Strawberry Sunday

*27??* <---I need to buy a new scale.

I have been blackberry picking for the past two weeks. I have access to two places where you can pick blackberries. Both are legal to me to pick at and both a being neglected..meaning nobody is picking the freaking berries! They are blackberries people! They are one of the most expensive berries in the store!
Oh well. I do not give a fuck. I have got almost a whole large ziploc bag full of frozen blackberries. I am going to make jam with them. I was thinking I would make Strawberry jam today though. I have enough to do it and I picked up my pectin and lemons yesterday. It is a bit hot and humid but I want to do it. It is rewarding really. You have all those beautiful jars of strawberry red laid out in front of you. It is wonderful.

I still have more blackberries to pick before I am ready to can those into jam. I have never done blackberry but it is probably not as much different then strawberry. I will find a proper recipe for it so I do not ruin all the hard work so far of picking each and ever fully ripe berry! LOL You see those red ones? You have to wait until they are black like the center one.
I went out yesterday to pick so I will not go out until maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. Give them some time to ripen. It is a pain in the ass. I wish it was just easy. All ripen at once so I could pick to my heart`s content. I am catching skin cancer out there so I can make lovely jam for my family and friends. I am being nuzzled by Milo as I am typing this. He is such a sweet Ginger boy. He loves to lovingly harrass you while you are on the computer. Does not matter who it is. He was the best choice out of the whole litter.
I need to make an appointment for Lu to get her last summer cut. Nice and short. I also have to fork over some more cash for the flea treatment. It worked sooo well on all of them.  I have seen some itching going on so I know it is time.
Boy this blog is fucking boring. All I talk about is what I am gonna do, what I have done, What I am thinking of doing and the lives of the living things in my house. Boring! Nothing spicy is going on here except the heat outside. LOL
Speaking of spicy..I am going to make tomatillo salsa today. I do not know if I am going to can it though. I will have to see. I will post recipes like I usually do if any of you are interested.
Happy Sunday!

My Sunday in PicturesI

Cacti outside. Hanging baskets watered

I cleaned the front porch. I swept it, tossed any crap, put my cacti outside, and watered the flowers.

Potato babies planted

I went to the store and picked up some potting soil. I dragged my barrel near the front where the sun is and planted the potato babies.

Giant bottle neck gourd plant watered..doing good.

I watered in the garden since it did not rain in the past day.

Snowpeas

Some of the snowpeas did not climb my string contraption so I gave them a bit of help.

SURVIVE!!

I saved this cherry tomato plant for my mailman. He kept putting it off day after day. I warned him that if it started to kick it, I was gonna plant it. This is my first year using one of those topsy turvy knock offs. We shall see!

Ahh! Shade

This is where I rested my ass for a bit after Fred mowed the lawn. Anyone want a rusted, never fucking used, pink  girls bike??

I can never remember the name of this stuff

I have two pots of these on either side of the stairs. Same kind of light. One is BIG and one is squat short. I think I should switch spots and see if that makes a difference.

shhh

After I was done, I came inside to a nice quiet house. I like it when people leave or go take a nap. I get some time to myself to reflect. Reflect means play zuma blitz.

So that has been my day so far and it is 4pm already. I think we are having burgers on the grill for dinner. Yummy!