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Bad Year for Peas

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Been an eventful couple of days around here. As I mentioned last night, we had all kinds of storms which knocked out the power, the cable and internet, and then inevitably the cell service (which dies after a couple of hours of the tower not having any electricity. The proximate cause of the outage here in town was the giant ass tree that fell and took down about 4 or 5 telephone poles:

As I mentioned elsewhere, my parents, who lived complete and full lives for 2/3 of there existence without the internet and then spent the next ten years INSISTING they did not need the internet can now be counted on to call me within five minutes of an outage to ask me if my internet is out. Which, since we live 200 yards from each other and just experienced the SAME exact storm and use the SAME exact internet company, is invariably, a yes.

I’ve spent most of the week with some sort of low grade cold or flu, which seemed to reach a crescendo last night with me vomiting, sweating, and convinced I was dying. I slept for about 14 hours, and feel better today, but things are still suspect.

I posted a picture the other day of the last of the broccoli and the beginnings of the tomatoes and some pears, but I can’t remember where (if I had no power it just went on fb or twitter):

At any rate, I am now up to my ASS in tomatoes, which is always good, the broccoli is done until the fall broccoli, and I pulled up the remainder of se in the past, they didn’t all ripen evenly so that I could never really get a bunch at a time, and I would guess I only got about 6 pints (I’ll know for sure tomorrow when I can it all). I put all the old plants in the compost, and am going to let the bed sit overnight and tomorrow I am going to put in some beets and cabbage.

At the farmers market on Saturday, an old fellow was just basically giving away big bags of July apples for 2 bucks a bag, so I bought a couple OF bags and am going to make some applesauce. Figure I will just do the peas, the first of the green beans, and the applesauce all at once tomorrow. No need to get the pressure cooked out more than I need to, I guess.

Flowers are all looking great, but some of the gladiolas fell over so I just cut them:

That’s that great vase I got for like 2 bucks at a flea market. What a steal.

In site news, I am having a call tomorrow with Watergirl, and I believe we are nearing testing. Christ, it seems like it is taking forever. But so far I like what I see.

Politics is awful. And stop worrying about the Democratic in-fighting. It’s summer, no one but the dorks pay attention.

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    JoyceH

    Is the vase glazed ceramic or slag glass? Either is pretty but I’m a huge slag glass fan. Suddenly wanting to hit the yard sales again.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    The glads are glorious. And the vase is perfect. What wonderful colours!

    My great-aunt, an inveterate flower gardener, always maintained that white flowers are the peacemakers of the garden. Meaning that even if you have colours that might normally clash, just make sure you have some white blossoms in the mix and all will be serene. You seem to have internalised that advice.

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    Gin & Tonic

    This will be a week of little on-line activity, as we are hosting our 2-year-old grandson, while his mother and sister are away doing their thing. Just got back from an outing to my other daughter’s, for lobster rolls and a bottle of nice rose. If that doesn’t say “summer” I don’t know what does.

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    Mary G

    Good thread about a Kamala Harris house party in NH. Includes a dog.

    Here in Gilford, NH @KamalaHarris gets a huge greeting as shes introduces to the crowd at an outdoor house party.In the Granite state for the first time since May, Harris gets her first big applause with her stump line “I fully intended to win this election, I really do.” pic.twitter.com/8kXiOWhWHR— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) July 14, 2019

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    cain

    Y’all I’m dating a black woman from Denver, and it’s long distance since I’m in Portland. So far it’s been going pretty good, but the plane tickets to bring here is a pain in the ass. I’m hoping she goes with me on my trip to Greece. I don’t know many indian/black relationships in the U.S. I assume this stuff happens a lot in Kenya and other African countries with large Indian populations..and of course Kamala Harris! :-)

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    divF

    @Mary G:
    In today’s NYT Week in Review section, there is what is becoming an iconic photo of Kamala and her mother and sister standing in front of their Berkeley apartment building in 1970 (SE corner of Milvia St. and Berkeley Way). That block is pretty much identical now to what it was then, except that the trees have all gotten much bigger.

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    Ninedragonspot

    Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen has been trying out a little bagel diplomacy in New York, and I must admit that I’m thoroughly charmed. (Her politics are pretty good, too.)

    Hope she kicks the stuffing out of the KMT next January, though it’s sure to be a nailbiter – Chinese interference is strong and welcomed by the KMT. Sound familiar?

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    mrmoshpotato

    @PeakVT:

    Really wishing that the most important issue facing the nation was Cole’s peas.

    That would be great.

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    JR

    Shocked at how green your lawn (still) is. Mine turned half brown after our recent spate of 90+ degree weather.

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    cain

    @Mary G:
    I personally can’t wait to see what a female 007 would bring to the table. It’s going to be fun! Stupid white bros don’t have any imagination.

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    Mike in NC

    @cain: Fabulous actor Christoph Waltz to play the villain Blofeld in the next Daniel Craig Bond flick.

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    NotMax

    No need to get the pressure cooked out more than I need to, I guess.

    Need it be said? Guess so.

    Two words: Instant Pot.

    Note: Amazon Prime Days sales begin at midnight Pacific Time.

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    J R in WV

    @zhena gogolia:

    We had a bottle of rose, cold borscht, and Tatar belyashi. (Not me cooking.)

    The tatar belyashti sounded interesting so I looked them up… wow! Did you enjoy them?

    I will be making those soon, jazzed up a little bit with curry like spices.

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