Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce

Yum...

Dried Tomatoes

If I have extra tomatoes to use up I like to dry them. I just slice them up thick and lay them on the dehydrator trays and dry overnight or until they seem done. They are wonderful on pizza, or tossed with pasta, or blended into a creamy salad dressing.

Sunny Sunflowers

I love sunflowers! They are so cheerful and summery. This year I have to rows of them one along the potato patch and one below the squash patch.

Foccocia Bread

Raspberry Preserves

Zucchini Boat Race

Last Friday there was a zucchini boat race at the Chewelah Farmer's Market. So David made a boat(with Aunt Melissa's help) for the race. Then he got tired and grouchy and finally fell asleep. I decided a boat race wasn't worth waking him up for. So he missed the race but he did go float his boat down the creek when he woke up. He enjoyed that immensely.

Italian Zucchini

Afternoon at the River

One Sunday afternoon we took a picnic and met Andrew's family down at the river. We had a lovely and relaxing time. On the way home the sunset was beautiful and then a few minutes later the moon rise was, too.

Dill Pickles

The smell of dill and vinegar fills the house. It is late summer and time to make pickles again. I am slicing cucumbers with the sun streaming in my kitchen window. There is something so pleasant and old fashioned about making and canning dill pickles. I love being in the kitchen turning garden produce into something delicious to store for the winter. I love the beautiful jars filled with pickles cooling on the counter when I am all finished.

Dahlia's