After the rain stopped I got back out and finished picking jalapeños. There are still abunch of green ones so I am envisioning more pickled jalapeños in the future. I also picked the roma tomtoes which will also be canned. Last time I got 23 pounds. This times I got 24 and there’s still aContinue reading “Back in the garden”
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What’s in the garden?
Being away for ten days means that there was a lot to get from the garden. This is about ten meals worth of green beans. Wow! The zucchini really grew while we were gone. Susan will be making zucchini bread. There are also a bunch of jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes and roma’s. But theContinue reading “What’s in the garden?”
An ineteresting butterfly
Yesterday afternoon I went for a short walk looking for birds and not expecting to find anything of interest. Then on my way to the point I found what I believe was a new butterfly for me, a checkered white. Not the best photo but the butterfly was quite active feeding at the (gasp) spottedContinue reading “An ineteresting butterfly”
Something’s missing
Susan has been working on the habitat restoration site at the parking lot of Whitefish Point for over three years. A lot of time and effort has gone into moving plants and lichens as well as driftwood and small logs. Recently, somebody removed, as in took one of the nicest pieces of driftwood that wasContinue reading “Something’s missing”
Walking without a camera
Sometimes, later in the day I’ll go to the point without my camera, which I should never do. Because everytime I do tht I run into something interesting. The white fluff on the branch are alder woolly aphids. Aphids are often “tended” by ants who do not harm the aphids, but rather watch over themContinue reading “Walking without a camera”
Whitefish Point – what I found on the beach
Most mornings where we’re at our cabin at Whitefish Point we walk to the point and spend some time on the beach. Mostly we’re looking for shorebirds and various grebes or loons. But sometimes we make unexpected finds. For instance this morning it was an arrangement of stones. Apparently, there was a marriage proposal yesterdayContinue reading “Whitefish Point – what I found on the beach”
Whitefish Point to end August
We returned to the cabin at Whitefish Point yesterday. It is beautifully cool here. Last night was an almost full Moon. The Full Moon is tonight. The nearly full Moon and looking north catching a glimpse of sunrise to the east with a fogbow, which is like a rainbow but is only white. More later…
My father’s birthday
If my father was still alive he’d be 104 today. What a great person. He taught me how to enjoy watching and then they play baseball, taking me to my first baseball game at Briggs Stadium, which was later called Tiger Stadium around 70 years ago. He taught me how to throw, catch and kickContinue reading “My father’s birthday”
Our walk yesterday
Somehow we managed to get out for a nice walk before the storms came yesterday. We always check on the garden before going. That’s when we found a nice insect on the green bean supports. This is a freshly emerged dog-day cicada. These nice insects are annual, unlike many other cicadas. Now it was timeContinue reading “Our walk yesterday”
Tomato sauce
Now that we’ve had our first major picking of tomatoes it’s time to make and can tomato sauce. What we make is a thickened sauce with only tomatoes. That way when we go to use them we can alter the sauce as necessary. So, how many quarts did we get from 23 pounds of romaContinue reading “Tomato sauce”
