Meet Chicory--a Sheltie puppy belonging to a friend of mine. There are actually two dogs, but the other dog is outside napping right now--probably to get
away from the puppy. It's very interesting to go from cats to dogs--I have gone from being "staff" to being "center of the known universe." And whatever I have said about Theo being clingy,
he is NOTHING compared to the puppy. Honestly, I prefer the independence of cats, but the dogs are easier to walk than Theo is.
Saturday I wanted to make a southwestern salsa recipe, but I didn't have quite enough tomatoes, so I ended up BUYING tomatoes
because ours are just not really doing much. It is September, and our tomatoes are
just now starting to ripen. Our weather has been crazy--it was 92 degrees on Saturday, we didn't even have a high of 70 yesterday, and it's supposed to be 73 today and 81 tomorrow. Oh yeah--the global climate ISN'T changing. We're just having really bizarre weather for three years in a row
for no reason. Uh huh.
It seems silly to be buying tomatoes, but we love salsa and the ones I made don't have high fructose corn syrup or additives or food dyes, so I think buying a few tasteless Romas from the store is worth it if the alternative is having to buy salsa. We don't know yet how the southwest salsa turned out, because most salsa needs to sit for at least a month before opening, but we hope it's good--there are 17 1-cup jars of the stuff.
1 comment:
I feel your pain - I had to buy ZUCCHINI this year! The horror. Since it is so late in the season, you might try hurrying up your tomatoes by slicing the roots on one side of each plant; this is supposed to make them ripen up faster since they think the end is near. I am contemplating doing this, since I am sick of tomatoes but hate to just toss the plants while they are still producing.
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