It's a good thing that I did leave the plastic hoop house up on the tomatoes. Since the beans are nearly done it was not a problem there and the beets & carrots are covered with row cover to help defeat leaf miners and root maggot. The coles are pretty cold hardy, so it was just an unfortunate part of living out here on the Palouse.
I went to the Saturday Market this AM, got some nice nectarines and a lovely melon. The Banner Ranch had bartlett pears, so I bought a box -'tP' will love that, pears are his favorite - and next week will get some cucumbers & peppers to make some 'Irma pickles' - this is a "fresh" pickle recipe from an old friend of my mum - we named them Irma pickles in honor of her. These, also, are a favorite of the DH & I love them, too.
I got the Daisy groomed and trimmed today - she looks so good all clean & neat - but it won't last long. She lies under the deck to keep cool and it is REALLY dusty under there. I'm keeping her in until 'tP' gets home so he can see her white & grey instead of her usual dirty tan with darker patches, LOL.
I've finished the sleeves on the Estelle and am now working on the feather & fan trim around the fronts and the collar area. The SS class socks are coming along and I am also working on a bit of spinning. I cut out pieces of fabric to piece a back for a quilt top that I have finished - I plan to make it up for one of my nephews - the next in line for the n&n installment of "auntie 'M's" quilts.
But now I'm going to lie down for a bit - I still get tired so easily - it is amazing how much some surgery can take from one.
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Fall crops -- such fun. I made a quick trip to our homestead on Sunday. No frost there yet but it can happen any time, as we know. The growing season didn't go especially well for us since we got a late start, but -- there's always next year.
Nellie gets a bath today. That will make her white instead of yellow-gray, but she will hasten to find something "lovely" to roll in.
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