My commuter is dead I will return as soon as I get a new one

Kitchen Garden Day.

 So I had planned to clean up what was left of the garden and get it ready for fall which is all winter long hear in Florida, but I got a little side tracked. I did pick the last of the vegetables that were growing. Two really pathetic looking egg plants.



Home grown eggplants.

I had stopped at a road side stand and purchased an eggplant earlier in the week. Mine didn't quite measure up. They must have been using some sort of chemicals to make their egg plants look so good. Or maybe they were using GMO seeds. Ha! Just look at my prized egg plants compared to the real thing. OK mine barely resemble an egg plant but they tasted just as good. Well, not the little one it was a little rotten. One of them was smaller than the other! I know they are both little. Any way fall garden plans are shaping up. Squash, maybe some carrots. I'm definitely going to try some more broccoli and the thing that grows best in my sand is....tomatoes so I'll plant some of those too. 



My eggplants just don't measure up.

I made a great spaghetti and eggplant with these click the recipe tab above to view the recipe.

Reese's view.

 Yes! I'm out side. Look at all mom's  oregano! They still haven't straightened up that bird bath. People.

 I smell something. What is it?

Oh.... It's a....

Rainbow!

And the day before the hurricane is suppose to hit too. Hope that's a good sign.

I hope these peanuts that mom planted survive. I love boiled peanuts. Especially the spicy ones.

I think I'll pee on those chives next time I come out. Ohp time to go in.

Hurricane preparedness!

There's a hurricane a comin'

We did our best at cleaning up the yard and our supplies will just have to do. No one believes this storm is going to hit us directly anyway so..... Let's just hope not. But it is always good to be prepared.

We could use some more food. Mostly we have the peanut butter and canned meat. Notice it's tuna. We also have some Gator aid. They say it's good to have a flavor for your water but also gatorade will replenish your electrolytes. If there is not electric we are all going to need it with this heat.





We've got plenty of bottled water, we hope, and we filled these old zephyrhills 5gallon bottles with water to flush the toilets. We will also will fill up the tub if it looks like we will take a hit. I don't think our power will go out. Our lines are under ground but you never can tell about the lines leading up to ours. Last time we had a hurricane go straight through central Florida there were people that didn't get their power back on for two weeks. A lot of people have generators but we haven't made the investment yet.

The main thing people do before a hurricane is stock up on ply wood to cover there windows and doors. We've already got the plywood. So... check. We wont be standing in those lines. We probly will get gas before it hits and fill up our reserve tank just in case but I'm pretty sure the local gas station has a generator.

The most important supply is the booze and we will have to definitely get more.

Last weekend of summer before school starts!

Bet you thought it was going to be a picture of us at the beach! Nope we stayed around the house. Did some back to school shopping. School supplies! And pulled some weeds. Getting the house all spiffy for the up coming school year.

After I pulled most of the weeds in the front garden I noticed the chives had beautiful flowers on them. I've had these chives for ever and never had a single flower so this made me pretty happy.

Garlic chives. Notice the flat leaves.

These are great chopped up on scrambled eggs.

 After pulling a few more weeds I found I had this water melon vine. I'm not sure if I planted water melon seeds here or not. It's a possibility. I've planted a lot of stuff in that front garden but the only thing that really grows good is weeds.

Possibly a weed that looks like a watermelon.

We noticed this unusual lizard looking at us through the window on the door this morning. He stayed there and let us take tons of pictures, but only this one came out any good. Notice the strange flap of skin on his back.

Chris took this awesome sunset picture. It's the last sunset before school starts the official end of summer.