garlic harvest

 Lucky Day 13. Sunny and hot with a humidex of 30C by 11am.  The early morning was gorgeous with a portent of another hot day. John & Roy were here at the crack of dawn again and got busy with the skirting. They ran out of wood around 9:30 so started on the stairs on the pool level. Meanwhile, in la la land, I was putzing around making bread and egg bites and Carm was golfing - just a quick 9 holes. 

During our coffee break chat this morning they mentioned that people rarely served them coffee let alone food. Often they don’t even let them use the bathroom for heaven’s sake! I can’t imagine having someone working at the house and not taking care of them. Unthinkable!

It has been a challenge to think of what to serve though. Especially as we are all eating on our laps… best if no cutlery is required. Today’s lunch snack is egg bites with a few slices of bacon, and slabs of hot from the oven bread.

Carm had to go get more wood. It is unF%?King believable how much wood costs! It’s nothing to spend $600 or $800 for a few boards. No wonder Pierre was happy to get our old decking, nails and all! And then he was at the lumber store again for more hardware… and into town once more for his 2nd booster!

In between all that running around we harvested garlic… 142 bulbs! I think they are smaller than last year but Carm thinks they are the same size… hopefully he’s right.

By the end of the day a low set of stairs for the end near the garage and installing the 2 gates remains for Monday. I don’t expect it to take all day. We should crack a bottle of bubbles with them!

Speaking of bubbles, we toasted our first meal on the deck with Trudie & Leo - Trudie kindly brought a full spread for us to enjoy. The last bites of supper had just settled in our guts when the sky let loose. We ran around gathering up plates and bowls and glasses. Of course I had ‘dressed up’ our eating and seating areas so I was grabbing all the cushions and other decor (ha ha).

Awesome!

“beautiful morning with not even a breath of breeze”

“bread fresh from the oven”