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mmmm cake and coffee, I'd clean your house everyday for that.

I raided the crabapple tree, I am now simmering two pots of them.

I'll be waiting...

My crabapple juice is on its second straining, it is such a pretty color. I have never seen a nicer jelly than the kind one gets from Dolgo crabapples. I can't wait for my tree to produce so I can stop 'borrowing' from the neighbors tree. They don't mind though since I trade finished jelly for them.

Rain for today and tomorrow.

Yay for apple jelly. I am sure your family will be happy.

Do you mean I have to share??

I made 16 bottles, one batch with pectin that you add and the other batch without pectin(because I only had one package, I thought I had two). Oh well. I should make it without the pectin, it takes longer but makes for a more red, clearer jelly. Another Fall chore off the list.

Wow 16 jars. That is a lot of jelly. Good for you. And sadly yes you have to share.

I have to get the nerve up to make jelly without pectin. I need to see how that works.
Will you make any other jellies/James ?

10:20 pm update.
Popping back in to say goodnight. Sleep well my friends.

I have been debating to make chokecherry jelly for years, it is a wild sour cherry that grows everywhere, it takes ALOT though since they are so small....and the bears are abundant this year(as usual) so I never get myself convinced to go.

Pouring rain today.

Sorry for the rain. You certainly have had your share of it. It is a shame we cannot all share.

10:37 pm. We had blue moon tonight. (Second full moon in o e month)
I have photos....

We never seen the full moon last night, it was pouring...we were under a rainfall warning all night.

It is calling for a full week of dry weather starting today. I'll be outside every minute that I can attending to chores...today it is moving the leftover wood from last Winter to the front of the wood shed. I'll put in this years wood in a few days.

I seen the first formation of geese flying South yesterday while mowing the lawn....then woke up to patchy frost this morning. I guess they know more than the weatherman.

Yes, that is probably true. Sorry about the frost.
I hope you have your crops in hand.

Good morning. The kids will be here at noon today.
Which is only sad because there is a huge yard sale going on.

Got me a bacon tray. Ordered it on Amazon.

We've had a good amount of rain lately and the dill reseeded itself and the gladiolas I planted too late to bloom bloomed anyway

Well good about the rain. Now, as far as the dill and gladiolas, they probably didn't read their directions. You know, " they didn't know they couldn't/shouldn't do whatever and so did what they wanted. Good for you !
P.S.
Let me know how that Microwave bacon tray works, Sheri.

Good morning. I had a busy day yesterday...too busy. This weather is wonderful.

Why yes it is wonderful !I wish it was like this all year.

Good morning.

Our haying is all done. ....and we still have a few dry days ahead.

The Fall season kicks off today for most people here because school starts tomorrow for all the kids.

Happy Labor Day !!

Glad your haying is done. I am sure you wondered with all the rain you have been having.

That school is starting after Labor Day is, in my opinion that starting after LD is the best way. Before then, to me, it is still summer.

Goodnight. Sweet Dreams.

Good morning, GG is off to school and I plan to clean and mop today....then go for a quick grocery run at the local store.

Yea, I was looking at my kitchen floor. It may be due for a mop today as well. Otherwise I think I will spend some time organizing my Christmas things. Then later today I think I will make a Dollar Store run.

Good morning !

What kind of organizing of Christmas things?

I keep a spital bound note book in which I make out a new "year" of pages for each person that I buy gifts for.

That way I can keep track of what I buy for each person on my list
Then in the following years I can look back at gifts that I bought, so I don't have any repeat buys. Plus I love Christmas and this way I have more to do during the holidays.

I used to keep track as well, many years ago when we bought for everyone. Thankfully it has been dwindled down to immediate family except for ornaments for friends and SIL's.

I did get the house cleaned and mopped but never made it to the grocery store...it was in the high 90's here yesterday.

Well yes, my list has dwindled down as well. The family just got too large to make it feasible. But I still have 8 grands, their parents, a niece, and 3 great nieces...besides my siblings. So a book to help me keep track it is. Plus like I said, it is fun for me.

Time for a new one...