If you can't stand the heat....

Yeah, well, we gotta eat. After a refreshing "cold" front our weather is turning summer-like again, which is not really all that common for Memorial Day weekend in these parts. Our Christian trail-riding club is camping at the base of Mt. Adams this weekend, but we bowed out. Brian a lot of late assignments to get done and turned in before the end of school on June 7 (this semester has not been his "finest hour") and my horse isn't up to mountain trails, so our time is better utilized at home. I'll get the rest of the fleeces harvested; maybe Rick will get the foxtail in the middle pasture knocked down and our garden tilled (she says hopefully).

I didn't get any sheep sheared today; Friday is "preparation day" so I was busy cleaning and cooking. I used all four burners and both ovens to cook pinto beans, granola, lentil loaf, apple crisp, and Swedish rice porridge on this warm, sunny day and thought, "I should have bought that Sun Oven." A GREAT promotion was offered to all those who took the class Leigh hosted, but we've had a lot of extra expenses this month and I just couldn't spend the money. Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles. Maybe someday....

This is Rick's latest creation; isn't it pretty? It's a small bowl made out of hazelnut with a natural edge and "blemish."

Violet green swallows are utilizing our nest boxes this spring. Bug-eaters are always welcome!

That's it for Friday from . . .