A weekend trip to Iowa that was preceded by some general fatigue kept me from blogging recently, and I'm starting this too late in the evening to write much tonight, but just to let you all know that we haven't given up and decided to revert this back to a granary:
Dave is now working on the stairs into the addition. All that's left is the railing; then, hopefully, we'll still have a day or two of painting weather, as this will last longer if we get it protected in some way before winter.These stairs need to last a few years, but eventually, I want a nice deck that takes up this whole corner. (Putting that in now would have taken more structural support -- as well as lumber, time, and money -- than Dave wanted to work on right now.)
Did you notice Dave's orange stocking cap? Two things of note: First, it's definitely stocking-cap weather here now -- after spending a weekend in Iowa where I was regretting not packing shorts for the kids, it feels mighty cool here. And second, resident-only pheasant hunting season has started here. Not that Dave fears getting shot in the yard -- I think he just likes having fashion (such that it is) to match the season.
... Here it is, the much anticipated ...
... MONSTER SQUASH PHOTO! And no, if you're wondering, that's not Photoshopped.
Here's a shot with Dave and Sofia in the picture so you can get some idea of the scale. I have to say, these squash just make me laugh to look at them!So how many ways can you serve a squash? Baked squash, sauteed squash, squash soup ...
2 comments:
Those are big squash. Check this out.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BT&Dato=20081012&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=810120801&Ref=PH
Might I add that squash at the grocery store here in Saint Paul costs 69 cents a pound? You probably have $30 dollars worth of monster there! Next year I'm growing our own squash patch.
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