Mom had a Presto pressure Cooker.
It came in handy with six kids.
Can do!
Rather than getting into the ‘weeds’ this morning on my garden, or regale you with my dog & chicken sitting adventures this past week, I’ll leave you with some thoughts from “The Heirloom Gardener” ... a site I found on Facebook (Yeah, I know “FakeBook” yuck ... only friends are family so I can see the babies grow up). It’s “The Heirloom Gardener” Jon Forti. I love the pics (art) he posts & the quotes he pairs with them are often meaningful.
Here’s something he posted a couple of days ago:
“Becoming a person of the plants is not a learning process, it is a remembering process. Somewhere in our ancestral line, there was someone that lived deeply connected to the Earth, the Elements, the Sun, Moon and Stars. That ancestor lives inside our DNA, dormant, unexpressed, waiting to be remembered and brought back to life to show us the true nature of our indigenous soul.”
~Sajah Popham
He also posted a watercolor recently entitled “Late Summer” - very busy, but it’s like a garden in the late season ... I love the “jumble” of it & all the butterflies:
http://www.maggievandewalle.com/store/p46/Late_Summer.html
For those of you who enjoy (even love) chickens, here is a very handsome one with a bee (FB link, not on her website yet - public so you should be able to see it):
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=620878232732246&set=a.206267024193371
Note: I like a lot of her work, very distinctive style - some of it has a “dark” vibe that’s not my thing, but others are pretty cool.
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My favorite watercolor artist these days (I could FILL the walls with her paintings, flowers in particular because of the colors) is here ..... you won’t be sorry if you take the time to look through her work. She has what I would call a “loose” style with ‘washes’ of color ....I like art that tends toward realistic depictions of what is being painted and her work is realistic enough for me.
Flowers:
https://www.susancrouch.com/collections/154355
A faborite flower pic “Everlasting”
https://www.susancrouch.com/portfolio-viewer?collection=154355#lg=1&artworkId=3948735
Animal Kingdom:
https://www.susancrouch.com/collections/154361
Favorite (sunflower/goldfinch) “Sunshine on my Shoulder”:
https://www.susancrouch.com/portfolio-viewer?collection=154361#lg=1&artworkId=3948999
Back to the reality of my late summer - word of the day (maybe the weekend): Mowing
