Before heading to the city, I of course did my morning rounds. I had a few surprises this morning!
The first is, I finally got a good look at the tortie kitten, one of a litter of three that Broccoli started brining over recently.
It’s a long haired kitten! What a beauty, too.
Of course, they all are. I’m biased that way.
Nosencrantz also showed up for breakfast this morning.
She actually came up to the kibble while I was setting it out and let me pet her a bit, but she is still really stand offish. I can see, she is making sure I can’t grab her to pick her up and bring her inside.
*sigh*
There was another surprise in the squash patch.
The downpour we had yesterday seems to have triggered a burst of overnight growth on the sunburst patty pan squash! So many fresh new leaves under the frost damaged ones, and it’s almost the end of September – and still blooming, too!
Speaking of overnight growth, check this out…
This is on a dead maple tree near the fire pit, and it wasn’t there yesterday. We get these regularly, but this is easily the largest and most beautiful cluster of mushrooms I’ve seen since moving here.
We are having good weather today (Friday), and should have a lovely day tomorrow, too – then a thunderstorm on Sunday! We’ve found ourselves with a last minute conversation with family, and it looks like we’ll be doing a cook out tomorrow evening. So today, I’ll be raking the leaves away from the fire pit, so they are not a fire hazard, and setting things up. The old picnic table is so far gone, I don’t think we can safely use it anymore, and I’ll have to snag one of the girls to help me move it, and bring over the folding table we made this year. I’ll also have to empty the fire pit of ashes. It’s been a while!
I’m thinking a pot roast in the cast iron Dutch oven would go over very well!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 