Summer visit almost over....

So, today I realize Tammy will be coming in 8 days.  That's great!  I'm looking forward to seeing her and Ricky.  But, that also means that Ariel will only have 2 more weeks with us.  Bummer....

We haven't done as many outdoor activities as we did last year.  We went floating once with Gena, Karna, Beth, Rhonda and April.  That was fun!

Ariel has really been focusing on weaving this summer.  She's woven 2 dishtowels on Gena's loom and 1 on our table loom.  She's also warped our little inkle loom, and now she's weaving on the backstrap loom I got her as a little present.  She's loving it!

She's also learned a lot about baking and cooking this summer.  She really like baking cobbler and pot pie.  I admit, I like those too!  Yummy!

July is getting hot

The heat is building up.  The air conditioner is running full time now.  Yesterday it was 91.  Today it only got up to 88, because we had a thunderstorm and that lowered the temperature. 

I've been working on the garden, to get all those darn weeds pulled.  I want to be able to see what's growing.  We had so much rain we couldn't get out there and work.  Now, I'm pulling grass after it rains.  It's the only time it's cool enough.  And the ground is softer and the grass will come up.

I got all the vining plants cleaned up (squash, melons, zucchini), I'll get the tomatoes cleared up tomorrow.  We have melons blooming and a few fruits growing.  There are squash blooming too.  The tomatoes are putting on flowers.  The cucumbers are doing very well.  Josh has been bringing 2 - 5 in each morning.

Ariel and I have been doing a lot of baking.  Yesterday we made Red Velvet Cherry Whoopie pies.  Yummy!  I made a nice pork and rice casserole.  Today Ariel made beef pot pie for lunch.  That was yummy too.

What to do with lots of eggs....

This morning, we got 4 guinea eggs and 5 chicken eggs.  I already had over a dozen of each so I thought I'd better get backing.  It was way too hot to bake yesterday, it got up to 87.  But today it's only going to be in the low 70's.

The first thing I decided to bake was a chevre pound cake.  If you've never tried goat, you should.  I love it.

The dish I decided to make for lunch is what I want to focus on.  A lovely turkey and spinach quiche.  I guess I'm on a bit of a French theme today.

Anyway, here's the photo log of my quiche in progress.

The mystery lump is the mozzarella cheese Michelle and I made last week.

The quiche baked in a 325 degree oven for an hour.  What a wonderful meal!  Yummy!