Canner is full and whistling or rather hissing along. Next will be beets into pickles.

Lloyd,  may your day be special .
Sounds like it is starting off nice with Nancy baking your special cake. Enjoy!!

  , LLoyd  

Good morning, another rainy day for the Interior. This will last another three days if it stays as usual. Even though I shouldn't be, I'm always surprised at the differences between the North and the East coasts. The East or Atlantic side has humidity and heat in August. The North or Alaskan Northwestern side has no humidity and rain, entirely different ecosystems.

We still have the plastic up. I don't have any idea if they'll be working on my balcony today or not. I do hear heavy machinery, but it's only 8 AM. We are not kept informed. The company that owned these seven buildings here and others in the state pulled out their US holdings in 2016.

The state purchased the Alaskan ones, and I'm not sure that was a good deal. Before, the balconies were poured stucco in a wooden frame, and the new ones remind me of corrugated steel such as commercial roofing. And there is a gap at the bottom.

My biggest grump is that my view of the hills is gone unless I go over, nose to the glass.

I don't know what will happen in October when they replace the windows, as Farrah will likely spend most of that month closed in the bathroom.

Jenny, I'm thinking of you and your surgery today and hope all is going well.

Lloyd,        Your cake sounds delicious!

The day is slipping away....time to put ones feet up. Two bags of beets were pickled giving us 12 quarts of beets with one more bag to do tomorrow..The hamburg was cooked mixed with peas and carrots then 15  pints were canned for the dogs.  The neighbour has more cucumbers for me to do into dills and that is it! NO more. All that is left is the few beets growing in the garden and potatoes to can..and that is it!
Times goes so fast when one is busy. I didn't take time to eat but my stomach is starting to protest now. I suppose it will growl at me till I feed it. That brought up a funny story I was telling the neighbour. Told her about the canned dog food and it was all good meat and vegetables, no salt or broth just hot water in it. Said wouldn't it be fun to bring up a jar when company was here that states DOG FOOD on the lid to cook it for the table!! Yesterday a young cashier  asked me how I was .said fine......then looked at what I was checking out( 5 boxes of Milk Bone treats for the dogs) and said to her guess I should have said hungry.
I know, time to put my feet up.../color]

LLoyd,
Too bad you don't live around here.  I have a thickness planer and a jointer that I have no use for.  It was my son's and I no longer can get into that kind of work.  I dream about it but if I'm realistic I must put it aside. A bunch of other tools also.

Bedtime in Kansas. Cats got some Chicken of the Sea tuna tonight after having raw hamburger & Friskie's canned for supper. I've been planning to "run to visit my recently widowed sister", it is only about 240 miles one way but too hard to make the trip in one day like I did for her husband's funeral.

That time I had my son & his wife in their car & knew if I had a problem they could give me a hand.... and didn't take the cats since we were not spending the night. I wanted to drive my new car & make sure everything worked... big problem, I didn't know how to turn on or use any of the stuff. It does beep if I get out of my lane or too close to the car in front, does show what the speed limit is all along the way, but everything is different from the 2013 model to the 2021! 

SO, now that Callie is back, since she doesn't travel, I will only go for overnight, take Tom & Tiger if they don't give me too much trouble. They hide... hate the drive but enjoy the scenery when we stop. Anyway, weather is not helping being so hot, so I keep pushing the visit on down the line. That motorhome is going to have square tires it's been sitting so long.

Rick, I still have the table saw & all the tools it took to build a house. The boys promised to take the table saw, drill press (that came from my father) but they all have newer stuff so I am trying to make sure they really will USE these things & not gather dust or go into a garage sale. I've been tempted to have a garage sale, still so much golf equipment as well as all kinds of yard stuff I will never use. And so it goes..........

Gloria, Andy got me a heater for the motorhome (after Callie "marked" the other one), that has a remote control & does a good job of quick warm up early morning. I don't like to use the furnace, don't like the noise & the electric heater works faster.  Sure wish that temperature was a concern right now! Not sure how big of a space it would heat but it heats half of that 28' motorhome fast. I don't usually need it on after breakfast, I "dress for the weather" & run around with sweats & hoodie when camping. I have an old pair of UGGS for house shoes (my daughter gave me UGGS house shoes but they don't come half way up to my knee!) I still like the cold when out camping. Off to bed. Sweet dreams & God Bless.

Hello All y'all!  I'm going to make this quick because I'm really tired and Christy is coming from Maryland tomorrow.  She's bringing me all the tomatoes I'll need for this year.  We'll eat some and I'll can the rest.  Her garden has done so well that she has more than she can use.  She sent me a picture of what she's bringing and I'm gonna be busy!

I figured out a way to can all the squash my neighbors are sharing with me.  I made some summer squash soup today and it's pretty good and it says it can be canned right on the recipe.  So that's another project for the coming week.  I have more in the freezer than I'll ever use and it's coming out and going in the soup pot.  And my friend down the street gave me a recipe for what he calls zucchini pancakes.  I think they're more like patties fried in a frying pan.  I'm going to try them and we'll see!

Now I've made myself tired with all this stuff I'm planning so I'm off to the haystack.
 I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

It's supposed to rain overnight.  We shall see!

Good Morning everyone. I think I am going to take the RV to a shop and get It serviced ready to travel, If Nancy doesn't want go with me I will get someone else to go with me. I want to go to Tampa and get some sea shells down by the Pear, and clean and cook on the beach, Like I have seen others do. It is already 75º here this morning. Hope you all have good AC's up and running.

Lloyd

I figured how to open Pictures and view one But I cant reamer how to Bring it ' here to S & F for you all to view. this getting old Is not what It Is cracked up to be.

Lloyd

Good morning..
Busy day ahead, one last bag of beets to do  and some little cucumbers. Will head into town to pick up jars for my neighbour and she wants a jar lifter too, we have been sharing mine for now. Overcast here and the front deck is wet, don't know if we had had rain in the night.

Jane, have fun with Christy, you have a lot of work ahead of you today!

Need to get a move on..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Christy is on her way and will be here in about 2 hours.  Lots to do before she gets here and when she is here, we'll be up to our eyeballs in tomatoes!  So this will probably be my one and only post for today.  I might be able to check out tonight but that depends on how weary I am!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow! 

Good morning everyone, first morning in it seems all summer that it is not starting in the 70's, know it isn't but this past week fel t like a month of too hot and humie weather. 67 now at 7:30 am. Supposed to stay in the 70's all day. Yippee maybe I can enjoy going outside later. The guessers the last 2 days all said the heat would break with a violent Tstorm but we did not even have a drop of rain. Not complaining either.

Hope JENNY is feeling better this morning, even with her arm in a sling and not being able to use it for awhile. They had some kind of icepack on my shoulder  to keep it cold so I never really  felt any pain.

PHYLLIS  I know what you mean about enjoying seeing your son and DIL and being worn out after. I used to feel like that when my daughter and family were visiting for a week-from San Diego. A lot more work and cookin‌g and everything, missed them big time when they left but I was younger (about 35 years younger last time) and still felt worn out. I always had  the time they visit ed out of work for my vacation. Wanted  to spend every minute with them I could.

AMY  hope you can rest more today, think you have done enough canning that you can rest  for a day or 2.

SHIRLEY  years ago when we went camping we used to go into mid or late October. It was warm in our sleeping bags and feeling the cold air on faces made for good sleeping.

JANE  good luck canning summer squash. I don't know anyone who had success with it. One sis ter canned 30 quarts of it when they had a huge garden and ended up having to trow it  all away. She had canned for years, every thing you can think of but that was the only thing impossible. Did you ever slice zucchini, cover with flour then in to beaten eggs then into seasoned breadcrumbs then frying? Yummy. Regin just dried some sliced zucchini, seasoned it before setting to dry. Of course wi th their low humity she put the tray in a sunny window turning them over on the second day, tood 2 days  to dry and even my SIL loves  the way the turned into crispy chips. 

LLOYD  I think here the AC will have a rest today. We have a bright blue sky that we have not seen in over a week.

Bet ter get a move on or I will no t be dressed before Bill gets here this morning.
Have a good day and stay safe.

GLORIA and anyone else who might have misread my post...I AM NOT GOING TO CAN PLAIN SUMMER SQUASH.  I'M MAKING IT INTO SOUP AND THAT IS SAFE TO CAN.  I would not can the squash itself because everything I've read says it cannot be canned but the soup is creamed in a blender so the canning heat goes through it and I like the soup and it's something I can open and eat.

ONCE AGAIN....I AM NOT CANNING SQUASH AND I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DO IT EITHER. 

Good morning from the Interior. They had the lift machine out early and just now removed the balcony door lock and took down the plastic. I'm afraid that means they're done, but I hope not. They had originally put down wood and then plywood for the balcony floor. Then they painted it a commercial brand of steel grey and put up the plastic and soon after, coming back to paint a second coat. This one is the color of what may inadvertently come out of either end.

They've finished the balconies. The last portion was to attach steel mesh to the bottom gap. Unfortunately, they left the wet look tan, and I'm being charitable here, floor paint.

It would have been our Joan FL's Birthday yesterday 28th she is so so missed, and will always hold a special place in my - our  hearts....Soda Shoppe was her baby..
...Getting ready for morning church, arrangement home collect has been arranged from someone going to the church..

Good foggy morning...

After doing 12 pints of beets and 10 more of dill pickles I was done in yesterday. All that is left is the potatoes to can and they are still in the ground, so can wait.
Today I do need to do laundry ,take garbage to the dump and REST! That last one is not going to be hard to do.

Two more days after today and into Sept..........remember when we all wanted summer and now poof it is gone.

Patricia, hope they come back and pick up the cans, it shouldn't be up to the tenants to get rid of those.

Jane, are you all tomatoed out? Makes the work a lot easier when you have extra hands helping.

Gloria, the temps could go down further for me!!Slowly getting there. Next will be beautiful fall weather .

Shirley, when we camped we took Bubby our Damation x Dane with us. After we were all parked up I would take him for a walk and the kids would come running saying look a Dalymation! I would make him sit, as he loved the kids and his wagging tail/bum would knock the kids over. He was always ready to go.

Guess I had better rattle these ol bones and get ready for the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.



 

Good Morning everyone, It Is 76º and overcast Here this Morning. Hope we have this sort of day tomorrow, I tune our church in And watch the preaching live on TV. tomorrow I plan on getting the RV serviced up. hope to See you all again tomorrow.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, 61 this morning and I had to put on a warmer robe when I got up this morning. We ended with light rain late yesterday afternoon. I did spend most of the afternoon outside on the porch with a few others. Felt so good to be outside and getting to listen and talk with the others. Been too long since I have done that.

JANE  I thought you are too smart not to can summer squash. Never had soup made with it. I did make one with zucchine years ago and enjoyed it. Doubt I still have that recipe. I know my sister had to get rid of about 50 jars of the squash she canned that summer a life time ago. I spent the summer with her and family when I was 13 so it was a lifetime ago. Her son could not take the taste or texture of that squash but that BIL of mine mad he stay at the table till he ate what was on his plate. Even then I thought he was a mean father.

JACKIE  Joan had another baby in the old Senior Net-Bis' Busy Nest. We had quite a group back then and had a lot of fun. When SN shut us out and Pat opened S&F so many just dropped out and they are missed. Joan was one of a kind and could never be replaced.

AMY I will be happy when I have to put on a sweater or light jacket to go outside. Was so nice yesterday to finally shut off the AC and not hear it running. Cool enought last night to have tie window open in the bedroom and no fan in there running either. Yes canning is a lot of work and time but when you look at everything you  did before winter sets in and you start appreciating all you saved it sure makes one feel like they accomplished something good. I know that is how I always felt. All those sealed jars on the shelves in the basement and hars of jam in the old icebox where I kept them. Sure would like some of that grape jam now, or maybe the blackberry or maybe the apple jelly, hmm or maybe the peach?

LLOYD  hope you and Nancy can head out soon in  the RV and enjoy traveling.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Already a busy day around here. Cats fed & me to church, breakfast & all....... Be back later, hot yet but storms could roll in... maybe.... might.....never know~~

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I don't know how much time I have to myself right now.  Christy went to walk with her old school friend so they can have some time together.  They are still best friends and it started way back in middle school.  Christy was an "St" and Julie was a "T" so whenever their class was in alphabetical order (most of the time) they were next to each other.  And they decided early on that they liked each other and it stuck for life. 

And Frankie has taken a quick trip to the store so I'm here, once again, with two dogs.  I love them both!  And I love the feeling!

We have 4 gallons of tomatoes cleaned and ready to be canned.
 I guess I'll be busy tomorrow.  But it's all free stuff and Christy helped me with the hard part.  I wasn't going to let her but she said, "Instead of sitting around talking, we'll be standing in the kitchen talking."  And she was right!  We talked about anything and everything all afternoon.  Then we even collaborated on a good supper...chicken, baked potatoes, a jar of my canned cole slaw and some of my frozen corn. 

Frankie just came back so I'll wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

P.S.  Been thinking about JENNY and hoping all's well with her!

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

Here I am Jane Wow, that is a lot of maters!!

A fantastic day in the making has drawn almost to a close.
 
 We had a lovely soft rain , not a lot but enough to quench the ground.

Had a nap in the afternoon and intend on hitting the hay early...

Well, there's one of all y'all.  Not a busy day in the Soda Shoppe!  I'm all set up to begin canning the 'maters early in the morning.  My plan is to do the quarts that will be used for soups, etc. tomorrow and then cook down the rest for sauce on Tuesday morning before my dr. appt and maybe can it when I get home.  Depends on how tired I am and how long it took for the appt.

I'm heading off to bed soon.  I love it when the kids visit but it sure does wear me out.  I wonder if we wore out my mom.  But we lost her at 71 so maybe yes, maybe no.  My dad was still going strong at 84 when he died doing "stuff".  He just never knew when to quit...I guess I have his genes!

Anyway, I'm off to the haystack!  i wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.....even if you don't get the message by reading this.

Good morning...

We had a storm during the night, I could hear the distant rumble of thunder,see the lightening and loved the rain.
We are off to the city  to pick up a few things for us and friends this morning.

Jane , my friends birthday was on Sat and her family came to visit,she said the same thing loved to see them but boy it tuckered her out. Neighbour birthday was yesterday. Have a saucy day.

Gloria, I am toying with the idea of making 1/2 batch of green relish..even though I said just potatoes left to do. Yes, all lined up on a shelf and who know what this winter will bring. I am stocking up no matter what!.

Patricia, where are you??

Better get skipping, want to be on the road early.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm all set up for the maters and the jars are sterilizing.  It won't take much once I start filling the jars and while they are doing their thing in the canner, I can throw a load of laundry in the washer.  So I decided to sit down with my coffee and visit with friends.

Frankie is coming over this afternoon to wash windows and clean the frames around them .  That's a job that's been hollering for doing.  However, she might have to adjust that plan because it's supposed to start raining around 11 and most of the windows open to rain.  She can possible do the insides but if it's blowing she won't be able to open the windows.

I better get moving.  Unless I miss my guess, I have enough 'maters for 2 cannerfuls of the soup tomatoes.  My plan for the day is to finish those so I can enjoy them while they cool and before I have to stow them away.  I love looking at the finished product!

I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good Morning everyone. I have been up just for a few min. sky Is mostly clear. just a few Light clouds Laying around. so looks Like a good easy day. I think I am going to work on getting the raised beds set back up and filled with dirt to do some fall garden. and do some getting the RV ready to travel. and just take it easy. Have a good day everyone

Lloyd

Good morning everyone, 71 and overcast here. Rain this afternoon, wish I could send it to the areas where those darn fires are burning. I was thinking of JENNY over the week end and how she is doing. When I had my right shoulder replaced I went in on Monday and went home Thursday morning. I was ready to leave the hospital Wednesday bu t they said no.

SHIRLEY  you must have been running late yesterday morning. that short post is so unlike you. I like your longer newsy ones.

JANE  canning is much easier when 2 people are working together.

AMY  looks like you wore yourself out and needed that rest yesterday. Yes t erday I was looking at an ad for the packages for the freeze dried meals  that  can be kept for years-astranot (spelling) meals? Was toying with sending for the deal but for almost $900.- and at my age they would outlast me.

JANE  I think everyone who ever did and canning likes looking at all they have accomplished and feel proud of what they did at harvest time. Then in a freezing cold winterday they can use some of it  to feed themselves/family.

LLOYD  Hope you and Nancy can ge t on the road soon.

Another day for the AC here, already feel the humidity going up.
Have a good day and be safe.

Good Morning JaneS Nancy has already got her first load of clothes in washer. and maybe fixing some breakfast. Have A good day.

Lloyd