Still Kickin'

72, muggy. Raining since 11am, with a few dry intervals. Overcast and humid, with little to no breeze. 82 yesterday, some rain.

It has been a wet old time on this hill. Rain and rain, with more in tbe forecast for the next few days. At least the garden work is pretty much caught up, although I am sure the weeds are having a fine time. 

I am feeling better slowly. Still tired and a stuffy head and raspy throat, but definitely better. 

I am resting a lot and coddling myself a bit. I finished one book, a novel from the 1930s I think, called Fire in the Water by Peggy Simon. It was set in Scotland and based in a fishing village, and the details made for an interesting read. It was, I suppose, a bit similar to another book I read recently, Spoonhandle, which was set in a Maine fishing village. Both were well written and a pleasure to read.

Even though I've been taking it easy, I am still getting a few things done. I made dill pickles yesterday because the vines are going crazy. I swore I would not make pickles this year because there are so many in the cellar! But I think we will dump the older ones since apparently we are going to have a lot of cucumbers again this year.

I've also been painting furniture and have just about finished with this Hoosier-style kitchen cabinet, and a little chest of drawers. 

You can imagine how tricky it is to cook and can in my kitchen right now, but I am managing. Larry has the workroom taken up with a desk he's working on, so the kitchen is my fall-back work area. I love that the kitchen is so versatile and roomy.

Today I am making soup from stuff in the fridge freezer. I am determined to used up every single thing in there. This soup has broccoli, meatballs, asparagus, zucchini and yellow squash, onions and a mushroom thingies I made last year with wild mushrooms.  It tastes heavenly, believe it or not. There is also potatoes, bay leaves, chicken stock, garlic and Worchestershire sauce in it. When it's done I will pit it all through the food processor and May or may not add cheese. I am not sure it needs it, though.

Right now this is what I am doing. I will be busy enough when Larry gets back from the store, so I am going to take advantage of this time right now.

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