by Robin
Where did the past 6 wks go? We finished up school, made it through 2 performances of a play
and did more horse volunteer work to create a fundraising calendar.
I can tell you what else, a lot of it went into fishing & fun outdoor stuff. Be sure to check out my
www.robinsreports.blogspot.com to see all the fishing we've done!!
We did some boat fishing but also my eldest and I fished from land too because we found a spot where the flounder are running through. Not huge but they're here and we're eating on them!
I made Flounder & grits.
Then, I made Lane Snapper & grits too.
That was more like last week.
This week, I filleted the fish we caught over the weekend and ate the smaller ones and froze back the King fish for a day when the smoker is going full force.
So yesterday, I was canning all the tomatoes I have been accumulating. Of course, we've eating tomato & cucumber salad about every other day. But, I wanted to can these before they turned bad.
Here is the final result. 2 quarts of paste tomatoes, 2 quarts of campari tomatoes and 1 quart of big &
campari tomatoes.
When I was done, we saw the weather reports that a big storm was headed our way. I picked all the tomatoes I could get, plus okra, jalapenos and one bell pepper. My shelf is filled again!!!! We put up hens too.
And it came...
And came....
And came down until it made pools everywhere!
And lake-front property.
It was a crazy 3.5" of rain in about 45 minutes. No damage from the winds, thankfully.
It cooled us down and brought out all the frogs last night. My *real* pool was full of them. We also had a sleep-over of teen boys at the house. They had a pretty good time with trying to catch frogs. Our hunting chihuahua probably killed about 6 of them. It was funny & disgusting all at the same time.
So, we know we're in for round 2 with the storms. Today may just be a good book day.
Blessings,
Robin
