Staying inside has its drawbacks. Too much time to contemplate the lack of suitable openings for employment, listen to the "talking heads" describe the lessening of unemployment followed with a down surge in the stock market prices, and generally waste a good bit of each day.
Yesterday saw a tad bit of activity around the place. Two batches of zucchini bread (a total of 5 loaves and a dozen in cupcake form). That took care of one mammoth zucchini from Jean's garden. What to do with the remaining behemoths that now grace my counter is another question. Depending on my level of ambition I may grate at least one of these large vegetables and then freeze 2 cups in individual bags (2 cups being the amount called for in one batch of the zucchini bread recipe).
There are tomatoes as well. I am now thinking more spaghetti sauce, but made with chopped up zucchini. That should freeze in individual servings, making fall/winter meals easy. Did I mention that I have already prepared for the oven a mixture of celery soup, rice, zucchini, and chopped tomatoes seasoned with basil and assorted other Italian herbs.
With the current ambient conditions, however, turning on the oven or stove top brings a rolling sweat to my brow. I am holding out for a drop in the humidity. So far the local weather forecasters have been wrong. The temperatures and humidity were to have dropped by now, following predicted showers. Well, the rain did "drop" by last evening about 9 pm, but didn't stay. Clearly, the humidity was only encouraged by the wetting of the vegetation. In fact, the brown areas I mowed on Thursday now seem to be a brilliant green (this does not bode well - more time on the "craps-man" is in my future).
"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken." ~James Dent
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