I thank God we have antibiotics because I could not have stood another day of the Lyme disease. A week of Doxacylin has me feeling so much better. I felt like I was whining all the time I felt so miserable with the pain and depression, exhausted and fatigued.
Anyways. I spent the afternoon helping Debby move into her apartment on the third floor. She is half moved in and spending the night there with no electricity. I am the only "friend" she could get to come through to help her move. Some friends.
Thank you God for antibiotics.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Tomatoes!
What is it about filling the cupboards with canned good that gives such a feeling of satisfaction?
The 20 quart pot is filled for the fifth time this season with something to can since the tomatoes came on. This time it is Spaghetti sauce, the time before it was a wonderful seasoned tomato juice. The pot full yielded 18 1/2 quarts of vegetable soup using the first few tomatoes to ripen, corn, beans, onions, cabbage, and carrots from the garden in a beef stock base.
My mother delighted in buying me tools for canning and the 20 qt. pot was one of the last things she bought me more than 22 years ago. She would love my kitchen now with all the tools accumulated and she would love that I do all this canning.
The tomatoes are pretty much the last thing to put by in jars and we have a such nice large crop this year I am making as much sauce as possible. When I am done I will give the last of the tomatoes to someone who wants to can them. I have been sharing a lot of the garden produce this year as there has been more than I have need or time to mess with.
I love this lifestyle, I think we are healthier for it. We eat well and have food to share with others. The gardening is healthy excersize for me as well. I don't have to do this work, it is a choice and a connection to the past that gives me a lot of pleasure.
The 20 quart pot is filled for the fifth time this season with something to can since the tomatoes came on. This time it is Spaghetti sauce, the time before it was a wonderful seasoned tomato juice. The pot full yielded 18 1/2 quarts of vegetable soup using the first few tomatoes to ripen, corn, beans, onions, cabbage, and carrots from the garden in a beef stock base.
My mother delighted in buying me tools for canning and the 20 qt. pot was one of the last things she bought me more than 22 years ago. She would love my kitchen now with all the tools accumulated and she would love that I do all this canning.
The tomatoes are pretty much the last thing to put by in jars and we have a such nice large crop this year I am making as much sauce as possible. When I am done I will give the last of the tomatoes to someone who wants to can them. I have been sharing a lot of the garden produce this year as there has been more than I have need or time to mess with.
I love this lifestyle, I think we are healthier for it. We eat well and have food to share with others. The gardening is healthy excersize for me as well. I don't have to do this work, it is a choice and a connection to the past that gives me a lot of pleasure.
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