This picture was taken years ago, when Riley was young, slim and very shiny. Today, I am wearing the same socks and rolled up jeans. Today's jeans are only rolled up to the top of my shoes. I often wonder why my jeans are always too long. I am 5 foot 6 inches. Short waisted which I think is the term used if you are more leg than torso. I have never liked having my pant hems drag along the sidewalk.
And, I was 5 foot 6 inches in high school and I am still 5 foot 6 inches at 70. Quite a thrill for bone density.
Yesterday's acid reflux is now gone. None of the excess weight that came with it has disappeared. I am going to make a smoothie for lunch even though I don't think I will enjoy it now that the weather here in Maine has "gone cold". It even feels like time to turn on the furnace. Drinking something cold seems.......unpleasant.
The covered green bean plants were still producing. I picked the few eggplant still on the plants--small but eating baby vegetables is a treat. I cubed and roasted a large pan of eggplant. I also pureed every ripe tomato I had ripening on the kitchen floor (on brown paper bags) into 3 pints of marinara. G had some with meatballs. There are more waiting for their chance to get cooked. Pepper plants were good--only none of the peppers had achieved any color---I may have to freeze the rest as green pepper strips. Today is sunny (but not warm) and they might start to color. Once they start I can bring them into the house to finish turning red.
I pulled up and dragged (too large to carry) the huge pattypan squash vines to the compost bin. Took three trips. They are sitting on top of the bin with yellow flowers still upright. Don't want to give up.
It's like science fiction! The Zombies of the Garden. And they are shaped like little flying saucers.
I don't feel like doing much of anything today. Tonight is the 10x10 sale of artwork. Benefits the Arts Are Elementary program. Brings working artists into the schools to work on projects with the students. I don't understand why the artists can't do this for free. But they expect to be paid so we have the art auction to raise money to pay them to work in the schools for a few weeks. I have two pieces in this year's auction. I have sold one out of the five things I have entered so far. Another fiber artist makes only seashore landscapes. Sells all of them. And they all look the same. Shoreline, pine trees, sunset pinks on the blue water. Dyed strips of cloth. Well, as she said to me--if it works, why not? Perhaps I should just do appliqued carrots year after year. That's the one that sold.
This year I have a very nice patchwork of silks (golds) and velvets called Blackberry Hedgerow. And another made of commercial batik and my own painted fabric. Soothing greens. I like them both very much. I really liked the carrots. Perhaps that is a good sign they will sell?
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