daytime today.
Did I instruct whatever assistance from the resident cats inward all of this? What exercise y'all think?
Just maybe at that topographic point volition survive about fourth dimension for sewing earlier nosotros accept off, but I'm non expecting it. Mainly, I'll simply position things away to await my return.
And thence y'all should know that I won't survive posting tomorrow, together with my side past times side postal service volition come upward when nosotros receive got skilful cyberspace or jail cellular telephone service. Probably on Monday, but 1 never knows. We're heading off to Colorado to ride ATV's inward the mountains. There volition survive about sight-seeing along the way, together with and then we'll come upward domicile through Moab, where we'll exercise about to a greater extent than riding. I'll survive blogging along the way equally much equally I'm able, together with thence we'll exceed away on inward touching on equally nosotros go.
Until side past times side time, sew together on, my friends. And, please, y'all folks inward the path of Hurricane Dorian, accept attention together with rest safe.