Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot.

The Hot Pepper Army

Back to making things... 

The Garden is fantastic. This is one round of harvesting our Hungarian Wax Peppers. 

An entire basket full of these things!  Not to mention there were some Anaheim, Jalapeno, and Sweet Banana peppers in the mix, too. 

**Yum** 

So we sliced and jarred pretty much all of the peppers.  (The slices that were laying on the counter, and whole peppers that had even a small bad spot were tossed into the compost.  We could only take so much!)

20 jars and 1.5 gallons of vinegar later, all we need to do now is wait for them to steep in the vinegar and become even more delicious.  

Still at work on getting an Etsy site up and running.  

These things take time, I guess.

I just wish I could get it to take a little less time.

Meanwhile, I am watching raindrops outside my window.

Weather maps for today look a bit like the pepper photo- if you blur your eyes...

Delayed

The way that I have neglected to update this blog,
can't the days just neglect to disappear so quickly?

My husband and I went on a long European vacation at the beginning of June.
So much to see- so little time- and my feet could only bear to carry me so far.
Everything was amazing- of course, I do wish we had more time to sit and just be a part of the place.
More time (and less rain and cigarette smoke in some places!) to sit under an awning, eating a meal or drinking a coffee.
More time to people watch.
And a better grip on the French and Italian languages, too.

Just a few highlights:

London, England

After a ride on a red, double decker bus, the loss of a child's wooden bicycle (it was returned), and walking around nearly all of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, we found the original gates of the Crystal Palace from the Great Exhibition of 1851. 

Amazing.

 Paris, France

<--Petit Palais

Awesome architectural work and mosaic floors.  Great artwork too.

Eiffel Tower-->

Climbed the stairs to the second level.  Rainy day, but still totally worth the walk!

Rome, Italy

Some pretty great stone carvings.  The detail was crazy- like this one- the woman has her foot on top of one of the bands on her sandal.  REALLY?!

Praiano, Italy

Our favorite boat near the beach.  We got to see it close up.  We were boat stalkers.  

And the clear blue water!!!

Baby's favorite: Lemon trees above us at the villa.

It was a great trip, even still, it is good to be back home.  

That set of shelves is finally done, I am just waiting to make sure the paint has cured.  And the engagements ring was done before our trip.  

Next up:  Etsy site?