After waking up early, we apologized to Rusty and drove to Bath to pick grapes. I was sure they'd be ready by now, but the owner said he's opening next week. Still, he let us pick a box full and they taste great, tho a bit tart. We discovered that Ken can make great pie crusts(mine are awful) so these will become pie and jam. Ken's mom wants to go with us later. Then we went to the resale shop where I got a Lands End LS oxford cloth shirt for $2. On the way home, we stopped at the old man's produce stand and got peppers, squash, eggplant, onions, and tomatoes at 3 for a dollar. The watermelons were only $2, and he took a dollar off because I brought him a bunch of empty egg cartons.
Now the house smells like grapes, Rusty's tired out after a long walk, Ken's working in the basement, and I'm goofing off.
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Yum! I can still remember how the whole area smelled like Welch's grape juice!
ReplyDeleteWish I was there to help you eat the grape pies!
Was that guy's dog at the produce stand?
She's always there. Did you see her with puppies last year?
DeleteI probably drove Ken nuts about getting to the grapes before the harvesters did, and he kept saying he thought it was too early. Finally, to shut me up, we went. There's a house for sale nearby that's just a plain farmhouse, but the ad says it was a wool mill from 1817 to 1850. Wouldn't it be neat to snoop around?
Pretend you are interested in buying it so you can go look inside it!!
DeleteI don't remember any puppies. She was just hanging around. We didn't go to the stand this summer...it seems like it was too early for produce.
DeleteDid you get those huge peaches in Canisteo again this year?
We can't find her. But we found an old man and his son who have The Blue Veggie Bus. It's an old school bus they park a few miles outside Hornell, close to the Strawberry farm. They have boxes of peaches for $8. We bought some squash I'd never seen before.
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