I’m sitting outside. It’s cool enough in the shade, the locusts are buzzing, the cosmos is blooming, and tomatoes are ripening. Today we ate a tomato that weighed 1 1/2 pounds. It’s a “beefsteak” variety, big and round.
A few days ago I “harvested” my compost which I started in January. I was shocked that it had finished so quickly. We have some friends visiting from far away, so we had a gathering for about 30 people. It was a potluck supper including a meat and bean dish, stir fry beef with celery, onions and mushrooms, rice, fried chicken, deviled eggs, hamburger, green salad, tomato/mozarella/black olive salad, cabbage salad, crackers & cheese & ham, cantaloupe, strawberries,watermelon, carrots, red peppers, cookies, banana cake, and chocolate torte with raspberries. About 10 children ran around, played games, and enjoyed life. My youngest grandchild asked, “Grandma Julia, is this a PARTY?”