Daily Notes- August 25th

Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato.  I have to add Mayo.  Hellman's.

There is lots of Tomato Talk on the internet regarding tomatoes not getting ripe even though it's HOT. Seems like the internet thinks HOT keeps tomatoes from getting ripe.  What???  The larger issue here is the chipmunks biting little chunks out of the pinkest little spots on otherwise green tomatoes.  Ruining them.  So as the tomatoes start to "turn"-- I clip them--keeping part of the stem helps them ripen-- and into the house they go.  Takes days but I have plenty of those. I did add newspaper under and over to trap any tomato ripening "gasses".  It's not scientific.

I could use the microwave cover (to keep things from splattering in the micro while it cooks) to cover a  few tomatoes.  See if that works.  I use it on rock hard grocery peaches all the time.  Not in the microwave--NO!!! on the counter.  The peaches on the counter topped by the cover and with the little vent thingy open.  I write this because some Readers might get the wrong idea. (just saying)

The first two golden/red peaches on one of my trees were golden enough to eat yesterday.  So juicy and peachy.  Loved it.  I had the second-not as golden one just now, after breakfast. The first one I ate over the sink yesterday.

Riley had a busy night- panting.  This morning he is in constant yip/bark mode.  I think it's like a nervous tic.  Making G and I crazy.  But he seems happy enough doing it.  And he is now out for the walk and he's still barking.  It's always something.  Could be that there is no Law and Order on the weekends. Or he slept too much Saturday (during the day) while I read my book.

I had a seven day loaner book out- Ruth Ware's fourth book "Turn of the Key".  It was a bit of a chore to get into but it is due today so I had to get it read.  The writing on the first 40 or so pages is a bit choppy.  But from then on--don't plan on stopping.  Really.  You have to keep reading.  It's like one of the carnival rides where the cars start going faster and the turns get sharper and you hold on tight to the bar in front of you.  In the end...well, the last two pages are really really not what you expected.

That was my Saturday.  I finished up with Good Bones on HGTV.  I like the demo days best.  The stuff they find. Whew!!  I can just imagine what it all smells like on a hot day.  I like what they do to remodel the houses.  I absolutely do not like the "decorating" which borders on tacky.  Well, not borders--is tacky.

The watercolor paints-everything I own--is down and on the table.  The roll of brushes.  The mixing tray.  The paper.  All ready to use.  Ready to paint.  I am thinking of just mixing colors and making splotches.  Then when I feel less "conflicted" I will select one item from the shelf of things I love and draw it in pencil and see if I want to add paint.  Sometimes I like the pencil drawing too much to mess it up with paint.  Oh, dear Reader...can you feel my anxiety?

I finished the first of the expensive (to thrifty me) lined notebooks I purchased in June.  I read the first Morning Page after writing on the last line of the last page.  I was procrastinating about planting my tomato plants in the Grow Boxes.  It was the middle of June.  Which might be why my tomatoes are still green.