– Goodbye Little Asses –

The Oldest BIL has decided that it is time to “get rid” of some of his “play toys.” Namely the “Little Asses” as I refer to the miniature donkeys.

Here is one of the “younger” ones being loaded into a horse trailer. It was not an easy task and they were not too happy or willing to get into the trailer.

Tomorrow the two older ones will be trailered out of “the ranch.”

I think I have come up with a way to “Shut Up” telephone solicitors

Sorry about the background noise. I forgot to shut off the fan and the window a/c.

I hold the handset of the phone near this.

I think they get the message.

On 8/22 we celebrated the MIL’s 93rd..

Minus the Texas “Contingent” the whole FamDamily was here plus a few friends.

I don’t know how many cucumbers I peeled and sliced for the sweet and sour cucumbers and the cucumbers in sour cream.

I grated zucchinis for the chocolate-zucchini and the pineapple-zucchini cakes.

I looked at the number of cucumbers we still had and I asked the Wife-Unit if anyone ever made a cucumber cake. She found a recipe on the web and it was almost the same as a carrot cake. We also made a cucumber dip.

The cucumber dip was also used on ham and salami sandwiches. It was pretty good.

Tomorrow the Wife-Unit and I will be making additional chocolate-zucchini, pineapple zucchini and cucumber cakes. We will be freezing a couple of them as well as freezing both grated zucchini and grated cucumbers.

We dug up the potato patch over the weekend. I estimate that we harvested between three and four bushels of potatoes, both red and white. Let me tell you: There is a big difference between store bought and fresh dug potatoes.

This is probably the last year that we will be having a large garden. We are getting too old for it.

I may just take over the garden area and plant a lot of dahlias. We’ll see what next spring brings.