68°f/20°C, feels so cool! Lower humidity at last. High of 88 yesterday, 90 expected today.
View from the porch. No blooms along the walk right now, sadly. The geraniums aren't blooming well at all this year: usually they are a dependable source of color. We have to wait til next Spring to paint the replacement boards on the railing, as these are pressure-treated and won't retain paint yet.
It is a beautiful morning, a bright start to what will be another hot day. At least lower humidity makes it more bearable.
I made black raspberry jam yesterday, snapped more beans, and got a huge ham divided into smaller bags and vacuum-packed. Larry bought the ham thinking it was on sale, but he grabbed the wrong one so he paid a pretty penny for it. However, it will make many, many meals and sandwiches.
He dug up the carrots for me, so today I will be cleaning them up.
Most will go in the freezer, but i will use some, along with the green beans, potatoes, tomatoes and onions from the garden to make a big batch of vegetable soup to can. That will happen tomorrow, as today we will be taking the big buffet to our booth. Planning to make cucumber relish too, as we have an overload of cukes at the moment, and I need more relish. We shall see!
Meanwhile I painted this cute little table. It's not quite ready, but will go to our other location on Friday, I think, to go into the display window. I plan to change the window over to a more Fall-ish look. Early I know, but at one location that sells mainly new decor, they are going all out with Fall, and it's selling like hotcakes. Go figure.
Well, as Garrison Keillor used to say, that's all the news that isn't! Ending with this, which I thought was so funny.
Your "It is a beautiful morning" reminded me of that song "It's a beautiful morning" by the Rascals! So now I have that song in my head but that's okay because I like that song! ;)
ReplyDeleteYour joke made me giggle! :)
We are waiting for the heat to max out today. We have two portable AC units now to help us stay cool.
ReplyDelete...oh boy!
ReplyDeleteBlack raspberry jam, yummm!
ReplyDeleteYour cartoon made me laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are busy as usual! Isn't it funny how some things do well one year and not the next? Same situation here with a few plant varieties.
ReplyDeleteOh Dear. I can't stop giggling about your cartoon.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your humidex is down. That sure helps. It's 30C here today but with the humidity at 31% I haven't even turned on any A/C.
I like the colour of that 2 tier table. I chose a darker green for various small cupboards in my kitchen but now, years later, I wish I'd chosen a lighter one.
It's hot here too, it's already muggy and it's not even 6:00... 22°C... what will it be like later, it's raining somewhere, during the day it'll be 33°C again... really crazy!
ReplyDeleteI chuckled at the cartoon - thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour little painted table looks so attractive.
We have the AC off and the windows open for a few hours before it heats up again after quite thunderstorm last night.
ReplyDeleteAll those carrots remind me of the garden my dad used to have.
ReplyDeleteLots of stores have fall stuff out right now. A lot of people buy early but I can't bring myself to do it just yet. Then when I am ready all the good stuff is gone.
I can see why it's a favorite view. Perhaps people are dreaming of cooler weather so the autumnal decor is pulling them in. I have A LOT of wild black raspberries. I usually get to them too late. Wild grapes, too.Garrison Keillor lived several blocks east of me in St. Paul. The last bit was very funny!!
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