Those boats were loaded with some tired looking dogs!
Mowed today - in the 80’s & supposed to be humid, but very pleasant. Quite windy - the grass bits & dust blowing back on me was awful, even trying to turn the mower so that didn’t happen. 90’s return tomorrow so today was THE day to mow.
When I came in for a break & to refill the mower, a wasp flew under my hat brim, then under the edge of my glasses & stung me on my cheekbone. Boy did that hurt for about 15 minutes & I actually have a visible bruise where it got me!
Neighbor back at flatland house texted me a picture - the roving bear in the neighborhood got his trash last night. My brother texted me a picture of the bear around 6:30 last night, headed across the field between his house & ours, headed in the direction of the neighbor’s. Someone needs to call Department of Wildlife Resources - that bear is not going anywhere without some ‘persuasion’ or assistance.
First canning batch of the season is cooling on the countertop this morning. I made Apple Cranberry Preserves and used the recipe in the Ball book on page 65. Mavis’s recipe is the same other than she peels her orange and the Ball book does not so I left the peel on. I used the food processor to chop the orange pulp and peel very fine.
First time using the gas cooktop and it was really nice to use my big pot and process all nine jars at the same time without having to worry about breaking the glass stove top which is what we have at the old house. I also used my thermometer spatula for the first time and for some reason could never get past 210°, however the preserves had thickened up and they look like they gelled okay without getting to 220. I think all nine jars sealed too - yay!
Big storms supposedly coming through tonight with heavy winds. We need the rain badly - river level is dropping & some localities are starting water restriction measures.