Bounty

Thank you all! I was glad to see some lurkers, even! I emailed those early commentors if they have an email listed on their blogger profile, so if you were an early-to-the-party commentor on the guess what post and didn't receive an email from me, please check you junk box, looking for an email from my .mac account.

To those of you who asked how far along am I - not very. I just POAS on Sunday (and got a faint-cn't even-see-it -in-the-photo line, that was convincing enough for me, but not Triple S. He got all weak in the knees when he saw the second one (even with the advanced warning and the late period).

I am so lucky and honored to have you all walking beside me on this journey! Thank you all. I hope this one sticks - I am being optimistic at this point.

In lieu of more 'ifs' and 'hopes' and worries that we can't answer, I thought I would share some harvest photos. Now, I am not complaining, but please note my current lack of cooking space! I plan to can (stewed tomatoes - many more are on the vine!- and Giardiniera) on Friday.

Blackberries, grown at the community garden for all the gardeners there (I am helping take care of three beds and two common areas):



Which yielded this: which Triple S thinks is too tart, but loves the GF crust!


Current veggie payload:(See the V on the watermelon - I like to mark things with Triple S' initial - he gets such a kick out of it - kid)

This is mostly from the last week and a half, minus what we have eaten, including:Baked mini spaghetti squash* with ground pork, salt, pepper, tomatoes*, hot pepper*, garlic, basil* and Parmesan cheese. This is one of the first dishes I learned to cook in college, out on my own, and it is yummy. The spaghetti squash was tender and spooned right out of the rind.


*grown by me. I told Triple S that we need to go to the beach (his face instantly expressing "I want to go to the beach too' and "How can I make this happen for my wife' and 'This lady is crazy' as I finish my sentence...) so that I can harvest a gallon of sea water and make my own salt. Relief on his face as he laughs at me. But I wouldn't mind a vacation... except now is harvesting time!

And hopefully you all got the bounty/fruit of the loins connection. I hope my womb is productive this time....