Christmas in October

All year long we have been saving our extra fruit in the freezer. Cupcake found a recipe for "Christmas Jam" and wanted to try it, and since we hate wasting anything it fit right into our wheelhouse. We had blueberries, raspberries, grapes, goji berries, ground cherries, bush cherries, cherry cherries, a couple of plums, persimmons, pears, peaches, strawberries, viking berries, and a couple of slices of pineapple thrown into the mix. We steamed the fruit down into juice and did our magic.

It made three batches of jelly, or 17 jars.

For other goings on this week, the burn ban was lifted Friday evening. Cupcake has been adding sticks and whatnot to the burn ring ever since the ponds were finished but we couldn't light it for fear of Lt. Walters writing us a ticket. Friday night we were free to burn baby burn. And we did.

After we started the fire, we decided now was as good a time as any to do some campfire cooking. We hopped on The Silver Hornet and loaded up our fire pit racks, cast iron skillets, pre-made taco fixings and made campfire burritos Friday night.

Then Saturday night we stayed home and had date night by the campfire with deer chili.

With cherry pies for dessert

Of course we had regular inside meals too. This was Thor's Day red meat offerings. We only documented this because it got to be Thursday and we realized he had not yet taken any pictures for the update.

One thing we did do this week was see a sink organizer on the Face Place that we had to have, so we checked the interwebs and found one. We recommend one for anyone who hand washes their dishes.

One tidbit to end the update this week. Lawman has had the metal detecting bug for a while. He bought a cheap starter unit last year and tinkered around the property with it. Once he got pretty good at identifying good targets (after a LOT of shell casings, nails, wire and beer tabs) he invested in a mid range unit. He's found several coins in the yard, even in places he has already checked with the first unit.

The letters appear to be bronze plate, probably from an old temporary grave marker. The quarter was a 1966.
He swept the creek bed thinking he may find a gold nugget or two, but so far only fence wire and nails. He's all caught up on the show "The Detectorists" and is keeping his eyes open for magpies while he's out.
We ended the week with baked spaghetti. And a nap.
K&K