Shelby

Thank you so much. I am so sad that the peonies are done sigh. Yeah.....I still feel lonely and she's been gone for days. (hugs)

Oh my you've made my week. That's so nice of you to say. The bad thing is no one eats it because they say it's too pretty 🤣

As per usual I've been really bad about taking pictures. Maybe because I think my food is super boring sigh lol. Also because my mom came to visit!!! And, we get to talking and having fun and I forget pictures. You may remember last year--she came exactly the same time as last year when we had that huge storm that cracked our barn in half and blew down a zillion trees--anyway, ANOTHER big storm was forecast so she got here around 3 I think in the afternoon. She beat the storms again and luckily they weren't as bad as last year. Last year we had no power for most of her stay and that was no fun. SO, we had a really fun visit and didn't have to chainsaw a bunch of trees and not sweat to death with no air-conditioning. Charcuterie board when she arrived--radishes from our garden Next morning we had champagne while I opened gifts from her Blackberries in the champagne Mexican stuffed peppers And then my photographing became very minimal lol. She made Grammy's rice-a-roni salad--we love this stuff and our husbands won't eat it so we make it when we're together. This was the meal on her last night here--I had fried a bunch of chicken strips for a meal and had tons left over so we had big salad night. Mom made these delicious GORGEOUS cucumber slices topped with sour cream, caviar and smoked salmon. Dill that Ronnie's growing. Sad that she's gone We got our first zucchini from the garden so I made pizza stuffed boats and sigh more salad lol

It's been very loud for most of the night. Poor Scout is terrified by thunder. It's almost 9 in the morning and I can't get her to go out and potty. I know she has to be bursting.

GORGEOUS!!!

What a great idea!

I've never seen those! I'll have to be on the lookout.

The cilantro that comes up every year has been especially good for some reason but it's already starting to flower and bolt. I wish it would last longer. Yesterday I picked a huge bunch to freeze. First I blanched the bunch in boiling water for 10 seconds. Then I put it in the salad spinner to get it dry-ish. Next I spent forever picking the leaves off (I'm sure a bit of stem got in there too but that won't matter). Then I whizzed it up in the food processor with some olive oil. Froze it overnight in this bendy ice cube tray Vac packed just now and back in the freezer. I can throw a cube in whatever and then seal the bag back up. I thought that bunch would make a lot more but I was wrong! Oh well.

Oooooh! I hope you post more and I hope you have a wonderful trip! My stuff hasn't been very exciting or picture -worthy lately. I'm ready for some garden veggies. Big salad night using leftover fried chicken tenders and shrimp Last night was fajitas for Cinco De Mayo

Well. I have to eat my words here. I even had Ronnie smell these ribs after they were thawed and he thought they smelled great (as did I). He smoked them for a few hours and then I SV'd them for 24 hours. AWFUL. SO freezer burnt. Disappointing. The texture was wonderful. But the taste UGH. I need to be more careful about eating things quicker.

Regarding the corn, yeah, mostly the carb thing. I do so love our garden corn but it all comes ready at once.....and yeah, I still have some frozen. If I could plant like 4 seeds and they'd germinate, I'd do that but I don't think that will work. Your tomatoes look good! I should be like you and plant flowers, I just never do. I want to plant more peonies.

Looks like all the onions are up. Radishes too. Planted 40 tomatoes yesterday plus 3 peppers. A few more peppers to plant. Maybe more tomatoes if we can't find someone to take the plants--have 24 of those left. Did a whole bunch of green beans this morning. Cucumbers and squash are planted too. Oh and also watermelons and cantaloupes. Asparagus going good--I planted 10 more crowns a month ago. Won't be able to eat on those for a couple of years. I'm still debating on planting corn......not doing okra because I have a ton frozen and a ton pickled still. First of the peonies My favorite flowers

@Duvel SO glad you're back. However, you're very hard on my drool factor.

My feelings are that I don't care how old it is as long as it still tastes good. I'll know by smelling these ribs when they're thawed if they are good or not.

Ronnie went to Sam's the other day and came home with a package of ahi tuna steaks. I marinated in soy sauce and then sprinkled Everything Bagel Seasoning on them and seared. Not too bad. Also found a bag of edamame in the freezer--new to us. I was shocked at how much Ronnie liked them. A little carby but sigh oh well at least it was something new and fun to eat. Turkey and bacon wraps Wings, bacon wrapped asparagus and sigh salad lol. SV'd pork chops, salad and brussels sprouts Easter was a splurge. Prime rib, scalloped potatoes, more asparagus and homemade chocolate pudding with berries for dessert