We are so badly needing rain. We haven't had any precipitation since our last snow fall which was a long, long time ago. The forest fire danger is standing at VERY HIGH. Current conditions are at record dryness levels. Not a good way to start a spring/summer season.
Hubby and I returned to our firewood chores today after a hiatus of several days while he did our taxes. Not really a high item on his list of "Fun Things to Do" but with his accounting background, he does a darn good job of them each year, and I know we come out better than if we took them to someone else to do.
Funny (well, sad really) how quickly my body falls out of shape for the hard work wood working is. A few days off and I feel like all the originally felt aches and pains of the wood working season are right back again. Good illustration that you have to keep using muscles or they atrophy. Okay, so it's not that serious, but they sure do lose their strength and tone quickly.
Yesterday I had a mad, wild taste for a Banana Cream Pie. Tried to fight it off but finally succumbed and placed the finished product in the refrig at 4 p.m.
Wanna piece? Can't have one. It's gone. G-O-N-E. We split the last big piece for dessert after dinner tonight. How do two people eat a whole Banana Cream Pie in a 26-hour period? Noooo problem. Unfortunately, I used all but the last little bit of my husband's coffee cream to make the whipped topping so that means I have to go up to the farm tomorrow to get more. I've tried talking him into drinking his coffee black, but he will NEVER agree to that.Nothing peeking up through the soil in the one garden bed I planted last Sunday, but I'm sure hoping to see some radishes sprout soon. A friend who stopped over this afternoon said that his farming relatives in the southern part of the state have started planting their field crops already. I don't know if that's going to turn out to have been a good idea or not, but it certainly seems as if we up here in the northern part of the state are at least two weeks (probably more) ahead of spring in a normal year.
I think I have sawdust inside my clothes from neck to toe so I'm headed for a nice, long, hot shower tonight and then an early bed to rest my sore muscles. (With maybe a cold glass of wine first.) Only three or four more days of wood working, and I'll (maybe) be back in shape again. Oooof.
13 comments:
Looks like someone has been spamming you! I can't believe you are in fire danger already, that's an incredibly dry winter. I hope you all get some April showers SOON! I've never had banana cream pie but that looks so pretty!
Hey, Erin - WE GOT SOME RAIN LAST NIGHT! Hooray! Don't know just how much but the bird bath (that was empty) has a puddle in the bottom of it, so we're feeling pretty grateful this morning. Any little bit sure helps!
Banana Cream Pie is like vanilla pudding with banana slices in it and with a crust. It's a favorite of mine and what I ask for as a birthday "cake" every year. (I'm not crazy about cake!)
Don't you mean "oof-dah" :)
And half a banana cream pie and a couple of glasses of wine sound wonderful right about now!!!
Hi, Jen - Uh-oh. Sounds like a rough day? I can't send the pie or wine, but here's a bundle of good vibes that we all sometimes need!
That pie looks delicious. Do you get cream by itself from the farm or do you let it rise to the top of your milk like I do? Glad to hear the rain came for you all up there.
Hi, Melissa - I get whole milk for drinking and cooking, skim milk for my morning latte, and a pint of cream that's mainly for hubby's coffee. If, for some reason (like me pilfering it for a dessert), we run out of the straight cream, we have been known to skim it off the top of the jug of whole milk.
'Tis a thing of beauty, that pie. Or was, anyway. Yum.
Soooo....if you are 2 weeks ahead of schedule, do you anticipate the bugs arriving 2 weeks early? Hope not. We are scheduled to come up the last week of May to work on the cabin....
Hey, Linda - Thank you, ma'am! Now I'm eager to make some plain ol' vanilla pudding because of how YELLOW our eggs made the Banana Cream Pie. Can't believe how close-to-orange the hen's egg yolks have become already. They're out on pasture eating new shoots of grass but to our eye, the grass still looks dead and brown. They know where/how to find the good stuff, I guess.
Hi, Claire - Boy, your guess is as good as mine as to when the dreaded BUGS will be out in full force. When we first moved up here (37 years ago) we would count on them being BAD from May 15th to June 15th. But, as you know, our weather has been changing over the last several years and we've been in a bit of a drought period also which will affect their hatch and numbers.
So, I can see I'm being absolutely no help to you but I'll do my best to ask the bug gods to be gentle with you when you come up in May. (Like I have any pull there!)
Hi. I found you on someone else's blog reading list. I can so relate to one's body getting out of shape so quickly. I lamented the same thing this spring!
I'll have to go check out your quilt blog. Quilting was my first fiber love.
Hi, Leigh - Welcome and thanks for commenting. By your comment, I've found your blog and will be following.
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