During my daily routine yesterday I realized that my homemade sauerkraut was two weeks old, and ready to be put into the refrigerator. I’ve yet to taste it, that’s the next milestone.
Thanks to a recommendation from ITP-Reader Sal, I will be seeing how the sausage is made in August. Actually, I will be making the sausage in August when I attend a one-day sausage making workshop at White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia. I’m sure that I can learn the skill watching YouTube, but in addition to learning, I will be taking home three pounds of sausage, and (assume that I will) have a lovely weekend driving through the state.
Wordle: four, my starter was BOUND
My ghetto Kroger finds new eats to annoy me. It’s an hour past opening time, and it’s closed with a sign that says “Will open when cashier arrives”. What a fucking joke…
what a great sign…………
Not knowing when the cashier would bless the ghetto Kroger, I drove to Glenwood Kroger (nee Krobar). I really didn’t need a lot, but managed to rack up another 170 Fuel Points and expect to get 9% back from Upside.
we managed to get a ride in last night – thanks to Tammy to prompt me to make it happen. Our usual 20 mile ride down by the river – with the hills of Martin’s Landing.
We also got gifted an extremely large piece of Art – a friend was getting some Buffett memorabilia from an estate sale (but it was free) & thought of us. I can text you a pic – I don’t know if Paul can post it here. We found it online – its a L.E. Jardon Clement Paris Velocipedes poster. Now to figure out where to put it.
Good on ya! I rode 18 miles. Still don’t like the CVS route, and going through Piedmont Park was challenging since it’s being prepared for Dogwood Festival this weekend.
Send me the URL and I might be able to post it.
Off to a cracking start today. I’ve washed some items, made a Kroger run, and just ate breakfast of pancakes and breakfast sausage.
Wordle in 5… seriously?
Managed 17 last night and felt pretty good. I still have a creaking crank and need to drop it by the garage majal. Are y’all around tomorrow, Barb. I’ll be in May’retta.
Ready to go discover some of Georgia’s historic churches on my scooter. Will check in later.
-FP
The Blackjack will be dropped off for a once over after Spring Tune Up. I know my limitations as a bike mechanic…
We have a friend coming into town this evening for the weekend – we will be at a Center for Puppetry Arts show at 11am. After that – who knows – we may go to the Zoo, maybe the Botanical Gardens, maybe the Beltline – we will do something in town I’m sure.
What time will you be up this way? and I’m nosy – why?
You can always leave it on the back deck – its safe
Look at you playing in-town tourist!
Barb’s New Artwork
its 49 x 63 – and that picture makes it look as huge as it does in my house
I forgot how to resize an image…
Wow, this is SO COOL!
Going to be eating a lot of salads this weekend, not only for losing weight, but also because the summer-like heatwave that is predicted for next week will certainly cause it all to bolt and set seed.
wordle in 5 – had to resort to google – as I could not come up with that word,
Well this excites me, I just had my first hummingbird sighting of the year!
The feeder has been up since Monday. Unfortunately WLF doesn’t contain any flowers which would interest it.
Allan is outside using his very specific blower (he bought recently) to get the pine tree shit off the edge of the roof/gutters.
He tried to make his own version using a blower we already had, but it didn’t work well.
Did not know such a tool existed. I have all of the catkins from the trees sitting on top of my gutter guards. I also should fix the minor shingle/gutter guard issues I saw last week before the weather gets too hot.
I’m sure it wasn’t a cheap alternative – but – it makes him happy to have almost everything Stihl makes 🙂
Happy Husband, Happy Lifespan.
Works better as Happy Wife, Happy Life. 😀
Um, no, “Happy wife, happy life” is absolute bullshit. I give it a shot for far too long. It simply creates a bottomless pit of expectations that can never be met. Each person is responsible for figuring out their own happiness, and then hopefully working alongside a partner to enhance (but not provide) each other’s happiness.
^ This.
I’m newly arrived from my fourth trip to the Mojave Desert in 2 years and third trip to Death Valley specifically. Each time I go, I delve ever further into the wilds, and it’s just incredible for my soul.
Steve, I can’t make May 17 work because my daughter has her high school graduation that day.
someday I’ll get out there……..
Let me know if you ever start thinking about it, I’m starting to know that park like the back of my hand. You can play it safe and see cool stuff from the paved roads, but the truly amazing stuff is down dirt or gravel roads that head straight off into the distance.
Glad it works for you, not really in my Bucket List.
Congrats on your daughter’s pending graduation.
Thank you, Paulie, Definitely the end of an era. One down, one to go.
Just out of curiosity, where is the graduation ceremony happening?
It’s in a theater at the High or the Alliance, somewhere in that complex. I meant to say earlier that starting May 18 there’ll be one less car clogging up your morning commute! 😉
Woot! And is she going to college or…?
She’s headed to nursing school out of of state. I don’t blame her for wanting to get the hell out of Georgia. 🙂
right – but she’s going to FL………. is that really a better state? 😉
No, it is not.
My niece is doing nursing school at Quinnipiac, she is finishing her sophomore year. Good for Rachel!
Catkins swept out, gutter guard fix will have to wait until I think of a solution.
Gutters could use with a really good flushing as they contain a lot of debris from the roofers, and now also catkins.
And no surprise that the jeans I put on to work on the roof are more than a little uncomfortably snug. 🙁
Transplanted some zucchini seedlings that I was growing indoors. In previous years I probably would wait until May to put them outside, but we’ll be pushing 90° F by week’s end…
Maybe I can get some zucchini before BRAG and the arrival of all the insects.
Also, my potato plants look great. I hope that they don’t get confused by the heat and then go to flower before they can make nice fat tubers.
I’m making meatballs in tomato sauce for dinner. I was going to make a meatball sub, but didn’t buy rolls, and am not in the mood to attempt to bake some. I’ll probably make pasta.
Anyway, the jar of tomato/pasta sauce I opened today was a mere 24oz, down from 28oz, which was down from 32oz not that long ago. Ah, shrinkflation!!! It made me think again about recipes, and a cookbook which recently published a second addition to combat the fact that products no longer container the amount they once did in there boxes/jars/packages.
YouTube Premium is going up $2/month. Dangen! I will pay the $15.99 (or whatever the Annual cost is if I can figure out how to switch) since I watch a shitton on YouTube and can’t imagine how fed up I’d be with commercial interruptions.
This $24/year increase will be offset by one month’s worth of canceled Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+.
Hello from the Skyclub in B concourse! I shit you not, there was not one. Single. Other. Person at security in the international terminal at 10:48 this morning. Not a single other person. We just walked right through. This has never happened, not even in before times!
Headed to exotic St. Louis where we will hopefully watch the Red Sox win two games and maybe tour the Anheiser Busch brewery.
Barb, in May-retta to celebrate 50 years of the Scottish Dance Society in Atlanta. Will put the bike in the back.
Church #3 near Talbotton. Last one. Others farther south. A fun exercise.
that sounds “interesting” ? Where is this Scottish dancing taking place?
St. James Methodist Church, about a block off the square. where I taught for a few years. And you’ll miss me all dressed up!
St. Louis is…sleepy.