In my continuing series of "things I buy in giant sizes . . ."
A gallon of (fake) vanilla. And the smaller bottle I decant it into. This should last me maybe a year and a half? I won't run out for awhile, anyway.
Our neighbor told he us he had a bunch of figs on a tree and we were welcome to come get them. I was surprised, because we also have a fig tree, and it's just a bit too cold here for it to grow well.
We duly went to this house and looked for a fig tree. There was no fig tree. We found the tree with small brown fruits on it, but it wasn't a fig tree. A. identified it as a jujube, a Chinese fruit that has been getting more popular in North America. The fruits are very small, and taste sort of like a pear or an apple. Crunchy, but drier, and with a somewhat bland, sweet flavor.
I haven't figured out what to do with them yet. If all else fails, there's always fruit syrup.
I took a trip to town on Monday to get paint. I was also getting sheets of insulation, which meant I was driving the van. The van was last used for a hunting trip. I got about fifteen miles away from home before I saw the hunting knife on the dash.
Oops.
And then I turned around and saw this on the seat behind me.
Great. A moving arsenal.
I hid everything under the seat and covered it all with that coat. And I was very careful to lock the van when I got out of it.
I got my paint and have finished painting both bathrooms, except the sinks.
A sneak peak of our bathroom.
This water damage was from way before we lived here, and it was very ugly.
That's better.
Yesterday I drove 200 miles for a flag football game.
Nice day for it.
Well, it was actually three games, which meant we were on the field for almost four hours. It was too windy to wear my dorky sun hat, so I found the one strip of shade from a goal post and camped out there.
The post was even padded for my leaning comfort.
And did it still smell like skunk when we got home from this extended outing? YUP. Slightly less so, however.
And last, flowers!
Lots of cosmos for the table.
And some for the bookcase, in addition to calendula and yellow clover.
This week's altar arrangement.
There you have it! My life, snapshotted.
4 comments:
The flowers are lovely.
Glad you found the shade- that's the downside to outdoor sports- no cover for the spectators. Which is why I prefer basketball- it might be noisy but at least it's inside.
Beautiful flowers as always. Great job with the painting.
Tomato juice helps kill skunk smell, at least on the dog that got sprayed.
Did you try placing bowls of vinegar in the rooms of the house to help remove the smell from the air? I do that when we have stinks in the house. White vinegar is my all-purpose deodorizer/cleaner because I figure it can't hurt much , and it does work well on sone things.
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