Today there are no photos - just my musings on those things I've enjoyed today. While on a lengthy phone conversation, I spent a good deal of time looking out my office window, which overlooks the Columbia River. This helps me focus, keeps me centered, and keeps me "in the moment". I saw an osprey riding the thermals in circles above the house. Then, a doe bounded by, right in the middle of the day, right across the street! That was quite a surprise, and definitely delightful. Then there were the pelicans. Three that glided in across the river, low and close to the surface, especially caught my attention.
Out in the garden there are goldfinches aplenty, feasting on the sunflowers. A hummingbird flew by this a.m., and then a kingfisher hit the kitchen window. It sat stunned for a few moments. As I walked over to check on it, it gathered up its wits, and flew off rapidly, hopefully not much worse for the wear.
The garden itself is in major production mode. I took off over two gallons of jalapenos, and have picked less than half of what's there. I brought in another sack full of cucumbers (there are now three in the fridge) and the new batch of corn is just on the edge of being ready to pick. I finished weeding the vegetable garden today. Tomorrow is for pickling jalapenos, then getting started on my salsa for the year. I'll hold off on the green salsa for a week or so, if I can...the cilantro is just starting to come up with some degree of enthusiasm again, and I do prefer to use as much directly from the garden as I can.
Yep, beautiful tastes matter, too...and there's nothing like homemade salsa, home pickled jalapenos and green beans, home frozen corn, and lots of frozen tomato sauce. We keep summer going all through the winter that way!
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