My Tireless Retirement – Week 123

 

It has been a week of harvesting the fruits of my labor.  I picked a bunch of pears from my tree and so far have been averaging one egg and two or three nice roma tomatoes per day which is perfect for me, just enough to be manageable without becoming too overwhelming.  I have pears ripening so I can get them into jars and canned soon.  After several years of less than stellar fruit seasons this is exciting!

 

My pear tree is loaded with fruit this year, despite the efforts of the squirrels.  In years past they have stripped that tree bare and left me with only a few, not to mention I’ve had to battle the moth larvae and leaf miners.  I just about gave up, but this year I found the right pesticide and got a handle on all but the squirrels.  The apple tree is loaded as well, but the fruit is rather small.  We’ll see how that all looks in September.

 

Monday I dashed into Winco real quick for a few items I wanted for my everyday meal plans.  This month my main focus is stocking up for winter and I have plenty of food on hand so all I really needed was a handful of supplemental items to pull everything altogether.

 

Wednesday was definitely a fun one for me as I took a bus load of seniors on a church tour in downtown Boise, Idaho.  I love the architecture of older buildings and after spending time learning about one of our older Catholic churches and then one of the “newer” Presbyterian churches and how they came to be I was feeling particularly blessed, especially because I was also doing so with a great group of individuals.  The stained glass, although very different in each church, was spectacular.

 

Thursday I started making lists and preparations for my next upcoming canning projects.  I’m super excited to get those new jars of loveliness put up on my shelves and of course I will share with you all that I manage to get done.  It will be a busy kitchen for the next few weeks and I’m definitely up for the task.  I truly do love this time of year.

 

Curry chicken 😋

Green salad & a freezer burrito

It has been extremely smoky here in the past week.  Fortunately our temperatures are starting to go back down and we are out of the triple digits.  I hope everyone is doing well and you had a great week.  Let me know what you have been up to lately.  In the meantime take care and enjoy life!