work left of the shed. Apparently it is too hot and humid today to finish painting it, so I guess the rest will have to wait. I've got plenty of good tips to share about painting too, but I'll save that for another post.
Plenty of wild blackberries. Yum. We picked the ripe ones and boy are they good. At least with these I know when they're ready to be picked, unlike the cherries we just missed out on. Hopefully I'll end up with plenty of blackberry jam too!
Also plenty of wildflowers,
wild life (who like to breed around here it seems),
and football practices, games, and scrimmages. My son is excited to be in football. Soon they will be getting their uniforms. Next weekend is their first game which also means plenty of driving too.
I also have plenty of things I don't have a picture to share with you. This plenty includes scrap lumber, ancestry research, craft ideas, days til school starts, and miles to drive to the cemetary to see FIL's grave (and do yet more ancestry research) today since it's too hot to follow through on our shed painting plans.
Thank you for stopping by. Please leave me a message and a backlink. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Cindy
15 comments:
Yum on the blackberries! Hope you get to eat/pick them before something else does. and on your post about the olympics, I have missed a lot this time around too. It makes me sad because I usually love to watch. I can only imagine being an athlete of their caliber...
It's hot here too! dog day afternoon. The blackberries look nummy, I would be picking and freezing them to make jelly! Spiders, sheds and back to school....wow, it seems like yesterday we were waiting for the snow to melt!
Have a Wonderful Sonday!
Kathi :)
Nice Cinj. I love the blackberries and the jam sounds like a wonderful idea. It appears that you certainly have your work cut out for yourself.
I'm going to start calling you---the accomplished gardener and home improvement lady. The shed is looking wonderful. When is it going to be painted red? lol
I saw lots of people out picking berries this weekend. They just pulled right off the highway and went at it. Who knows what was sprayed on them. They are probably taking them up to Wisconsin to sell as fresh produce;)
The football practice looks hot and sweaty. It looks like a mom's dream too. I so miss my kid's soccer practice. The only thing I found that will get grass stains out of those athletic pants--is to soak them in a mild solution of dishwasher( Like Cascade) detergent and wash them in Gain.
What is peanut doing during all the football fuss? She needs pom poms for helping to cheer at the games---- and ya'll need to make lapel pins with your son's number on them. Don't forget to take loads of pictures!!
yummy black berries(-: I am thinking of black berry cobbler. I love jelly too(-: The shed looks great.
Kathleen- I've been picking a few every day. They've all been getting eaten though, so I suppose I should start freezing a few of them so I can save up enough for a substantial amount of berries.
Kathi- That's for sure. Tommorrow we'll be doing the same thing too, right?
Stuart- Nice of you to drop by. I'll have to find a good recipe to try. All work and no play.... Luckily, my work IS my play!
Anna- Accomplished? ME? I'm not so sure about that. Red is a beautiful color, but I think the neighbors might complain since it's supposed to be natural colors. Maybe orange or hot pink since they're the color of the sunset. LOL.
I don't know that I'd want to pick berries just off a busy highway. Hopefully they're using them for facial astringent, I saw a great recipe using berries in the last library book I read.
Did you say football practice? UGH. We're going again tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday with a game Saturday. Usually I like to sit in the shade and read a book during practice. I don't get a whole lot of reading done though since I'm too busy watching practice. You reminded me of last year's practice though, I've got a funny story and some pictures somewhere. I'll see if I can put my hands on it.
Peanut was going to go out for cheerleading, but they didn't have a coach this year so there aren't any cheerleaders. I thought about attempting it, but I've NEVER been a cheerleader, I'm fat, AND uncoordinated. Probably not the best material for a coach. We DO have 3 different sets of pom-poms though! She plays at the playground or stays home with dad depending on their moods. Cheesehead has been too tired to come to more than one practice, Peanut has come twice. Out of 9 so far....
Cindee- Ooh, I never thought of that. Do you have a recipe to share? I don't think Cheesehead has ever tried that, I wonder if he'd like it. He's kind of picky ya know.
It can be hard when you have a lot of interests and obligations. I know I had to put my own interest in genealogy on hold to focus on family, gardening, and writing.
Yum, I'd be willing to bet you could recruit some help painting that shed...with a judicial use of bribery in the form of some blackberry jam.
Wow you have a lot on your plate! And soon some blackberry Jam on toast!
I'm like those people on the side of the road -- always looking for a free nibble. And is it me or do the wild berries always taste better?
Way to go Cinj! The shed looks great (and so do those blackberries)!!!
Kathy- Yah, I tend to be a bit distractable at times. I know something's going to give soon. So much going on it's just crazy, but I haven't felt too stressed or anything yet. Maybe a bit unsociable with my recent lack of blog visits though. Who knew looking up dusty old records could be so enthralling though? Even my son seems to be getting into it.
Nancy- You know, that's a very good idea. Although I've never made jam of any kind and I'm not exactly sure how to make it OR how it will turn out.
Skeeter- I sure hope so, that would be yummy!
jgh- I think they do. I have a bunch growing by the side and back of my house again. I think I'm going to attempt to transplant them this time so I can get more blackberries to share with the wildlife next year. I'll keep a few bushes for us and let the animals have the others.
Ben- Thanks. I can't wait until that shed is done. Maybe Silence could look up a recipe or two for me to try to use. My cook book collection doesn't seem to have anything on jellies. I guess that's what happens when you use all the space in the cupboards for diet and low carb cookbooks. SIGH.
I would love to find some of my family. Long story. Short family history! But I have nothing really to go on unfortunately... Those berries look delicious!
Brenda
I would love to find some of my family. Long story. Short family history! But I have nothing really to go on unfortunately... Those berries look delicious!
Brenda
Brenda- Well, do you know your parent's names and approximate birthdates and hopefully the state they lived in? That's enough to get you started, especially if your family name isn't common like Nelson, Wagner, Miller,.... If you know your grandparent's names it's even better but you can find some relatives on the most recent census available 1930.
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