You may recall a lot of griping from me about the complete lack of Spring and Summer weather back in June... Well, from July 5th through the 28th, things looked (and felt) MUCH better.
Then August roared in with ridiculously low temperatures and torrential downpours. Interesting thing about August 1st, 2008: That night we went to the Tri-Cities. As we pulled into The Donald & Lisa's driveway at 12:30 am, it was 10 degrees warmer than the wet side's high had been!
Anyway, we've coped by buying appliances... And Friday night we made our own heat by canning the peaches we bought on our way home from the right side... Our kitchen was hot & humid, almost like the first week oh August in a year other than 2008!
The first jar out of the canner was so beautiful I had to get a picture of it! There was a lot of steam rising off the jar, but sadly it didn't make it through to the picture.
Then yesterday we had originally planned to go out to Mason Lake again, but the weather scared us off... Good thing too, because today looked like this:
It's hard for a still shot to fully capture just how fast and furious the rain was falling, but believe me, it was amazing.
So Cindy and I spent the day in the garage... finding the floor, finding the workbench, and building a new shelf to hold our canned goods and Costco overflow!
On the bright side, the skies cleared just in time for the fireworks down at the park to bring "Fircrest Fun Days 2008" to a close. We watched from our back patio, with hope for a Summer day before Summer ends...
I think I have decided to do some peaches this year too. They had a sign up for pears today at church. I would love canned pears, but most people in my family don't. Your stuff looks great. You guys kind of inspire me to get back to the basics of food. ;)
ReplyDeletePoor Shawn, I don't recall how many times the weekend to Mason Lake was dangled in front of him and them quickly pulled away, suffice it to say that the final cancellation was the hardest. At least though, this last time, I was able to blame the weather. Now he also is really holding a grudge against your weather.
ReplyDeleteRain rain go away....
ReplyDeleteThis has certainly been a strage year for weather.
I love that you have canned all those peaches. Good thing Donald didn't know they were out there...he would have snuck some for sure! He LOVES peaches!
Thanks for having us. We absolutely adore your family :)