Crop Update

We had a bumper crop of taters this year.  From three plants that started out robust, but then fell to the scorching heat, we got nearly three dozen spuds!

Food- Related Activity at the Urban Grange Hall this Weekend

Here is a mega tomato we grew from B. Potter's plants acquired in the Community School's organic sale earlier this summer.  They are heirloom so they look a little rough, but we are roasting them to freeze to add to sauce and stews this winter.

Roasting tomatoes at low temp. with olive oil and salt.

We are consistently getting three eggs a day from our four hens. Notice the egg on the left-it is standing on end. Tricky!

More Random Thoughts

Song lyrics that make me weepy... don't really understand why-just is

"Katie looks at Tommy like I still look at you..." from She's in Love with the Boy, Trisha Yearwood

"I don't have to tell you, but you're the only one."  from You Make Lovin' Fun by Fleetwood Mac

"And this is how I see you/ in the snow on Christmas morning/ love and happiness surround you
(As you throw your arms up to the sky/I keep this moment by and by) from Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan

Girl, You're a Woman Now

Bertha

Bertha's egg

The fruits of her labors

Some Random Thoughts

1. It is not original to yell "Fore" or lay on your car horn when driving by a golf course.  Trust me on this as I am a home owner living across the street from a municipal course and am almost directly across from the 9th hole.

2. I wonder how much money would be saved if all the treadmills, rowing machines and bikes in a gym where rigged to produce electricity?  Could it power the facility?

To be Continued...

Reunited and it feels so good...

I have been an ardent kayaking angler for close to 20 years.  Last summer, due to a nagging shoulder injury (I don't recommend having a child once you are 45 plus unless you are in VERY good shape) and the unusual Maine monsoon season that lasted all summer, I was unable to put my boat on my car let alone paddle.  Well, thanks to a a very expensive trainer who hit on the magic regime for my shoulder I am able to return to the water. This makes me very happy.

North Conway, NH

This car was parked in front of the Mount Washington Weather Observatory offices in town.  I have been to the top of Mt. Washington by car in July when it has been quite "brisk" at the top.  I also climbed Jefferson in the Presidentials  in July when we passed some others hikers  coming down who had been turned back by "snow" as they approached the summit ( it was more a slick mix of fog and freeze).

We were there to ride this:

 

When we got back in the car at 12:50 p.m. it was 97 degrees outside. So we went back to Stanley Pond, but not before running into these folks in Cornish:

Sarah, Luke and Brady Potter

We have a rule if you are near the water you need to wear your life jacket.  Maisie is good at following the rules and near the water is a relative term.

Hope you all had a pleasant weekend!