Weather is right for Just Being.July of 2016

Today, for some reason, time is sort of standing still.  There is nothing on my agenda to be done.  It seems all has already been done.  Those things that are left to be done are outside chores and in 90 degree weather, it's not possible.  I have been getting up at 7:00 am each morning and doing yard chores for a couple hours.  Then, it's get inside to AC!  The temperatures have been in the 90s for many days now.  I guess the global warming believers group is growing by leaps and bounds this summer since it appears to be hotter everywhere!  I suppose in part my discomfort is due to my elder years.  But whatever it is, I'm tired of the heat.
Fortunately, Frank and I are going to Vermont soon - August 5 we leave for a two-week trip.  Surely it will be cooler there?  At least by ten degrees.  In the meantime, I'll stick with doing a lot of nothing important and just be.

Return to Blogging - Tomatoes

It's been a while,  but blogging isn't something to do under pressure or necessarily regularly.  So, just this afternoon I am once again moved to write, after months of doing other things that seemed more relevant. Tomatoes are on my mind.  We have 5 tomato plants that are producing a true challenge  in an attempt to not waste a single one.  Tonight, it's scalloped tomatoes (from my 50-year-old BH&G cookbook).  Last night it was tomato salsa (recipe from the Internet) and both are real winners.  We are eating the salsa on our lunchtime ham and cheese sandwiches.  Tomorrow, I'm shooting for gazpacho.  Found MANY recipes on line once I remembered its name.  Had to start with "cold tomato soup."  It is true, there is something uplifting to be felt in growing, preparing, and eating veggies from one's own garden.  It is true, I do not like to cook.  But I am certainly enjoying this experimenting.  It is also true that I am not an experienced gardener.  May never again grow a tomato, but this time it is fun - regardless of the knowledge that each tomato has cost much more money, time, effort, thought, and all that kind of thing than those I buy at Food Lion.  But who cares about money?  Only those who don't have enough.  And I certainly have enough.  I guess the real question is "What is enough money?"