Never satisfied with the weather is what I am talking about. Too dry, wet, cold, hot, windy and whatever else I can complain about. Two things today that had me in a tizzy.....too hot and too dry! The ground is cracked, hard and dusty. I want at least two straight days of a soft gentle rain. We hear thunder rumbling over the hills but nothing comes to Cook'n by the Creek. It takes us two hours to water the big garden every two days using 4 barrels of water. If I could just wake up in the night to the sound of rain and a cool breeze coming in the windows. You know the kind of rain that cleanses the air and makes you want to take long deep breaths to relax the body and mind. The only thing I don't like about rain is sometimes the air smells like worms. I doubt that will happen this summer if we do get rain. There is not a worm to be found. Usually when pulling weeds or digging in the flower beds or garden there are worms everywhere. Especially under rocks. Nothing.......so where are they? Makes me wonder why. Don't get me wrong, I am happy not to have them. I don't like touching them. About like my like for snakes, I have no like for them. So far I have seen three snakes while mowing. One I tried to run over screaming every time I did. I don't think I got it but gave it 3 good tries. The other went under a log near where I was mowing. The other was on our bridge, it is dead :) So, if the count stays at three for the rest of the year I am going to be very happy.
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| The peas are showing good potential for a big crop this year! |
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| One beautiful lonesome cloud went floating by. |
While watering the garden this big cloud put on quite a show with it's ever changing formation. I tried to find something it looked like but didn't. Just itself but oh so pretty coming over the hill before dark. We also watched 7 deer coming to the food plots for their evening dinner. They are a beautiful golden color this time of year. During the winter they are a dull gray/brown. Natures way of protecting them from predators and there are plenty of them around. Growing up I can never remember hearing of coyotes or fishers. Now they are plentiful and everywhere. Even in the towns and cities coyotes are looking for food. One thing I am happy to have that we never had around is the Bald Eagle. We see them quite often on our little journeys for groceries in other towns. Yesterday one flew over the garden and up the valley. They are around here quite frequently. I think because of the ponds people have near and also the Oswayo Creek to hunt for fish. There is just something so breath taking and majestic when we see them.
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| Almost dark and about finished watering the garden. |
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| The sunset was giving us beautiful sky from all directions. |
All the griping about the weather but it has provided days to work on the porch. We finished up today with the diamabrush and power washed the porch and siding. Tomorrow I will use paint stripper where we couldn't get close to the siding. Then it is ready for the stain. I doubt much will get done tomorrow since they are warning it will be 4 degrees warmer than today. 94 is just too hot. Back to the basement to sew more face masks and also work on a blanket I am knitting for our great grandson. Someone has suggested making something sweet. I am thinking homemade fried cakes or a Boston Cream Pie. I always wondered why they call it a Boston Cream Pie when it is actually a cake. I googled that and now I know.
A Boston cream pie is an American dessert consisting of a yellow butter cake filled with custard or cream and topped with chocolate glaze. The dessert acquired its name when cakes and pies were cooked in the same pans, and the words were used interchangeably.
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| Instead of doing a 2 layer I did the sheet style and poked holes with the handle of a wooden spoon. Spread the cream filling, it went down in the holes. Used a ganache on top. |
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| Day 2 of the Diamabrush. That was the easy part, now all the nooks and crannies which will be a big pain. |
