Super Tuesday

Gosh, compared to yesterday, what an absolutely beautiful fall day we had here in Leavenworth County!

 

The skies were the bluest of blue...

 

 

 

After excercising my civic privilege,

 

I took advantage of the 50+ degree temps to do some cleaning up in the hoop house and garden.

 

 

I was in the middle of pulling all the flapping, worn out plastic down when I took this.  I got all of it but the strips along the ground on either side... when I pulled on them I began to pull the structure up, it's anchored with long spikes.  I'm going to talk to Keith before I do anything like that. 

We are going to put up a small greenhouse in the spring. 

I pulled out all the tomato plants, and will get those whiskey barrels ready to plant again next year.

Believe it or not, there are still herbs growing in the bins on the right, so I watered everything thoroughly.  We may possibly have some rain on Saturday here.

 

All the small garden supplies were put away in the shop for the winter... and just a general tidy-up, which I will continue into the garden beds to get them ready.  Over the next few months, I'll buy planting soil and start topping the beds off, one by one. 

 

 

I had lots and lots of help.

 

After awhile, I went in, as I was trying to water and the wind had come up, making the water blow back in on me. 

 

Have any of you used these yet?

 

 

I started using them about a month ago... I can throw together a soup, a stew, or a goulash quickly with the different flavors that Progresso offers.  This was Creamy Parmesan Basil... so I threw a chicken soup together with onions, celery and carrots in butter, then a can of chicken broth, some chicken that I pulled off a baked chicken, a can of Progresso... and then some noodles.  I also grated Gruyere into it... it was so good.

 

 

We have come to rely on soups for dinner a lot lately, I can usually find something to fix one, and they satisfy us.  I make croutons (and splurge)... I cut up two hot dog buns and throw them in a skillet with butter... then put them in the oven to warm up and dry out a little... put them on top of our bowls of soup.... YUMMMM.

 

Something good to watch the results by!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

40 years ago, or more, during the Watts riots, I remember my dad saying at the dinner table one night that my sister and I would live to see black people and white people get along in this country. He predicted that there would be no more "black" or "white" but a country who married each other and those children would be leading us. I guess he was proved right today, political incorrectness or not. We have a new President, and I took a vacation day to see the panoply, and see him sworn in. Though I was a McCain supporter, I voted for the new president while living for a short while in Illinois five years ago, so I guess I can say I helped put him where he is today. We are glad he is there, and hope that great things will come from his election to our highest office, and guess that our country has now really walked the walk instead of just talking the talk.

The vet came back again today to look at the white mare. She still has hot rear hooves, and we know now that she will probably not get appreciably better. She was up, though, and was able to walk a bit and stay up through the day. Since she is still eating and drinking, the vet said to keep medicating her and watch to make sure she does eat and drink. Any cessation, and we will have to make a quick decision, but thankfully, that is put off for now.

I have watched the election festivities off and on all day, but am still trying to vacuum, fold clothes, etc. all the things that our daily lives are taken up with. Time marches on.