Finding Peace

o My husband found a new pond for us to paddle tonight. It was a very sweet place with what I belive is indian paint brush. But it has a couple of big issues.  

One this was the view and two it backed up to an interstate high way you could not see it but oh you could hear it! 

I finished the stair riser I drew honoring my fire flies. I like it alot.

We went to my bother in laws to celebrate my sister in laws birthday we are only 4 days apart but she is way younger than I am. Lobsters and clams as high as your eye! It was only the 4 of us and it was wonderful! But while we were there I look at my husband and his eye is swelling shut and the other one doesn't look that great either. We have no idea what happened but we headed for home and he took a shower right away and in the morning it was better but by this afternoon he was much better so who knows?

I baked a blueberry pie for the dinner and it was pretty good too if I do say so myself.

I had enough tomatoes to make another batch of pasta sauce. I feeze it for later use and it works great.

We had some visitors too the turkeys are hanging around but they do not seem to care about the gardens so I don't mind.

I thought this was so cute! my last post you made me laugh and feel like I was not the only one out there feeling like that frustration. A thousand thanks you! I also have 4 new followers welcome welcome!I want to thank https://athomewithdoreenfrost.blogspot.com/Doreen Frost for putting my blog link on her blog so I am doing the same here. Just right click and it will take you there.I am having the worst time with the new blogger tonight so not sure what is going on but I think I will revert if this does not stop, I can not stop if from under lining and I have to pick my ink color each paragraph,and I can't figure out the link insert but this too shall pass. I had a birthday this week and I got so many birthday wishes and phone calls it really did make me stop and think I am pretty lucky and I need to count my blessings and I count this blog as a very big blessings. Have a wonderful week!

My Own Worst Enemy

Because of how we are tucked in the woods we do not see many sunsets. But this one was pink clouds, so pretty...

Reminded me of a painting.

We have had some small breaks of good weather, not that horrid humid, swampy stuff I can not stand. (But it is back!) The other night was cool enough after my shower husband made us sleepy tea and we sat on the porch waiting for the fireflies but they never came. The peepers were in fine voice so we enjoyed them until bed time. 

My tomatoes are coming in fast now so I made us a tomato tart for dinner with a salad. It was so good. I used puff pastry so very easy.

I had three zucchinis to deal with so I shredded them up in my food processor and froze it in 2 cup bags for bread this winter. I tried King Arthur flour's chocolate zucchini bread. I am not a huge choc fan but it is good.

The moon was so pretty last nigh not quite full but we had some clouds coming in so very pretty. We are going to get some of that storm on Tue into Wed not much just some rain. We will be fine I am sure. 

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I have been in such a foul mood. I am not happy at work, I am not happy when I have to leave the house, I am just not happy.

The tourist have gone crazy here. The town manager in my daughter's town said "They are like sailors on shore leave from a long cruise" Leaving trash every where, building campfires where every they please, If they can't find a parking space they just leave it in the middle of the road!, The lake beaches are over flowing! Our hiking trails are crammed full and they are rescuing them every weekend as they are hiking in flip flops and turn their ankle or get lost! Or the best one yet take no water with them! they call for help because they are thirsty.

They had to shut down 3 restaurants this week because of covid just a bit north of us. What in the name of all that is holy is wrong with people!! And we are a state that is doing pretty well! At work grown men are keeping their masks below their nose. I speak up,I feel like saying get out you jack ass but I don't.

I need to turn myself around or it is going to be a very long winter!

Sorry not what you came to read 

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Have a wonderful week I hope you are safe and sound and enjoying life as it is!

The Good Old Summer Time

My gardens are in full bloom. But the horrid heat is getting the 

best of it. We have more heat this summer than most of the other summers put together. 

My tomatoes are starting to turn red and when they do I will have some canning to do. 

It was finally cool enough to make a pie one day last week and it was delish!

This was my harvest today. yumm we had pasta with pesto

and some grilled chicken so good with sliced tomatoes. 

Not the greatest picture but click on it to see it better but it is one of my own design stair risers. It is fireflies. most nights we sit on the porch and wait for them to show up. 

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I am still working part time but they want me to go full time starting next week not sure I am ready. Our covid numbers are still low. Masks are mandatory to enter our store I hear a sneeze and look up, a man had removed his mask to sneeze. I gave him the evil eye and shook my head he beat feet out of the store. Some people are just so awful! 

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We are still staying close to home so not much else to talk about.

Have a wonderful week!

I Swear...

Husband brought home some flowers. My mother always bought these for me for my birthday it is in Aug and they are my birth flower.

Husband has been helping clean out a barn a few towns over and noticed this sign and took them up on their offer...

"Sit a bit enjoy God's view"

They were right it is a nice view! I love that kind of thing on the back roads of NH. The glads were a road side stand  that said "Glads ahead" and after you passed them " you just went by the glads!"

And speaking of views we got up early Sat morning trying to beat the heat and picked 8 quarts of blue berries. The bushes were loaded. Because everyone was picking the tops I sat in the grass and picked the bottoms and found 5.00! It was soaking wet from the night before and half in the mulch so I called it a tip and kept picking. Speaking of finding money we walk our little dead end road every night and first husband found a penny in the road, the next night I did? Very strange for a little dead end road with hardly any traffic where did they come from?

I put them in 1 quart bags and froze them. 

I bought the last pint of local strawberries I made a dutch baby added the strawberries on the top and made a cream cheese drizzle yummmm

My basil plants runneth over so I made a batch of pesto with more to come, I freeze it in ice cube trays and then transfer to a bag. Great for pasta, soups and stews all winter long.

I am working on finishing up my stair runners...

Only three more to do, I am designing the rest of them.

Next up fire flies a picture next week.

I saw someone on facebook ask how to clean the grippers and people were telling her how and saying but I have never seen them that bad. Yikes mine were pretty bad. I got out the vacuum and good as new.

Husband brought home a grain measure for me. I have wanted one but not willing to pay the price. This is just wonderful!

It is bent oak and has the name of the maker stamped on the bottom. It was made in a little town in NH. I just love the patina!

I have chased the deer out of the yard 3 times more!

and yes she makes me swear! She is eating her way through my hosta garden.

Something else makes me swear. I was side swiped while grocery shopping this morning early. No note, nothing, I called the PD and they are going to look at the footage at the store and call me tomorrow. He feels he will find the person. It was 7 am and I was one of about 6 cars parked up front and right beside a full size white pick up hmmmm that makes me swear!

I have a crooked little stick in a watering can as my mask drying rack. I am washing them as I use them and trying to keep covid away from us!

Have a wonderful week!

What A Week

We had more rain this past week some of it very pounding rain which is never helpful but the rainbow after is pretty.

We got out in our kayaks..

Saw some geese, we guess it is a mom and her almost adult babies.

And a tree that use to hang over the water was make quick work of by the beavers.

Things were blooming I believe this is purple lose strife.

I weeded my veggie garden and worked a bit in my flower gardens it was so humid I didn't do much I am good for nothing when it is that hot and humid.

I know I showed these last week but they are doing amazing and will bloom until the first hard frost.

My delphinium are just getting ready to open too. 

This is a hosta bloom and that is a bee butt lol. He or she was very busy.

When I planted my garden this spring I tried to get zucchini plants

no luck. Except this one garden center had something called 8 ball zucchini. I had no idea and the young girl helping had no idea so I bought two plants any way. They are round! and they are delicious! Very much like normal zucchini but a bit nuttier I think.

We had our first pick of peas around the 4th. there is something about picking veggies from your own garden and having them for Dinner. So good!

Back to zucchini I picked my first one today and I found a recipe for poor man's crab cakes on line. They were so good you do not miss the crab at all!use this link to go to Happier than a pig in mud blog. 

Then I found a recipe for brown butter chicken. Very much like a milder easier version of chicken piccada.

I finished my rug, all bound and on the floor all I have left is a label.

I am very happy with this rug and yes it even seemed fast to me.

 I am working on my stair risers again. I had them hooked but not bound, after I get one more bound I will have three left to do.

I really love them but I am looking forward to getting them done.

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We are off blueberry picking tomorrow. We hope to get out early we are in a heat wave I hate to say it but it makes me look forward to fall.

We saw this today, this little tree is already starting to turn it will not be long I know so I will try to find joy in each day hot or not.

Have a great week!