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Stopped Cold

9 years ago

With an impressive record of consecutive 20, Mother Nature finally put a halt to weekend fun at the beach. Not just cool, it's COLD. That's more weekends than in all of summer, and all local time. Could easily tack on 2 more to account for vacation, before starting here. Oh well, only 170 days til Spring. Below normal for too long affected the tomato crop. They like hot & sun, like me. Genealogy wonders, I must be the descendent of a tomato?
So started the day with bacon, egg, hash brown & toast. Then a gravy bread sandwich. Followed with a caramel apple. Easy chore comes first, laundry. Had a countertop full of ripening tomatoes, so got started cooking. Then picked another basketful. Quick boiled up veggies for soup (with tomatoes). Delicious tasting. Might as well go to Aldi and put 3 things in the bag. Walgreen has a good sale on candy. Picked up supplies for an outdoor project, on sale plus rebate. But not going out to work on it in this crappy weather. Plenty of choices for supper later, can decide during Happy Hour. The rest of the day will find some other foolish nonsense to engage in. October was supposed to be an off month, but so far, and all next week, is Doctors. Must be poke, prod, zap and test season. I should go see one in Arizona, where it's still an energizing 100.

Comments (6)

mamatoad
9 years ago
Come on down, Oldfixer! Our temp was 94 degrees yesterday!
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
9 years ago
I just picked the first batch of the last crop of Blue Lake green beans. I'll roast a turkey this afternoon and make a squash risotto to go with it.

WINDY and cool. This should calm the mosquito population.
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party_music50
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You set a fantastic beach record! We had too many long extra-cold and wet spells here during summer and my tomatoes and other garden veggies suffered just as yours. We also had an unpredicted light frost in early September. Our last several days have been beautiful, but it's been raining since about 11pm last night. Currently 55F. Good day for cooking and indoor cleaning. :p

Love that you're descended from a tomato. :)
oldfixer
Original Author
9 years ago
MAMA ---- send me a map, 94 would be great therapy.

JIM --- turkey is once a year, if that. Butter laden mashed taters & gravy too.Veggies smothered in cheese. If the price were right, I'd prefer a crispy brown roast Duck. Perfect city living, no mosquitoes in decades.

PARTY --- thanks, the last record was NINE! Got to keep up a reputation for the best tan on the beach, known far and wide. Perfect Happy Hour. Steak can wait, soup wins! Added some big wide noodles. Slurp.
kittiemom
9 years ago
It was a very nice 83 here today, but we have a cool front coming through and it will only be about 65 tomorrow. It's supposed to warm back up into the 80's again next week.We had a cooler than usual summer and I hope these warn days will extend as long as possible. I'm not a fan of cool weather and I detest cold weather. Luckily, our cold months here are very limited.
nanny98
9 years ago
It was 101 in Death Valley today...95 at noonish when we started to leave. The morning was chilly, then turned beautiful and Scotty's Castle had a very nice breeze. No...just no people to speak of. Everything is gearing up to open Oct. 15, but very few tourists. One bus at the castle for the 10 am tour. A most interesting place. Ten people, maybe, in the visitor center/gift shop. Perfect time to visit, almost. Loving our RV park and thinking about staying here for a month this winter.

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