Some of the Roma tomatoes ripening on our back porch.
It's that time of year. The fresh fruit and vegetables are here.
I've been eating local sweet corn almost every day.
If you're still buying fresh veggies at your local supermarket, I'd recommend trying one of the local farmers' stands instead. All you have to do is take a little ride through the countryside and you'll bump into them. Hand painted signs advertising "SWeet CoRN" will guide your way.
Yesterday we saw a sign at a farm near Myerstown advertising "Fresh Grocies." OK, they can't spell, but the corn has been great.
We've got tomatoes exploding into ripened red on our one back porch. They're so tasty it's almost criminal. Compare the flavor of a tomato grown in your backyard to a tomato grown in Chile, picked early, gassed to control ripening in the long transit from South America to your grocery store - NO CONTEST.
We've also got some basil and rosemary growing on the back porch. I'll pick off a ripe tomato, and a basil leaf or two, then slice the tomato and chop the basil leaves, drizzle a little olive oil over the mix - mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. It's a party in your mouth.
Besides throwing ourselves into fresh produce, we had a busy and very nice weekend.
Saturday became a work day. I wished for some graphics work and revisions to a Website I originally created fell into my lap. I'll finish the corrections today and then try to make peace between the client and the Harrisburg printer who found me the work.
I mean what do you do when someone finds you some work and then goes and upsets the client? Then the client says that they want to work directly with you and say goodbye to the person that found you the work? I'll just try to make peace between all parties and bring it back to some resemblance of sanity.
Sunday we made a trip to visit with my parents in Myerstown. It was a beautiful day for a drive, actually a beautiful day for almost anything. We had brunch together and then spent some time together out on the hill. It was a wonderful visit together.
We also got to visit with Noelle the three-legged dog. But more on that tomorrow.
Have a great start to the work week everyone, and get yourself some sweet corn and "Fresh Grocies."
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