53°f/11.7°C, rain all morning, clearing, colder, and high winds all afternoon.
We are in for a change in weather, I am afraid. But as close as we are to December, it's not surprising that we should get an arctic blast. Larry did not gonoyt hunting this morning; I guess he'd had enough of being wet after yesterday's pouring rain! No deer, sadly, so no venison to restock our dwindling supply. Maybe he will get one later in the season.
He has been working on all the black walnuts and hickory nuts he and Derek gathered. So far, he has about a pint of black walnuts and half a pint of hickory nuts picked and cleaned so far. I am looking forward to baking with them this winter.
We spent today puttering around. He raked leaves and put them in the chicken yard and in their coop, which made the hens ecstatic. You could tell by the happy clucking! I made 2 pies: pecan and pumpkin. It was a frustrating venture, as I seemed to make make a right awful mess. I dropped a whole open can of pumpkin in the floor, which you can imagine splattered everywhere! It was that kind of a cooking day.
I had planned to do a few other things but decided that it would be wiser to just be happy with the pies. With just 4 of us---our friend Suzy, who is single, Larry, Derek, and me-- we really don't need to be making mountains of food. The plan was to keep it simple, anyway.
I went outside for a while to plant more bulbs, but the wind cut right through my clothes so I only did about half of what I intended to do. I still have many to get in the ground, so I will keep plugging along a few at a time.
We had dinner last night with the hunters at Derek's, and it was delicious. Steak, chicken, pasta salad, garlic bread, and Derek's newest favorite dish, that baked cabbage. George's friend Allan, on whose farm my guys hunt, joined us so the stories of when he and George were young just flew.
I'd spent the day out and about: I went to one booth, adding a lot of little things like bookmarks, tiny baskets, etc, in preparation for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Then some shopping at Goodwill, where I found a nice, small wood and brass ship's wheel and yet another pressure canner. I don't really need the canner, but it came with the gasket, which is almost $20 to replace, so that was a good find. Next stop was the grocery store, again, getting a few last minute things for Thanksgiving.
The grocery store was a great opportunity for one of my favorite occupations: people-watching. Men with phones taking photos so the wife on the other end could verify he'd got the right thing. Young mother's with babies or older children in tow,trying to shop while corraling over-excited children, older people buying just a few things for a more simple Thanksgiving. But no one seemed anxious or grouchy, so it was a pleasant place to be. Still, it was very nice not to have to come home and cook.
That's about all the news from here, sparse as it is.
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