OK ...

I was just thinking, I say that to myself a lot!  "OK".  It means, what?  Probably that I have finished something and can move on to the next task?  Who knows!  It's like checking something off of an imaginary list in my head.  Is it a sign of getting old?  No, I think I've been doing this for some time ........ 

I was just getting a quick loaf of bread into the bread machine (we both love the smell and taste of this bread and it is really too simple).  Finished and said "OK" to myself and went on to flip some dust.  And I'm sure I'd say OK when I finished that but flipping dust never ends.  But it makes me feel satisfied that one more little task is done I guess.  Thinking about this simple thing somehow made me feel satisfied this morning.

What have I been doing?  Other than fretting over what is happening to this dumb tooth, nothing outstanding.  (The 1/3 of the tooth was pulled and now we're waiting to see how it all works out; found out it's called a hemisection.)  I did get some beets canned this week; they'll taste good this winter.  We love them pickled and Harvard-style.  My big surprise here was that these beets were supposed to be ivory colored.  They were not even yellow!  They were just BEETS.  Oh, well.  I may buy some cucumbers at the Amish store and make some more lime pickles yet, but it depends on if I get in "the mood".  Here's a picture of the flower garden; our house is in the background.  These flowers have done really well and I'm so glad I did this.  The coreopsis are HUGE (tall) and I plan on saving seeds for next year.  And I always love cock's comb ...  the drooping white flowers are moon flowers and you have to get up pretty early in the a.m. to see them in full bloom.  The sunflowers are perfect to cut for the house, as you can see (these however are already starting to loose petals).

The moving Vietnam wall was in Spencer a couple weeks ago and Wendell and I went to see it.  I took lots of pictures but here are just a couple.  We went on a Sunday evening at dinner time and still there were lots of people there.  And I was told that the opening ceremony was attended by an estimated crowd of 1,000.  That's a lot when you consider that the population of Spencer is about 2,200 souls ...

 

We dug the garlic last week and they look really good!  This is the second year we've grown garlic; these will store well in the basement for use this winter!  Yum!

I saw this idea at the fair last year in the Garden Club booth.  I used an old fruit jar and tied it to the handle of this old pitch fork (found at a yard sale) with twine.  I have been trying to keep fresh flowers here.  It's right by the front entry.

Well, this summer is flying by.  Next up will be the WRVAA steam & tractor show in Elnora.  I'm working the ticket booth one afternoon and hooking in the log cabin other times when I can get down there.  Come visit me!  I do have to take a morning off to go see that *@##^=%@ dentist again but hopefully I'll be there other times.  Have a blessed weekend!  Life is good.   

Actually, I'm not a "summer person" ...

I don't especially like summer, though this one has been really really nice up until this week.  Now we are into what I call a typical Indiana summer -- hot, humid with white-hot overcast skies.  And we have to mow today.  Joy joy.  (But hey, I CAN mow.)  We are still getting enough rain to make weekly mowing necessary.  Our extra lot was mowed and baled this week, a first for us.  We told the neighbor/farmer John that if he wanted to mow it and bale it he was welcome to it and he got four of those big bales from it.  We were both surprised at that much from about 2 acres.  It sure smells good, the smell of freshly baled hay is hard to beat.

Went yard sale-ing last Saturday and while in Worthington I was attracted to Denise's back door.  She owns Worthington Antiques on the triangle (we're not big enough for a square).  And the front of her business is always well done, but I thought her back door was equally well put together and wanted to share these two pictures with you.

While in town I went to the church thrift shop.  They were having an "$8 a grocery bag" sale so I cleaned them out of men's neckties.  I intend to weave a wall hanging with ties and this is a start on my tie collection for that project.  Here's the 48 ties I got there.  Also found some other things I can weave with, and a blouse for myself, and all for $8.  Felt pret-ty good when I left that store!  Went to a couple yard sales in Worthington and found a wonderful old sled for $10 to use for decoration outside the front door at Christmas time.  All I'll need is a bow and maybe some mittens!  Must say though, that after that my yard sale-ing in Bloomfield and Linton was a bust.  Went to several but just a bunch of junk.
 

My 48 thrift store ties ... just the beginning!

[Psssst --- here's a "special" tie I found in the lot.  Let's just say that if the ladies at the thrift store had REALLY looked at this one they would have thrown it away!  LOL!  I'll not open it out but just use your imagination about what's below the fold ... How do I keep W. from wearing it to Lodge ???]

Here's my first attempt at drying tomatoes.  Came out pretty good.  Am storing them in the freezer and am anxious to begin using them in pizza and other appropriate dishes.  Got this dehydrator at a yard sale (of course) for $2.

The garden is doin' good and I think I'll have beets to can this week or early next.  The tomatoes are plentiful and delicious, and we're already giving them away.  I don't plan on canning any but may try to make a little of Teresa B.'s recipe for tomato marmalade again.  (Yummy! and we're on the last jar from last year right now.)  I'm going to dry some more, too.  The best part of the garden this year is the flowers; I planted half of the garden in flowers!  Now they're so big you can't even roto-till in there except around the edge.  Yeah!  Less work!  And it's beautiful, especially the sunflowers.  I'll take pictures and put here soonest ...

Say a prayer for me; next Wednesday I go to the dentist for major work on that dumb tooth I've been bellyaching about (sorry).  Hopefully he will "do good".  Each day is precious ...