I'll start with garden news this week. As you can tell from the title, our cucumber plants (of which there we only put in four this year) continue to pump out new cucumbers. We have already canned 5 batches of pickles so far this year and I just harvested another 10 pounds of cucumbers yesterday. As we don't eat that many raw cucumbers (maybe one a week at most) and there is a limit to how many jars of pickles in storage one family needs, we are in the usual home gardeners state of having to give some of our produce away. Thanks goodness Jo is still working so we can tap into her co-workers to help consume our garden's output. Along with the yesterday's cucumber harvest we got another batch of beans which we froze for this winters consumption and near the last of our tomatoes, which will be sun-dried for pizzas and pastas.
On Thursday, I had a visit from my sister up from Chicago. We got caught up on all the family gossip, which for some strange reason we both love to do, and then took in the latest art show at the Art Museum. Our plans had to be modified a bit since the Harley Davidson 110th anniversary celebrations had already started and there were motorcycles parked everywhere (just a small example parked by the Art Museum). We finally found a place to park on the street but it limited our time in the museum. After touring the show and seeing an exhibit on a Milwaukee tattoo artist (who was extremely talented), we had a great lunch at Beans and Barley. The afternoon was spent lazing around the house and then after dinner we headed over to Copps for frozen custard - yum! Then it was back downtown to struggle through all the motorcycles to get my sister to the train.
We spent the long weekend primarily in Madison with Jo's sister (it was our week for sisters) and several of our nieces/nephews who were in town for a wedding or just to visit. We didn't venture out too much but there was lots to do chasing around the kids as their energy easily exceeded the sum total of all the adults present (and we outnumbered them by a factor of almost three). I also learned that shucking corn is a treat for kids who think it is actually fun. As opposed to a pain for adults who just want to enjoy sweet corn without having to tediously peel away all the silk. Also, picking up hickory nuts can be turned into a game to save my sister-in-law from having to break her back getting them all up. We enjoyed a nice run on Sunday morning with our niece, Christine, and were joined by John who has recently taken up running. We came home Sunday night and then spent Monday exercising, puttering around the house to catch up on things since we've been busy the last few weeks, and getting ready for the upcoming week.
I'll start with garden news this week. As you can tell from the title, our cucumber plants (of which there we only put in four this year) continue to pump out new cucumbers. We have already canned 5 batches of pickles so far this year and I just harvested another 10 pounds of cucumbers yesterday. As we don't eat that many raw cucumbers (maybe one a week at most) and there is a limit to how many jars of pickles in storage one family needs, we are in the usual home gardeners state of having to give some of our produce away. Thanks goodness Jo is still working so we can tap into her co-workers to help consume our garden's output. Along with the yesterday's cucumber harvest we got another batch of beans which we froze for this winters consumption and near the last of our tomatoes, which will be sun-dried for pizzas and pastas.
On Thursday, I had a visit from my sister up from Chicago. We got caught up on all the family gossip, which for some strange reason we both love to do, and then took in the latest art show at the Art Museum. Our plans had to be modified a bit since the Harley Davidson 110th anniversary celebrations had already started and there were motorcycles parked everywhere (just a small example parked by the Art Museum). We finally found a place to park on the street but it limited our time in the museum. After touring the show and seeing an exhibit on a Milwaukee tattoo artist (who was extremely talented), we had a great lunch at Beans and Barley. The afternoon was spent lazing around the house and then after dinner we headed over to Copps for frozen custard - yum! Then it was back downtown to struggle through all the motorcycles to get my sister to the train.
We spent the long weekend primarily in Madison with Jo's sister (it was our week for sisters) and several of our nieces/nephews who were in town for a wedding or just to visit. We didn't venture out too much but there was lots to do chasing around the kids as their energy easily exceeded the sum total of all the adults present (and we outnumbered them by a factor of almost three). I also learned that shucking corn is a treat for kids who think it is actually fun. As opposed to a pain for adults who just want to enjoy sweet corn without having to tediously peel away all the silk. Also, picking up hickory nuts can be turned into a game to save my sister-in-law from having to break her back getting them all up. We enjoyed a nice run on Sunday morning with our niece, Christine, and were joined by John who has recently taken up running. We came home Sunday night and then spent Monday exercising, puttering around the house to catch up on things since we've been busy the last few weeks, and getting ready for the upcoming week.
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