Hummingbird - Picture taken by Willie

Giant Puffball - Harvested in September

Step One - Cut off that Muddy Bit 

Step Two - Cut in Half

Step Three - Cut into Manageable Portions

Step Four - Peel the Slices

Step Five - Chop

Step Six - Fry in Olive Oil and Butter with Garlic Salt and Pepper

Step Seven - Fry until...DONE!  

Food Porn/Awesome Fireplace Fire!  

Sunset on The Lake

Word of the Day

Jampage - The screaming and dancing rampage one goes on when they jam or stub a body part on a household object.


And...it's September. This is my last month at The Lake. No more woodticks, so...no more woodtick count....I hope. I know that they're out there but...do I really waste the Frontline on Kylee? Mosquitoes? There have been a few but...not many....not enough to bother when it comes to using Off Spray.

I've made hotel reservations for my return trip to Arizona. *sigh* And...I've pulled up my To Do and Packing Lists. I've started checking items off my lists. My lists are longer this year because #1 Son and DIL won't be able to help with the The Closing as much this year. They won't be able to come up here until well after I've left...November. *sigh* And, I wonder how much I should depend upon their help. *sigh* I'll be paying to have someone pull the dock and the boats this year. NOT a minor expense.

Our first frost is predicted for this Friday. ACK!!!!! I already dug all the potatoes that I planted. They're all sitting in my sink room...no light...just sitting. I'll figure out what to do with them later. I've got time. NOW?! I've got to deal with green tomatoes. I prepped 17 pints of green tomato salsa today. There's LOTS of green tomatoes out there that I'll need to deal with....tomorrow. I "think" I'll drape sheets over some of the plants to give myself some time but....in the meantime...I picked the rest of the chili peppers and the Italian peppers. I'm "thinking" about making some hot pepper/green tomato pickles and frying up more Italian Peppers.

Did I mention...ha-ha...that I've been finding more Giant Puffballs? And...there's more out there. I'll be vacuum-sealing a LOT this fall.

Happily, I connected with one of the loggers while Kylee and I hiked out to the main road. YES! Tomorrow...or the next day...they're going to come and "free of charge" chop down a tree that has been shading my kennel garden and threatening my house, should there be a major storm...and we have a few here at The Lake.

Meanwhile...I'm tired....really tired...and with so much to do in the coming days, exhaustion will end up being a normal part of my life.

Random Quote of the Day

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)