I cannot believe the weather we are having. It has been so hot and dry this spring/summer that even the lowest parts of our property are cracking from lack of moisture. This has never happened before, not in the 23 years we have lived here.
My mornings and/or evenings are spent watering the gardens so they don’t shrivel up and die, and my afternoons are spent hiding out in the house out of the heat and humidity. My rain barrels have been empty for over a month, which goes to show how dry it’s been. I think we’ve had one day rain when I didn’t have to actually water. Otherwise there’s been a shower or two, but beyond that — nothing!
The only good thing about being in the house is that I have been spending lots of time in the kitchen working on new recipes, organizing recipes I’ve photographed for blog posts, and trying very hard to actually sit down and write a blog post. Where does the time go? I’ve given up trying to answer that.
Anyway, I finally figured out that since January I have photographed more than 70 new recipes I’ve worked on and HAVE NOT done blog posts on them! Playing catch-up is so out of the question that I don’t know what I’m going to do. Still, I refuse to admit defeat, so today I posted on Simply Grateful Cooking yet another new recipe I made, Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls With Daly Sauce. Of course it was on a recipe I made today, but it also included a sauce that I’ve wanted to share since August of last year. A little old with the new, progress at any rate.
Strawberry season opened up a few weeks ago and I did get out and pick about 20 pounds, so hopefully recipes will soon follow.
For now, I’m waiting for the sun to go down enough for me to brave the heat and check on the gardens, and for this I am — Simply Grateful.
Simply Grateful Housewife 
I know. ..111 here today! Doesn’t really make me want to get busy in the house though……
As long as I have the air running I can usually get motivated in the kitchen. Once it heats up though, I typically have to leave the cleaning up until morning.
Oh those berries look good. Our strawberries looked so promising this year, and yesterday I went outside and they were stripped bare. Not birds either, they just take a bite and leave. My husband caught the culprits coming back for more, the neighborhood squirrels. Dang bushy tailed rats. I either need a BB gun or a cover for the berry patch. Am looking forward to your posts on the recipes.
Hopefully I’ll get to a post on what we did to help protect out strawberries. I am waiting to see if we’ve actually helped or hurt the patch though. Stay tuned.
Sounds pretty hot … hope weather gets better soon!
Well it’s 90 with about 110% humidity today. I’m hoping that next week will finally bring some relief. Keep your fingers crossed.