spring lettuce

we had a very late spring. Nice the last couple days, cooler today, which begs the question "was that spring and we missed it?

together

We had an invasion.

Some little critters, kinda creepy moved into our kitchen. First time in 50 years. So we took the oldest packaged food and disposed of it, put a of the newer stuff in the freezer, and then into glass jars with tight fitting lids.

A lot of work, but I got to do something I have been wanting to do for a long time.

I reorganized the pantry. We have a 12’ long set of cabinets that work as our pantry. The cabinets are only 12” deep, but that is still a lot of space.

Miriam was a super cook, one who would buy things food items, having a use in mind, but she never pulled it off. So, I got to go through and thin out those things and Miriam was not upset as she helped me.

Then being fully brave, I tackled the food cabinets in the kitchen. There was a lot of jars of food (we buy or grow a lot of food in bulk, and miriam has been using glass jars for a long time, that is good) that I moved to the pantry. The pantry now had space since I moved some of that to the collection of our small town (read that land fill).

Then, being really brash I tackled the spice cabinet. It is a zoo. One can of spice (if you can remember when spices came in a metal can you have had a few birthdays) had the date of 1977 on it. I put all of the old spices and the stuff I know I will never use on the 2nd shelf. I’ll clear that out when I get a chance.

But the lower shelf, really has the spices and flavorings that I will use.

It was good to do all of that, but the really wonderful thing is that she helped me do it all. It was a blessed day. We cleared out a lot of stuff and had a good time doing it!

spring spinach

We have a late spring this year, which is good for the fruit trees. I planted the spinach last fall.

drivers license

I came in the house after working in the garden.

Today is the first 80 degree day we have had in over 6 months, and Miriam met me at the door.

“ I found a piece of paper that says I can’t drive a car any more.” She was not happy.

“No such document exists, what did you find.”

She had found the court papers establishing guardianship, and she was full of question.

“Is this the reason you won't let me have a drivers license?” she asked?

“You have a drivers license, a current one too.” So I opened my wallet and took it out to show her. Expires in 2011, so there is 3 years to go.

“But you won’t let me drive.”

“No reason for you to drive, everywhere I go you go with me.”

The fact that she has a drivers license made her all happy. I have no intention of letting her drive again, but I got it renewed (easy in our state) so we would have a fast form of ID that I can have with me at all times.

I hugged her and told her how much I love her and asked if that was alright with her, if I loved her, and she said yes it was, and she means it.

I never did really explain what the paper was all about. Somehow a few weeks ago she seems to have returned a coupon for a “free” something or other. It arrived along with a bill for $20.

That is not what I got that for, but it is true, she cannot be legally held accountable anymore than a child.

None of this, by the way, makes me happy.