Harvest days are here

Let the "end of summer" games begin...

We're picking almost daily now, the tomatoes (mostly sauce varieties like Roma) are coming in bowls at a time.

We picked Buttercup this morning, the Butternut have ripened too.  The last of the summer squashes are winding down both the Yellow Croockneck and the Zucchini are close to finished.  The couple Patty Pans we planted have outdone themselves providing the first and probably the last squash of the season.  We picked a few peppers, there are loads more small ones on the plants still.

It's almost time to start preserving, saucing, and drying.

 Summer squash blossoms

 Mr. Stripey just starting to blush

 Yellow Summers picked a little to big, a Zucchini, a Buttercup (L) and a Butternut (R)

 Patty Pans, and a few Peppers

 Tomatoes and Peppers

 More  Tomatoes and Peppers

Tomato Sandwich Season has finally arrived

Tomato Sandwich Season 

Seems to me that everything in the garden is earlier than normal this year, Rosie says "no we're just about on schedule" with Labor Day in two weeks on Monday, September 3, 2012.  Wow, it's almost fair season already.

Tomatoes are something I impatiently wait for each year.  My Mr. Stripey I've been watching carefully the past few weeks as the rains and the heat came in finally ripened up yesterday.

That first tomato sandwich of the season on a good white bread, slathered with mayo, is surely one of the best things in life!  

This year my schedule was a bit much, I didn't get in as many varieties as I'd planned.  Roma for sauce and Mr. Stripey for eating right off the vine and in sandwiches, Big Boys and a few odds and ends round out the tomato patch this year.

Mr. Stripey 5" across, slabs 1/2" thick make for some fine sandwiches.  Mayo and some good bread, Mmm, it doesn't get a whole lot better than this!

I'm off to have another one...  

The Blue on Vimeo - Dolphins

The Blue on Vimeo

Amazing video caught while Tuna Fishing off the coast of Santa Cruz, this Pod of Dolphins just showed up.

Between the storms...

   Saturday started Hot and humid, here in the Northeast, soon the clouds came in and the rumble in the sky started.  Hail first, then rain came fast, it cleared in a half hour or so, taking down a few trees in Goffstown on the way through.  


  We threw some chicken and a couple potatoes on the grill, right between the two afternoon storms the doe appeared, soon thereafter her twin fawns!


  Not sure if this is a new doe, I don't think we've seen her before.  She was hungry and seemed to enjoy the block. 

 Where are the kids?

 There they are!

 Move over...

 A horsefly (They are huge this year!) chased off one fawn...

Maddy's Birthday Party at the Lake

Happy Birthday Maddy!

Everyone had a great time at your party!

ALEC Rock - YouTube

July 2012

Drought

Not something you want to think about when you're on a well, we're OK for now but we're not watering the lawn either.  Our pond level is fine for now, however the Piscataquog River is not looking so good, we drove by this morning, real low.  We lost a crop of blueberries to low water conditions already and some of the shrubs are looking sad.  We get threats of bad storms the always seem to split up and go around us so as it's been raining in areas we're left high and dry.

Gardens
Squash are starting to come in.  We're picking Summer, a couple zukes and patty pans are producing like crazy.  Roses flower beds are spectacular this year, the whole yard is in bloom.

Pop-Up Camper

Rose is sewing like crazy, recovering all of the cushions, curtains, you name it it'll look real nice when she's done.

Deer
Big ears is back with a fawn, we haven't seen her yet this year, Rose thinks she chased off the other pair that has been here, she's much larger than most of the deer around.  Her fawn is small again this year though.

The Boys of Summer - 2012

James and Jason had a blast running around on Friday evening, playing in the dirt, and running through the sprinkler, chasing, and being chased by Harley.  To top it all off they hardly even got dirty, no sir, not hardly any dirt was to be found.  Probably didn't even need a bath.  Ok, maybe James, James might have needed a hosing down, but Jason, nope no dirt on that boy.  Hah.. Well they had a blast anyway!

 I don't need a bath!

 Boogieing

 ZOMBIES!!!!

 Love my Yoohoo