Wishful thinking......

This particular squash seems to think it can make it before the first freeze. I will monitor it to see how it goes as the majority of the vines are shutting down.

I need to now clear the zinnias and collect the seed. I am so glad that I planted this patch even though I was in doubt.

Another view of the vigor of the butternut squash as they just keep blooming.  One  bloom knows that is is over but the other blossom is raising it's head with hope.

I successfully made the chainsaw start up one more time to finish cutting up the last of the trees that we had cleared down on the farm.  It was a song and dance to get it to work but I think I have bonded with the machine now to know it's quirks and all of it's needs to keep it running.

I am teaching British and American literature today in the morning and in the afternoon I follow a nice young man to each of his classes.

Thanks for stopping by........

Squash and apples.....

I saw a guy on a cooking show on pbs that baked his squash cut up in cubes and added in apples half way through the cooking time.   Those fallen apples will never work but I will have a lot of butternut squash to practice with in making good squash dishes.

Learning the ways of a camera.......

I am figuring out my wife's camera.  I was out yesterday morning and tried it out again to see what could happen.  I had to stop as the battery light came on and the camera shut down.

As my wife keeps telling me that it is our camera as we did buy it as a shared machine.  My wife uses it a lot to photograph her artwork that she places on sale on the internet.  It is a good camera.  It does do better if you use a tripod with it as I get a lot of movement with it.  My point and shoot was more forgiving with that but then I didn't have as clear of a result as I do with this one.

When we travel it requires the case to protect it and the two of us can not be shooting pictures as the same time.  That is why I had another.  Also this guy won't slip into a pocket for spontaneous shots.  Oh well, I will get use to it and will learn more about it as I use it.

A few more romas that I laid into the wooden wheelbarrow while I was picking and photographing.

It is Tuesday already and I don't know what I will be up to for the day.  I may get called in to sub and if not I will be down on the farm.  Everyone take care and thanks..............for stopping by my blog.

Harvest of the present and the future.....

My tomato growing was a sad endeavor. I have just a few roma's and the one normal sized plant has grasshoppers making caves through the tomato.  I will throw this one large one away as it has been chewed up too much to save.

My success story will be the yellow squash crop.  I have nine of these as of last count.  There are more but they are probably not going to make it to maturity by the first frost.  I will show them all to you when I get them picked.

A followup story on the moving of the hostas is now complete.  I  have a photo of the hosta that I moved out from under the redtwig shurb and now it will be growing in sight for us to enjoy.  I split it and have two different areas where it is planted.

I got switched.   I was suppose to be in an air conditioned room yesterday at school while subbing, but I didn't get to stay there.  Another staff person called in sick and he was the shop teacher.  That particular building is not cooled and is an older concrete block building.  It was cool most of the morning and then the sun started to warm up the block walls and the humidity set in for good.  We all were windblown from sitting around with the three fans blowing to keep us from being too hot. Yes it was more of a good thing that me, the guy, went out to the shop to teach and the young lady took the social studies classes.  I was good with it and it was a somewhat good day.  School actually was let out early as the many portions of the different buildings are not cooled and the heat was too much for some of the classrooms.

I did get called to come back in today to be the shop teacher again.  I guess the guy is really sick.

It is Friday and I hope you all have a great weekend.  We have no plans here but may find a brother in law and his wife to eat breakfast with one of the mornings.  Take care.......