Multiple cat pictures...not exactly on purpose, but the cats seem to be keeping close to activities lately. This morning I went out to pick figs; Will seemed anxious about them, but there aren't armloads of them ready to pick. I had bought some netting and Will, with the help of a CSA member, covered the tops of three of the fig trees - then a big bad storm came yesterday and blew the netting right off! Stepping around the trees and getting my boots caught in the net was a little unnerving - mostly because I had visions of bumping a wasp nest up in the darkness of all of those branches - in which case I'd have to run...and you can't do THAT with netting wrapped around your boots, now can you? In the end, I picked what I could reach and what was ready (I did dodge a cardinal at one point). And in my daily hunt for herbs to dry got a basket of catnip...thus the picture of Mousy-Tongue checking out the basket...and zinnias for the kitchen. Got to get in there and trim and stuff the herb dryer with the catnip before it begins to wilt.
The reason there weren't as many figs this morning is because I picked a quick bag full of the brown turkey figs on my way out to work. I've been eating them at my desk this morning. With all of the rain, they are bigger than ping pong balls, yet very sweet. This week I will be trying my hand at making preserves with honey instead of sugar, since we have so much honey on hand - extracted 6 gallons last night with much more still to go.
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