Hit and Miss

This is how it has been and will be for the next couple weeks trying to find the time and inspiration to write a blog.  I will say in the last few weeks I have jotted down many topics that have sent my mind whirling.  In fact I have even said out loud to some, "oh, good blog topic".  Life has been more than busy at Cook'n by the Creek.  I felt the need to cancel a lunch date with a friend tomorrow and didn't make the retired teacher's lunch  this week.  I usually stress not to give up a moment of enjoyment with family or friends but this week Cheryl would be stressed leaving so many projects in the making.  Good grief stress is not what Mr. B needs from me.  So the days seem way  short with way too much to finish before the end of these beautiful days.  All to soon I will be back in the kitchen trying new recipes that I have been collecting this summer.

The garden is endless for producing this year.  Other years the dry months of late July and August slow growth down.  This year lots of rain and cooler temperatures have excelled and extended harvest time.  We have had plenty to "pass on", the freezer is loaded and the shelves are full of canned veggies and sauces.  Tomorrow a few more pickled beets and dill pickles, just because they are so nice and the dill is perfect!  If weather predictions are correct and we get a hard enough frost Friday the end is near.

Down the valley, Old Baldy.

Gracie and Smokey, up the valley.

Dick picking us a wild apple ;)

Our suppers are always loaded with veggies from the garden.Tonight we had Rainbow Swiss Chard with potatoes sliced in it and cooked in beef broth. On the side honey glazed carrots with nutmeg grated in and crusty Italian Bread with butter.  Simple, rustic and delicious.

After supper we walked around the back fields.  It is beautiful out.  The older I get I am amazed at how much beauty I can find.  Really, goldenrod, scrub flowers, a tree, hill, just anything and everything.

So give or take a few days or week things will be on my side for time to relax and let the mind go to places I love and remember.

The veggie supper fresh picked from the garden ♡