Well, it was an incredibly busy day yesterday with very little photographic evidence to show for it. In the morning, I dried some more herbs.......lots of basil, cinnamon basil, and parsley. The house smelled very basil-y??? We had a nice lunch, sent Sarah and her kitty on their way back to St. Louis, and then pounded out 11 tenderloins, breaded them, and put them in the freezer. During all of this, David kept walking out to the sweet corn patch and bringing back predictions as to how much corn was ready. The predictions grew each time and resulted in this.........
We had a half dozen fresh picked ears at lunch and they were delicious! So I also reworked the freezer, to make some room and in the process counted 30 containers left from last year. Do we really need much more? Well, we have now doubled the amount of corn in the freezer. (And now the house smells like a sweet corn patch!)
David pulled the stampede into a shady spot and we sat in lawn chairs and shucked and brushed off silks. We called friends to come and take corn, and even Willow did her part by eating as much as she could (we're just not gonna talk about the poop situation in the yard).
In the end, David drove around the neighborhood on the stampede and dropped off corn to people. It's really fun to share and catch up with neighbors and friends, even when you're dog tired from putting up corn, and you are wearing a shirt that is stiff from corn juice splatter.
Today started early. It's the Weighing of the Pigs. (this is nothing like the weighing of the wands for the triwizard tournament in Harry Potter book 4) It means I'm preparing lunch which will include sweet corn (of course), tenderloin sandwiches (good planning yesterday!), and fried potatoes (thanks for the bucket of potatoes Mom and Dad). And I made them some cookies.
It may be a slow day for photos again as my afternoon plan includes cleaning the sewing room floor and some longarm maintenance - oiling, blowing off lint, changing the needle, etc.
We'll see if there is anything interesting to report tomorrow!
Christi
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