The Man of the House harvested cherries tonight. Our trees are still young so the harvest was small, but a huge improvement over last year.
Here are the cherries from one of our four trees.
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Mom and Dad told me that last weekend their friends made a yummy pineapple cake. The cake was baked outdoors in a Dutch oven. A Dutch oven!? Evidently you can cook all kinds of things in a Dutch oven – chicken, pork ribs, beans, stews and the list goes on. Here’s a video about making chocolate cake with a Dutch oven. Yesterday was quite a day. Farrah Fawcett passed away after a long battle with cancer. Michael Jackson died after an unexpected coronary event. The big take away for me was that illness can hit any of us at any time. Ironically yesterday also brought a letter from my health insurance company. My health insurance premiums are going to increase by almost 20%. After thinking about it all night, and doing a little insurance plan research, I’ve come up with a two-part plan. The first part of the plan deals with my health insurance. If I go with a plan that has a $3,000 deductible then I’ll save about $3,000 in health insurance premiums. So if I get sick, my out of pocket will be about the same with this new plan. But if I’m healthy, then I’ll be money ahead. Part two of the plan is that I want to remember to enjoy the moment. Life is precious and meant to be savored.
I just updated the WordPress software that powers Beetle Eyes. Let me know if you see anything that doesn’t work. It’s been awhile since The Man of the House and I last made cheese. This video from Food Wishes makes me want to do it again. Click here to see Food Wishes’s cheese recipe. I brought in a bowl of strawberries into the kitchen and was greeted with the aroma of baking bread.
The Man of the House and I feasted on deer burgers featuring homemade buns. To wash it all down we had wildflower mead. (The mead, or honey wine, is made by the Man of the House.) We wondered if anyone else in the entire world was having the same dinner.
We had family over for lunch and a visit. We showed them all our projects and sent them home with a loaf of raisin bread fresh from the bread machine.
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