Because of the hot weather this July, we're only now getting harvest enough to can. Usually, we've got the fans going and the kettles boiling starting in mid-July. But this year, a good bit of the harvest happened just before our vacation (which had us scurrying to get everything put up so nothing spoiled the week we were away). Now, things are somewhat more leisurely. I say somewhat because now we're putting garden and bee hives to bed. Soon the first frosts will hit, and we need to be prepared.
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| Michael puts the beets in the boiling water canner. |
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| Michael, filling jars with Oxblood red beets. And when we say Oxblood, we mean, like red stuff everywhere. |
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| See the red stuff? And not just in the bowl...it looked like a crime scene around the sink, where we dumped the water we boiled these babies in. |
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| And for those that just didn't fit into the jars, they got a good whirring in the food processor. Can you say, chocolate cake, boys and girls? Yes, these will very likely end up in chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. |
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| Just one of the bathrooms at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV....each doorway along this hall leads to a small room with a vanity table and toity. Each one has a door that closes. At the end of this hallway is a conversation area (see the next pic!) |
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| The conversation area at the end of the hallway above. I suppose this is where all ladies go to powder their noses, although each bathroom "stall" (cough) suite itself had a vanity table to powder ones appendages at. |
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| Fred says that all this discussion of luxury is very tiring. "A little grass, a little masonry work, or the dust ruffle on Grandma's bed, and you know, I can work with that. Who wants to tinkle on marble?" |
