It's a picture perfect day in SE Michigan

[1gobluedem]

Clear sunny sky, fresh breeze, and about 65 degrees. I'm going to go clean the garage. :hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

1. Too cold and windy to swim, kayak, or fish on Torch Lake...

yesterday and today. Even our little pond, Thayer Lake, has good sized rollers and whitecaps. I've settled for making jam all weekend.

Jars of plumb, apricot brandy, strawberry rhubarb, blueberry, raspberry, and black cherry made yesterday...

[RetroLounge]

2. Nice Kitchen!

:wow:

RL

[Gonzo Gardener]

5. Wanna come cook up a little sumtin?

:evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

6. Mmmm, I'm pretty good in the kitchen...

So I've heard.

:evilgrin:

RL

[hippywife]

3. Looks great!

I've been doing the same over the past several weeks with blueberry, blackberry, and strawberry, also sweet and dill pickles. Lots of work but so worth it!

Enjoy your bounty. :hi:

ETA: You might want to stop by the DU Cooking and Baking Group. It's our little oasis of sanity around this place. LOL

[Gonzo Gardener]

7. I just saw your pesto post. YUM!

We'll be canning peppered pickles, jalapeno mustard, and mexican style chili sauce (for pork tamales and chicken enchiladas) next.

Thanks for the invite to C&B, hippywife! I've posted a couple of times, but it's been a while. I'll have more time to post come fall and winter. Just too much going on this time of year...

Here we're heading out to pick apricots yesterday...



My son testing for sweetness...

[1gobluedem]

4. Yum

No edibles from which I can make jam in my yard -- unless there is pine needle jam; I just blew approximately 6 billion of them out of the driveway.

[Gonzo Gardener]

8. We use pine needles as a substitute for mulch...

and curse them for clogging up the downspouts.

I'd much rather be out fishing this afternoon and I think the winds have calmed down enough now to bundle up and head out to hook a few more bluegill. Pulled in 4 over 10" Friday evening!!!

[SallyMander]

9. I can haz toast and jam?

nom nom nom



:loveya:

[Gonzo Gardener]

10. Toast and jam...

and bluegill for you, Ms. SillyMander!:hug:

We've just finished making two more batches of strawberry rhubarb and raspberry.:9

Green Meanie's goin' fishing!

[PeaceNikki]

15. I want your kitchen!!

I love it!! :wow:

[Gonzo Gardener]

16. Oh good...

then you and Retro can help me with the cleanup and then cook me a nice dinner. It's still a bit sticky after making all the jam and I just finished cleaning this afternoons catch... five bluegill! :P

Seriously... thanks, PeaceNikki, we love it too!

[MichiganVote]

20. I was just over Bellaire/Alden way a coupld of weeks ago. Love that area.

[Gonzo Gardener]

22. Yep, it's near perfect.

It just about kills me when I leave for home (Indiana) at the end of each summer, but we, Mr. Green Meanie and I, can't figure out how to make it a permanent thing until after retirement... which is a long way off. We are only in our late 30's.

Did you get over to Traverse City to enjoy the madness that is the TC Film Fest while you were up?

[MichiganVote]

23. No, I couldn't stay for the TC festival. I've meant to go for two years. One of these days.....

[Faygo Kid]

11. Actually looks breezy, cloudy and even showery at the PGA.

At Oakland Hills.

[leeroysphitz]

12. It's rainy and cold here dowriver. :(

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. A gorgeous, sunny 73 in Minneapolis.

I should be working in the garden, but I'm just sitting on the porch listening to the ice cream truck go by... Today's view from the porch (cell phone photo, not the greatest):

[PassingFair]

14. I had to dig a hoodie out of the drawer today in St. Clair Shores...

Nice!

My kids FELL ASLEEP at the family
get-together brunch in Oak Park, and
we left them there.

I'm supposed to be studying.

[1gobluedem]

17. It didn't stay nice; got cloudy, chilly, and rainy

But not before I got the garage cleaned, all the vines trimmed, the pine needles blown away, and the flower bed mulched.

Now a nice WARM dinner; I like a chilly summer evening once in awhile.

[femmocrat]

18. We have had 3 perfect days in SW PA.

Low 70s, low humidity, partly cloudy skies. I haven't used the AC in days. Down in the 50s at night. It's starting to feel like September.

The upcoming week looks good too! :hi:

[MichiganVote]

19. We went to the lake at Holland this afternoon. Great wind, lots of sailboats, waves about 4-6ft.

Beautiful!

[DaydreaminHippie68]

21. I was surprised at how cold it was

not used to that in August. This is about as warm as it got in Australia.