It’s our really busy time of year right now. All the fruit and vegetables are coming in and we must quickly can them. So today was a really busy day for us. I started out by making my Moon Glow pickles. We canned 12 pints! Secretly, I think this is my first really good batch. Not that the others haven’t been tasty, but today I felt the magic in my slotted spoon!
Then Emily came over and we worked on peeling peaches getting them ready for making Heavenly Jam. Hubby and I have been pleased with past batches, but we feel that something isn’t quite right with the recipe. It was his mother’s recipe and she passed away before she could tell us her secret. Maybe this year we can get it just right!
Emily left to go to her soccer practice, and so Hubby helped me peel more peaches so we could make Brandied Peaches! We put up 8 pints of them and I think that will be it for this year.
The Castleton Plums are so sweet and ripe, you could sit down and just eat one after another and probably make yourself seriously sick, but they are so good. Hubby has picked 35 pounds of them and I think tomorrow I will be making plum jam. Of all the jams and jellies we make, I think this is my favorite.
Dinner was a roasted pork loin, zucchini and summer squash and boiled new potatoes. Just as we were finishing up, Em came in and had dessert with us and then she wanted to take the dogs swimming at the beach. I was so tired, but her youthful enthusiasm got to me and soon I was pulling (and tugging and pulling some more) on my swim suit and off we went to the beach.
Four dogs and two people was a bit much, but soon Hubby came down and then I was able to relax and actually swim with the puppies. The first time I have been in the water all year.
When I got out of the water with the dogs they got completely covered with sand and so did I! When we got home Hubby took turns hosing down each dog with water and once they were all done, then I stood there and he got me as well!
Now I am in my pajamas, watching the Red Sox play baseball against the Yankees, and putting my feet up. A long day, but a very good one!
You are a lucky girl when I think I sit here with a thick pullover and the heating on in August ! We always have around 60F not more but less and it’s quite humid. Awful clima !! BTW did you find a dress ? I don’t wear dresses anymore at all even when I have to go to a Cocktail or a wedding where I have to be dressed up. I have black trousers almost like a skirt and combine that with an elegant top. Normally I do like you, Jeans and pullover or T-shirt.