Grateful for cheerful helpers, and a mill down the road selling solid cordwood at a fair price.
Grateful for today’s cheese sandwich, Havarti, tomato, avocado, and B&B pickles, with of course mayo and Penzeys sandwich sprinkle.
Oopsie… I may have finally been beaten by the cheese sandwich.
Mind-blowing to see this many apricots still on the tree after all that I have picked, processed, and given away. Message me if you want to come pick some!
I’m grateful for Hotchkiss Fire District on Facebook. I smelled smoke a couple of times yesterday and today, and then so strongly tonight that I had to close up the house and lock out the cool breeze. I knew there were fires around the west but learned tonight about the Little Mesa Fire southwest of Delta on the Hotchkiss Fire page. I’m glad I can count on them to keep the community up to date on local fires, and relieved to know the nearest one is burning well west of here in wild terrain.
Grateful for more jam made today, and inventing a marvelous cocktail. I muddled two ripe apricots in the cocktail shaker, added ice, gin, lemon juice, and maraschino liqueur, shook well, and poured into a glass rimmed with vanilla sugar, garnished with a ripe apricot. So simple, so delicious! I’m grateful today for the basics: community, friendship, help, firewood, food, fruit, drink, and the illusion of security.
