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”
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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”
The garden: part-3
Yesterday we did some canning. Susan made zucchini pickles and I canned pickled jalapeños. This is the result of day-1 canning, plus our first eggplant of the season. SLicing tomatoes and Roma tomatoes waiting for processing into sauce. But the green beans and most of the cherry tomatoes are for eating later. By the way,Continue reading “The garden: part-3”
How does the garden grow?
I think that we’ll be picking romas today. So, I see making tomato sauce in our future. Jalapeños have been making a lot of peppers. Yesterday I make pickled jalapeños, so it looks like we’ll have jalapeños this winter that are from the garden. Some of the figs, not yet ripe. It amazes me thatContinue reading “How does the garden grow?”
Downtown Ann Arbor
We spent Sunday morning, before the thunderstorm in downtown Ann Arbor. We met a friend at Jagged Fork for breakfast, then we walked around town. A favorite mural near the downtown library. When you line it up perfectly he’s holding the lamp post. I think it is quite clever. Nichols Arcade. Always fun visiting toContinue reading “Downtown Ann Arbor”
Garden 2026
It’s time to think about what’s going into our garden this year sice we will be planting it this week. Three of the beds are ready for planting. One bed, the lower right one still needs mint removed. The two rows with stuff already growing are our garlic beds. Once the garlic comes out we’llContinue reading “Garden 2026”
Regaining my sanity
Sometimes it takes a long walk to go shopping then stopping at a favorite bakery for a pastry and coffee while listening to the person working there talk about their hard days commuting in the ice and snow to help with your sanity. Yesterday we took the long walk to Knight’s Market, mostly to getContinue reading “Regaining my sanity”
Furstenberg moth night – July
Before we headed north to Whitefish Point we took part in another moth night in Ann Arbor. As always it was nice seeing friends and people who are not yet friends. Besides the organizers who set up sheets and lights (5 of us) there were an additional 35+ people. The evening ran from 9PM untilContinue reading “Furstenberg moth night – July”
Ann Arbor Art Fair – 2025
We walked down to Art Fair, but first stopped at Kerrytown. Ant artist who did drawings of stadiums. Here’s his drawing of Tiger stadium. My favorite of the day. A photograpger who did underwater photography. Here’s the artist. The logo for this year. Starting out early meant not everybody was opened yet, but there wereContinue reading “Ann Arbor Art Fair – 2025”
Birds and more from 2024
And that’s why I forget to do things. Sometimes cartoons say it better than a human ever could. Now on to nature – An American Kestrel photographed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. American Oystercatcher from Dauphin Island, Alabama. Blue Grosbeak from Washtenaw County, Michigan where they are now nesting. Bohemian Waxwing in CHippewa County, Michigan. BurrowingContinue reading “Birds and more from 2024”
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