another day, another orchard

Melissa called early this morning and I took Eleanor over to the Krey’s orchard.  I’m thinkin’ she’s lookin’ all spiffy sitting there, parked next to the orchard!  Gotta love Eleanor!!! 
 
 
 
 
 
we picked a couple of boxes of apricots…..
 
this is Melissa picking away…. 
 
and one of the gorgeous trees!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and our finished product!!! we canned many jars of apricots! [...]

my husband is a rockstar

i have an LG washer and dryer.  i love them.  my dryer broke SEVERAL MONTHS ago and i’ve been attempting to get the part and it’s been U-G-L-Y.  i’ve been going to the laundromat every couple of days for MONTHS to dry my clothes.  we live in the country.  cool, hip, urban people are not [...]

My friend, the figs and the farm! This was going to be entitled Fig Figgity Fig, after Thimbleanna’s Dip Dippity Dip, but I changed my mind

So those are the infamous boxes of figs before I did anything with them.  I know that I’m probably the only one who cares, but I’ve just never SEEN that many figs together in one place!!  
My grownup unpaid assistant, Melissa came over and brought that baby we love along with her… and we altered [...]

fig farmer extraordinaire

almost every time i attempt to add media to my posts, i fail.  then i’ll insert it 6 times, or delete the entire thing altogether by navigating away too many times to preview.  these two are the organic farmers.  

figs in the city

okay, so i don’t live in the city.  i’m sure that roughly no one cares about my fig extravaganza except for me (and possibly my figgypeep, karen since she’ll reap the benefits) but here we go anyway!   i called the Farmer’s Wife.  she was nice enough albeit completely unhelpful and not the least bit worried [...]

summer in the delta

it’s summer in the delta and every day it seems something new comes into season!! my fav. strawberries have come and gone-my strawberry freezer jam is packed away for the year. my friend and i made blackberry and boysenberry syrup last week and the week prior. our co-op garden had it’s first [...]

motherfreakintartpicture

no, i’m not completely impaired, what makes you say that?????? i inserted that photo into my last post 47 times, so here it is separately. sometimes, it’s better just to break up. aaannnddd, how is it exactly that i got a yellow background in that pictureless post?

big tarts and little tarts

now don’t go getting all excited by my title!!! i was asked to post something new and since i’ve been recovering from four days of toddlers ( got to watch my little sister’s stinkin’ cute little girls while she was in new york on business-i’m not entirely sure we’re related though, because aside of the [...]

strawberry pie

strawberry pie
Originally uploaded by brigitaenchilada

my neighbor fixed my grass where i kept running over it with my SUV, so i made him a fresh strawberry pie! my favorite strawberries are gone until next year but if anyone wants the recipe, lemme know!!! and i’ll exchange the recipe for driving lessons.

new haircut

new haircut
Originally uploaded by brigitaenchilada

i am the baby of the bunch. here is my ‘almost has his driver’s license” 16 year old. he hasn’t turned into a dirtbag as of yet so we’re hoping he’ll hold out for a few more years. cross your fingers for us!!!