25° this morning. Up at 3:30 AM. Made the first pot of coffee and started my day at the computer as always. This is my favorite time of day.
Yesterday was one of those days I actually got done what I planned to do. Milk, cut wood for kindling and make up the apple jelly.
Milking went well; she seemed a bit antsy but gave her normal amount.
Next we cut up a stack of limbs that DH had been accumulating for kindling. It took about an hour to get our tools together and do the actual work. Of course, we had a cat watching our every move.
One pile:
and a second pile. This is all under the overhang of the barn roof so can just stay in place until we need it.
Late in the afternoon, I made the jelly and am happy to report it jelled well. I made this the regular way using Sure Jell. It called for 7 cups of juice so I opened a quart of canned juice from last fall and added to my fresh juice. It may have been the largest batch of jelly I have ever made...used 9 cups of sugar.
I always keep my pantry stocked with lots of sugar just for this kind of thing.
I also squeezed in finishing my 'loaned' Kindle PC book my sis sent. If like historical fiction, this one won't disappoint! It is Just Deceits by Michael Schein and is based on a true event.
Yesterday was one of those days I actually got done what I planned to do. Milk, cut wood for kindling and make up the apple jelly.
Milking went well; she seemed a bit antsy but gave her normal amount.
Next we cut up a stack of limbs that DH had been accumulating for kindling. It took about an hour to get our tools together and do the actual work. Of course, we had a cat watching our every move.
One pile:
and a second pile. This is all under the overhang of the barn roof so can just stay in place until we need it.
Late in the afternoon, I made the jelly and am happy to report it jelled well. I made this the regular way using Sure Jell. It called for 7 cups of juice so I opened a quart of canned juice from last fall and added to my fresh juice. It may have been the largest batch of jelly I have ever made...used 9 cups of sugar.
I always keep my pantry stocked with lots of sugar just for this kind of thing.
I also squeezed in finishing my 'loaned' Kindle PC book my sis sent. If like historical fiction, this one won't disappoint! It is Just Deceits by Michael Schein and is based on a true event.
