July 5, 2009: The Day After

It was supposed to get over 100 degrees again today, and it certainly started out hot enough. I watered the garden yesterday, and I watered again this morning. The heat has made everything look rather droopy. Before I came back in, I pulled out a couple of nasturtiums that were crowding my pepper plants. They are pretty, and I do like flowers in my garden, but I must remember to only allow one plant in a square foot next year, not four. They really got very large, and created too much of a canopy for other plants. I decided I'd better pick the green beans, as I missed two days in a row, and had some that were larger than we like. The dogs enjoy them, so they will get the big beans in their chicken dinners tonight. I pulled a few carrots for Cookie, the house rabbit, and since I was right next to the potato bed, decided to feel around for a few more new potatoes. I had used all of the ones from Thursday in the potato salad we had for dinner last night.


I came in with 1 pound 3 ounces of Royal Burgundy beans, 11 oz. of Contender beans, 2 pounds 7 oz. of Yukon Gold and Norland potatoes and 1-3/4 pounds of Rainbow Blend carrots.


It didn't reach 100F after all. It's clouding up now, so I expect we'll get a real thunder boomer this evening. It might rival the fireworks we watched last night.

There were thirteen of us here for dinner.......well, twelve if we don't count the baby. We had fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, potato chips, olives, cupcakes and ice cream, beer, booze, iced tea and pop. Enough to satisfy everyone!



After dinner, we put baby Alicyn in a plastic tub of water and let her splash and play for a while, then about half the group walked to the river to watch the fireworks. The rest of us sat in our driveway, where we had an excellent view, and access to even more food. We ate pico de gallo and chips, and just about finished off the cupcakes. Nobody can say we weren't well fed!

***

Several people commented about yesterday's picture of Otto. Well, it wasn't Otto. It was a picture I found through Google Images, and it was a dead ringer for the Otter Dawg, right down to the tongue! Ribbit said it was Otto's stunt double, and "sooner or later he’ll have stand-ins for all of his difficult work; walks, vet visits, baths. He’ll show up for feedings and belly rubs. Next you’ll be noticing he pauses in odd places in his speech, can’t use contractions, and looks like he bathes every other Wednesday. Then you change his name to Kevin Costner and his transformation into diva superstar will be complete."


"Stunt Double".................................. Otto


Ribbit also commented on my frog collection, saying she preferred cows. Just one question, Ribbit. If you prefer cows over frogs, why don't we call you "Moo" instead of "Ribbit"?



I couldn't find a "stunt double" for Annie, but she hopes everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July, and wants you to know she went off of her diet long enough to have a cupcake last night.


Uh..Annie, are you sure you only had ONE cupcake?

***


22 comments:

  1. Sounds like an utterly bountiful way to celebrate the holiday!

    ReplyDelete
  2. You're a hoot, Granny. Now some brother's cousin's sister's uncle twice removed from Costner is going to hunt me down and tell me I'm not nice. :) That's fine. The man still won't use a contraction...seriously. Go watch a film of his. (See, relative, I'm promoting him.)

    Annie's stunt double is the cylindrical pillow on my bed. Annie's a secret agent and uses the stunt double to mask her comings and goings.

    I've always loved cows, they are tasty, but my Dad used to say I looked like "a frog peeking over thin ice" when I wore my glasses since they sat so far down on my nose.

    Sorry this is long, but I'm NOT posting that on my blog. They read that.

    I scrolled through your post SOOO fast when I saw the mention of the baby. She's just beautiful and she never lost those eyes. Ah, what fun a bucket of water can be.

    The end.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Kelli, HA! Back atcha!!!

    Stefaneener, it was a good day. And evening. I always enjoy our family's Fourth get-togethers.

    Ribbit, what can I say, besides I LOVE YOU!!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Otto and his double are definitely twinsies. Annie is just too sweet (chubby and all) and that baby in a tub is enough to melt your heart.

    ReplyDelete
  5. KitsapFG, you got that right...Annie IS the sweetest little dog ever. The "kids" aren't quite 18 months old, but Annie has a wise old soul, you'd never guess she was so young. Otter is just a funny goober! And that grandbaby makes me smile, too.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Your holiday sounds wonderful. Spent mine in very close contact with a very bad migraine, but who the heck wants to be outside when it's 107 degrees anyway? Hubby went to a local racetrack with his brother, and my son and his lady went to a baseball game with his cousin.
    Glad somebody had more fun than me!

    ReplyDelete
  7. SB, one of my granddaughters was suffering with a headache after being out on the river, boating, in 100 degree weather all day. Grandson was really sunburned and peeling from a previous day at the beach. Considering the shape they were in (hot, tired, sunburned) I'm surprised everyone was in such a good mood!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Veggies look wonderful. And what a beautiful baby!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thank you, MissyM. She looks just like her grandma! LOL

    ReplyDelete
  10. Sounds like you had a fun 4th! I spent mine trying to drown out the noise of the neighborhood fireworks (which followed a day of thunderstorms) for my poor nervous-nellie dog Veronica. The other day, I thought I'd be nice & let her into the garden for a minute (which means she was loose outside the fenced yard). I fed her a sugar snap pea and picked a 2nd for her when we went back to the fence. Unfortunately, now she knows there's food out there and when I'm in the garden she sits by the fence and grumbles (or even yelps) at me for a snack!! She's trying to look like a taller version of Annie... (actually, my cat, Annie, is shaped almost like your Annie.

    ReplyDelete
  11. What a wonderful post, Granny. Annie sure is adorable.
    But if you keep stealing the potatoes like that, you're not going to have many left at harvest time!!
    :)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Sounds like a wonderful day for all. Please tell Annie that I go off my diet when there are cupcakes around as well. ;)

    ReplyDelete
  13. Amy, Annie and Otto both beg for green beans and carrots from the garden. The day I pulled out the first bush beans it was "one for Otto, one for Annie, one for the basket". Annie has even been known to pull her own carrots to eat!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Sue, the one plant I dug out had about ten teeny-tiny potatoes attached. I felt like I'd murdered a plant mama! If I'd just leave them to mature, I'd up my harvest poundage....but they sure wouldn't taste as good as those little new potatoes do. Ya, I'll dig the plants in another month or so and wonder why I can't find any potatoes on the other end!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Hidinginmygarden, I don't even have to have cupcakes around to go off my diet! I've packed away my "skinny clothes" and given up. Even with all these fresh veggies and the workout I get in the garden, I still manage to gain weight. I finally told myself "Self, you're 70 years old....just go ahead and enjoy what's left of your life".

    ReplyDelete
  16. Too cute! Annie is just thick, like me. Nothing wrong with a little meat. LOL Great photos of the stunt doubles!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Kalena Michele, Annie thanks you and I thank you ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  18. Amen, Granny. When cheesecake calls, as it often does, Ribbit answers.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Ribbit, it's the vegetables that put weight on me. Don't let anyone tell you they aren't fattening!

    Zucchini bread, zucchini cake, fried zucchini, buttered corn, glazed and buttered carrots, baked potatoes with sour cream and butter, fried parsnips...well, you get the picture. Those veggies are murder on a girl's figure!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Wow, I've missed so much since I've been away! What a wonderful harvest and so colorful! I am especially envious of those potatoes - I plan on giving them a try next year.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Desert Dame, I'm so glad I decided to plant potatoes for the first time in years! I didn't think I had enough room to make it worthwhile, but they've been great for fresh eating and there will probably be enough to last the two of us for quite a while.

    ReplyDelete