BIG BUBBLES?

No troubles....

Grandpa was asked to make some bubbles and a bubble-maker
for a Primary activity.

Lexi had a great time.
She was trying to get into a bubble.

Some of them were bigger than she was!

It was fun experimenting with the recipe to get perfect bubbles.

2 quarts distilled water
6 tablespoons corn syrup
1/3 C dawn dish soap

I wish summer could last another few months!

WELL SAID!

We spent Saturday afternoon picking hucklerries.
For those of you who don't know what these
delicious, rare delights are....
I'm so sorry.

On our way home we stopped at Heise Hot Springs.
Known for great pizza, golf and swimming.

This car
 uhhh.....vehicle was in the parking lot.

The license plate reads REPENT!
This is some guys family car.

Thought provoking.

IT'S OUTTA CONTROL!!!

The Garden of Egan.
It's outta control.

It's a little hard to tell just how tall the corn on the right of Lexi is because of the tree in the background.

BUT
Trust me.
It. Is. Tall.

The corn on the left is tassled out and almost ready to eat.

Yum!

Here is the view from the back of the garden.
The tall stuff is Silver Queen.

We certainly have had the temperatures for an amazing garden this year.

If the zucchini were a trucker...

It would be fined at the weigh station!

It has been so hot this year.

And we don't have air-conditioning.

But I have LOVED every minute of the sunshine and warmth.

I know the cold that lies ahead.

PLAYMILL THEATER

We enjoyed pizza at the Wild West Pizzaria.

Because pizza and the wild west are always used in the same sentence.

Krew and Lexi sitting in the Bear Chair.

The Playmill Theater

It's always such a treat.

Lexi was TOTALLY enthralled.

Belle was beautiful!

During the play Lexi waved and the Beast.

He waved back.

It made her day!

I DID WHAT????

Last Saturday I was cleaning the kitchen.
Washing dishes in the sink.

Imagine my surprise when I pulled out:

Yes.
My iPhone.
Soaking in water.

I'm so daft!

Now I use my hubby's old:

It's old.

Like 4 years old.

That's like 18 in dog years.



It's been painful.
I lost my contacts.
And pictures.

I'm never washing dishes again!

LET THE CANNING SEASON BEGIN

Attempting to make the perfect dill pickle.

Crispy and tart.

Having a hard time with the crispy.

This is the last year I will try dill pickles.

(I say that every year)

12 pints of dill pickles.
10 pints of Amish coleslaw.
(Amish coleslaw is crispy and YUMMY)

I love canning.
I know it's not some people's deal.
But it is a big deal to me.
There's nothing like seeing those gleaming full jars.
My own grocery store!

LAZY HOUSEWIFE

Yup. 

That's me. 

Today I went out to the garden and realized it sorta got away from me. 

I love the garden. 

Planting.

Watering. 

Weeding. 

Really I love that part. 

Now for the HARD part!

Using the stuff!!!!

Too many cucumbers to just eat and not enough to make a batch of dills. 

So I was the lazy housewife. 

I made lazy housewife pickles. 

These are my favorite. 

Crisp and sweet. 

I use the brine to make coleslaw. 

Lazy Housewife Pickles

5-6 onions (that's the only size I have right now) or 1 large onion

8 cups cuke slices

2 c sugar

2 c cider vinegar

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp celery seeds

1/2 tsp turmeric 

1 Tsp salt. 

Stuff the cukes and onions into quart or 1/2 gallon jar. 

Bring brine to a boil. (That sounds like a nursery rhythm)

Pour over cukes and place in fridge. 

Stays good for 3-4 weeks. 

If it lasts that long. 

Lazy housewife guilt gone. 

THE NAYSAYERS WERE RIGHT

Apparently I can't grow peaches. 

It is so dead. 

I'll try another one in the Fall. 

The Garden of Egan, on the other hand...

Looks like it's on steroids!

We have already eaten cucumbers and cabbages. 

Pretty sure it is the chicken manure. 

Or the fact that we planted May 11th. 

Or the fact that it is HOT!

Speaking of chicken manure.....

Aren't they adorable?????