Supper Club
Very nice place, and a perfect place to end a fine (though rainy) day.
Visiting Minocqua…
…and having fun.
Beets
Fourteen quarts, four pints. Quite a good accomplishment.
Last year complete crop failure.
From sowing seed to stuffing and boiling the jars, quite a bit of mostly enjoyable work, making use of a considerable amount of know how and expertise 🤪
Phenology
This blog is a kind of phenology, I suppose.
And, now that we have passed the autumnal equinox, what kinds of events can we anticipate?
Here are a few I can think of:
First flight of Sandhills heading south overhead,
Day when the white oaks in the backyard can be declared free of leaves,
First frost.
First ice on ponds,
First measurable snowfall,
Day when all the crabapples on Vi’s tree have been consumed,
First bird at the feeder (once it’s up),
First local iceboat regatta,
First blizzard.
Others?
But, we can’t forget the old saying: “if winter’s here, can spring be far behind?”
Boosted Again
This could be the sixth jab since the virus announced itself. Science may not have all the answers, but I’ll take it over anything else.
Above, ripe swamp white oak acorn. Quite a few collected.
In other news, rear brakes on truck replaced. Are they called brakes because they breaks the bank?
Bright, chilly, windy. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.
From Screens To Storms…
…and, for the little breezeway stove, the gas turned on.
Dinner With Neighbors…
…featuring ribs off the Green Egg; followed by campfire and s’mores in neighbor’s back yard.
Even with fire warm coats needed.
Chilly, With Rain Showers
Fall has fell.
Time of year when it’s possible to find local, small batch-pressed, unpasteurized, true apple cider. Dark, thick as mud, beginning to ferment, and very tasty.
Pretty Good Harvest…
…half a barrow of beets.
Meanwhile, the Callery (Bradford) pear which was leaning from VI’s yard over our garage, and dropping limbs on it, was removed. Good riddance to a bad tree.
Change Is In The Air
A few clouds, slightly cooler temps, and a bit of shiftiness in the wind.
Lots of fruit on VI’s crabapple, the good, native kind. All will be gone before Christmas.
And Summer Continues
Sunny, breezy, and very warm.
In the accomplishment department, truck washed and a lightbulb changed.
Still Summer
High in the eighties.
Witch Hazel prospering
Big Green Egg back in service.
A Little Volleyball…
…as a change of pace. Maddie’s team won every match.
In the weather department, sunny and very warm—not what one might expect on the first of October.
A Place For Everything…
……and everything sorta stowed someplace. At least the vehicles are free of their heavy loads.
Sunny and summery.
Lots of nice big beet’s ready for harvesting and pickling.
Unaccustomed
Too much traffic, too much driving. But, anyway, we are back to alternate reality #2. Very green here. Just a hint of fall.
Brilliant Color…
…coming through the La Cloche mountains. Through every orange and every red, the full panoply of color, from yellow to purple. Hard to leave Kagawong, especially when the weather is so fine—but onward, ever onward. Fetched up at Manistique. Home tomorrow. (Photos by Sue)
Rather Wild…
…and a bit of a pain, but the cottage water system has been decommissioned and the cottage winterized.
Our foot valve structure is too big and too heavy, and is out too deep. Today we had to take the cockleshell dink out over the newly uncovered shoals and into a big surf in order to lift it and bring it in. Came close to capsizing… twice.
In sadder news, the last of the Fab Four canine companion signs had to come down today.
Chores Galore
Mostly done except for water/winterizing, but that’s for tomorrow. Chilly but bright. Very dry. Water level very low.
Keys Found…
…identified, sorted, labeled. Pulling boat cleaned, dried, covered, and stowed. Truck in for tire repair (of course).
Another perfectly fine day, wind north, warm sun, lovely temperature.
Considerable Progress
Pulling boat hauled, coreopsis heeled into upstairs garden, pier out.
Here is the sum total of this year’s tomato crop in the upstairs garden.
