Paul Bunyan

Well it is official - tomato season has come to a close.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres picked 2 more bushels of tomatoes from the garden last night and I believe that may just be the end of the tomato picking. This morning we woke up to frost on the ground as the temperature was a chilly 31*.  Looks like Mr. Yesteryear Acres is going to have to fire up the good ole furnace.  We have a wood burning furnace and Mr. Yesteryear Acres has several cords of wood - split, stacked and ready for action. Some people spend their free time relaxing, Mr. Yesteryear Acres spends it splitting wood.  He has an impressive log pile! I have to admit, I like waiting until November before we turn on the furnace BUT......I did have a trail of doodle doggies following me this morning, just waiting for me to sit down so they could  crawl up and snuggle on my robe.  It IS a very soft robe and I DO love my doodle doggies but I am thinking we may have to break down and get the furnace going.  Otherwise I may be forced to sit in my robe

All

Day

Long

Well we definitely all know that is never going to happen....looks like Paul Bunyan will be busy today! 

Monday "awwww" update

Mr. Yesteryear Acres arrived home last night and he was delighted to be the one greeted  by all the happy doodle doggies.  They REALLY missed him and he loved all the tail-wagging attention.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres had a terrific visit with our daughter. Nothing like a father/daughter weekend to make everything right in the world. Of course first thing on the list as soon as Mr. Yesteryear Acres returned was Puppy Pictures!

The Puppies' eyes are now open so they look even more adorable!

They are just a snuggle bunch of cuteness!

They are still so tiny but growing bigger every day

Everybody loves Caramel!

Everybody loves chocolate!

I know this one had to make you say, "Awwwwww!'  

Happy Monday!

I am not jealous

Despite the tumultuous traffic situation, Mr. Yesteryear Acres arrived safe and sound and is now happily spending time with our daughter. I am not at all jealous that in all the times I visited our daughter, she has had military obligations that prevented us from being together. I am not at all jealous that she got to eat dinner with Mr. Yesteryear Acres and spend the whole night talking and laughing with Mr. Yesteryear Acres. I am not at all jealous that this morning they got to have breakfast together. I am not at all jealous that they are going to the MCX to go shopping together. No way.  I am not jealous at all.  I love the fact that when I went to Quantico, I spent hours and hours and hours alone in the hotel just wishing I could see her.  I love the fact that I had to spend nights alone in the hotel with a broken TV with no sound and no daughter.  There is NO way I am jealous that they have a perfectly lovely hotel room with a working stove and working TV and have the whole weekend to leisurely enjoy each other's company. Me jealous? NO WAY! Okay MAYBE I am just a TAD jealous.  But even if I am ever so SLIGHTLY green with envy, I hope they have the bestest of bestest times and enjoy every single second together.  No one deserves it more!

What? There is Traffic???!!

Oh poor poor Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  Let's all get out a box of tissues right now and suffer along with him.  Yesterday Mr. Yesteryear Acres made the long drive to Virginia.  The same drive I make ALL THE TIME.  The same drive I have told him about ALL THE TIME.  The same drive I have said has horrendous traffic ALL THE TIME. Every time I have complained to Mr. Yesteryear Acres about how much I hate driving and how bad the traffic is - I get some sort of sunshiney happy optimistic glass is always half full answer like, "Oh it can't be that bad.  Just listen to the radio and enjoy the scenery. You'll be there soon."  Well wouldn't  you know it.......Mr. Yesteryear Acres got stuck in traffic yesterday!  EGAD!  TRAFFIC! In Washington D.C.?!!!!  WHO KNEW!?! I got call after call after call with him describing the horror of the traffic.  "WE AREN'T MOVING!" or "I HAVE ONLY MOVED TWO MILES IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES!" or "HOW CAN THERE BE THIS MANY PEOPLE ON THE ROAD!?" or "WHY DO WE DO THIS?"  My favorite one is, "Did you KNOW the traffic was this bad?!"  Ummmmm yes Mr. Yesteryear Acres I DID know.  Don't worry.  I was VERY sympathetic. I felt SO bad for poor Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  I gave him the very best advice I could come up with.....
"Oh it can't be that bad.  Just listen to the radio and enjoy the scenery!  You'll be there soon!"
Happy Travels Mr. Yesteryear Acres!  I bet you just love that scenery!

Love from Home

My older daughter has really been missing Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  I have been lucky enough to visit her several times since she left for the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, but Mr. Yesteryear Acres has not seen her since the day she drove down our driveway earlier this summer. I can still feel the sadness of that moment and I know Mr. Yesteryear Acres does too. Early this morning, I helped Mr. Yesteryear Acres load up the puppy mobile and I waved goodbye as he drove down the driveway.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres is the puppy delivery guy for the day! He is making the long drive and will be lucky enough to see our daughter later this evening. I am happy for him and I am happy for my daughter.  She definitely needs some Daddy time.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres is on the way with  a cooler full of home-cooked meals and goodness for her.  I have been cooking and baking away all week to make sure she would be well-supplied with love from home. Tonight's meal will be Thai Peanut Chicken, brown/white rice and fresh green beans and of course a loaf of fresh baked Honey Oatmeal Flax bread.  I had to wait until midnight last night until the bread was cool enough to wrap up for the trip.  I also made a batch of fudge brownies with fudge frosting.  My poor son looked so sad last night when I pulled them out of the oven.  I had to tell them they were for his sister and watch his happy face instantly turn to sorrow.  No worries though!  I have a red velvet cake baking in the oven right now and I am fairly sure that smile will be right back where it belongs. Tonight there will be smiles all around for everyone.  Happy Puppy Smiles, Happy Puppy Family Smiles and Happy Yesteryear Acres Family smiles too! It is just one big happy smiling day for all!

One More Time

Mr. Yesteryear Acres cannot stay out of the garden. It is OCTOBER and yes, our garden still is producing veggies! This is without a doubt the latest we have ever harvested huge amounts of vegetables with no end in sight.  If we don't get a frost here, I believe we will still be picking veggies at Christmas!  We have so many tomatoes. I have already made enough sun-dried tomatoes to fill an entire paper grocery sack!  I have made 107 quarts of tomato puree!  I have made 24 pints of spaghetti sauce. I have made so many batches of fresh tomato this and fresh tomato that - my kitchen is permanently red.  So what does Mr. Yesteryear Acres bring into the house this morning............

Yep!  MORE TOMATOES!!!!!! I have another couple of bushels of tomatoes to process.  STOP THE TOMATO MADNESS!!!!!! I don't think I have ever actually WISHED for a frost but.........I will be peeling tomatoes all day long for yet another batch of sauce......and maybe, just maybe, I have enough tomatoes now. Is it sweater weather yet? Guess I will go do something really crazy and.....GO PEEL TOMATOES.  AGAIN!

The little things count the most

After Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I woke up we
Let the dogs out
Let the dogs in
Let the puppies out
Let the puppies in
Cleaned up the morning puppy mess
Started the puppy laundry
Fed the Doggies
Fed the Puppies
Watered the Doggies
Watered the Puppies
Let the Dogs out
Let the Dogs in
Let the Puppies out
Let the puppies in
Cleaned the doggies food dishes
Cleaned the puppy food dishes
THEN
WE
WENT TO THE DOCK for our coffee date!!!!  We actually made it! It was heavenly.  We talked about our plans for the week. We talked about the projects we need to get done. We talked about the rest of the year and what we hope to accomplish. We talked about next summer and what huge project we should tackle.  And then.....we talked about how lucky we are. How grateful we are.  How happy we are.  How blessed we are.  And then we just sat and we were both filled with thoughts of how much we love being together and how much we love our life and how very much we appreciate each other.  Some times the little things, like having a coffee date by the pond, aren't really that little.  Most of the time - it is all the little things that count the most. The little moments are what life is really made of.  They are what make life sparkle and shine.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I spent the rest of the day working as usual - but the smiles from our morning sitting by our pond, enjoying our cup of coffee together - stayed with us all day long. As always.......Enjoy the Little Things!

Enjoy the Little Things

Today as I was making my October calendar I realized there are only TWO more monthly calendars to make this year! WHAT!?!!! TWO?!!!  How can that be?! I feel like it was JUST summertime yesterday! I know I said I love Autumn so obviously I KNOW it is Autumn but seeing just 2 more monthly calendars left for this year shocked me.  How did the time fly by so quickly?  Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I have been so busy lately, sadly we really haven't stopped or slowed down at all since May.  Summer was filled with home improvement projects so that we didn't get to do some of the little things we had wanted to do.  We didn't sit and have morning coffee on our dock.  I mean how simple is that?  All we have to do is walk to the pond with our coffee and sit.  Our big project list of things to do is so long, we just didn't make the time for our coffee on the dock date. We didn't take the morning off to watch a movie.  That was on our list.  I was going to do that on my birthday - take one morning off and stay in my pajamas and watch an entire movie with Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  Nope. Didn't do that one either.  We have a lot of other little things on our list that didn't get done. I mean we did get a TON of really important projects crossed off our list so we feel super happy about that but I think we are going to need to start some of the other little things.  Take a walk and enjoy the colors of Autumn.  Sit and watch the stars. Have a cookout by the pond.  These are things we usually take for granted and do frequently but it has been a long time since we did any of our little things.  I am going to have to get out an INK pen, with permanent ink, and write - Enjoy the Little Things on our October calendar. I think tomorrow Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I will just have to walk right to our dock and SIT and enjoy the peacefulness of the early morning. Now that is a "To-Do" I will look forward to!  I think Mr. Yesteryear Acres will too.

Happy October 1st!

Mr. Yesteryear Acres totally won this month's challenge as to who will wish the other "Happy October 1st".  He usually does.  We play the game every month and have been doing so since the day we met.  Let's see this is the year 2012 minus the year we met which was 1984 equals 28 years, times 12 months a year = 336 months plus 3 more months since we met in July = 339.  Yes we have played who will win the first to wish the other Happy First of the Month 339 times.  We never miss a month.  I believe out of the 339 times we have played - Mr. Yesteryear Acres has won at least 275 times.  The few times I win, it is by staying up past midnight and shaking Mr. Yesteryear Acres awake on the couch yelling, HAPPY "____" FIRST!  He loves when I win that way! Mr. Yesteryear Acres wins by wishing me "Happy "____" First! by giving me a freshly made cup of coffee in the morning and a kiss.  I think his way is better.  Maybe that is why I let him win but let's not tell Mr. Yesteryear Acres that.
Here are your Happy October First Puppy Pictures!  That way we all win!

Mr. Yesteryear Acres, Can we go on our Happy October First walk????

How about now????

YAY!  This will be great!!!!

That was soooooo much fun!  

And we can't forget our sweet new little red Belle babies

And our sweet chunky Autumn babies

HAPPY OCTOBER FIRST!

Oh Popcorn...How I love thee!

Today I have a long drive ahead of me but I am packed and ready for the long drive home. I have my favorite music ready. I have my favorite coffee ready. I have my favorite water, snack, outfit and it looks like I even have my favorite weather ready. As long as it isn't raining or snowing - that is my favorite driving weather!  I have driven through blizzards and hurricane rains and neither one is something I care to ever do again! Today looks like clear skies and smooth sailing....er I mean driving. To make a long drive REALLY great - you need a travel buddy.  That way the hours just melt away with fun times and laughter. I haven't had a travel buddy in quite some time but I do have my quintessential travel necessity ready for the trip.....POPCORN!  I simply cannot do a long drive alone without my big container of popcorn! First - we have the BEST popcorn in our garden. Mr. Yesteryear Acres grows hull-less lady finger rainbow popcorn. It is simply the best popcorn EVER. The pieces are really tiny which is the key to why it is so yummy!  You can use a lot less butter and seasonings when preparing your popcorn because each handful has so many pieces of popcorn, you are bound to get 1-2 really good ones! My sister and I have come up with what we believe is  "World's Famous Popcorn Seasoning".  My sister calls her popcorn, "World Famous" all the time.  We have just a slight difference between our 2 methods as she uses an oil popper and I use a hot air popper - but the seasonings are pretty much the same. It is a secret blend of 5 delicious seasonings to guarantee - you will eat the entire bowl and beg for more.  So as I travel along the highways, I eat just 1-3 pieces of popcorn at a time. I dole them out in a slow and methodical manner enjoying every little morsel. If I take my time - I can make my popcorn last for hours!  This guarantees two things:

1. I will not be hungry and even more importantly......

2. I will not fall asleep!

Alright Popcorn!  Let's hit the road!

Autumn's Beauty

Oh how I love Autumn! It is my favorite season. I love putting on my soft robe in the morning. I love the crispness to the morning air. I love apples and apple cider and pumpkins but most of all, I love the beauty of the kaleidoscope of fall's colors.  The trees are just starting to turn colors and everything is so beautiful.  As I was driving yesterday, I just smiled at the mountains and hillsides full of reds, oranges, yellows and greens. The landscape before me was a glorious quilt of Nature's Beauty. I never get tired of that sight. We have a really nice big hill in the back of our property that comes alive with colors every fall.  The other night, Mr. Yesteryear Acres called me to come outside and enjoy the view. The sun was setting and the rays were just touching the hill and the trees all looked aglow with color.  We stood there and took in the beautiful sight. Being grateful and appreciating Nature's Wonders is something to always make time for. It just might be your favorite moment of peacefulness in an otherwise hectic and busy day. 

Scale of Happiness

When I got on the scale this morning I was treated to SUCH a HAPPY sight!!!  I am actually officially UNDER the weight posted on my Driver's License! WHAT?!  Yes!!!!!! My driver's license is over 4 years old and I had it renewed shortly after having my heart attack.  To make having a heart attack even MORE fun - I got pneumonia in the hospital as I was recovering from the heart attack and was really very sick.  I lost almost 20lbs during that month.  When I was finally well enough to renew my driver's license, I put my new (although  understated) weight on my license.  Well of course as soon as I got better - the weight just came right back and then some!  I mean I LOVE ICE CREAM!!!!!!  I REALLY LOVE IT!  Evidently if you treat yourself to a pint of ice cream every single night - you gain weight! So tragic!  This August, I made a new resolution to start working out regularly and to eat more whole grains.  It was time for a change as my stomach kind of looked like I was at the end of my second trimester.  I actually started thinking I was going to have to name my belly! I had to come up with a new plan! When I say I love white food - believe me - I am a white food addict.  I love white squishy bread.  I love white pasta.  I love white rice. I think Miracle Whip on white squishy bread is DOUBLE DELICIOUS!  So when I heard I should quit eating so much white food - I almost went into shock!  No white bread??!!!!  I MIGHT DIE!  Well - I can tell you - I didn't die.  In fact, I got healthier.  And I feel better. I have not turned into a total crazy health food nut - but now I read the labels before I eat something.  I make sure the things that I eat are things I can pronounce!  Familiar ingredients that are real. And I started adding whole grains to our diet at Yesteryear Acres. Instead of baking my usual loaf of Good ole White Bread, I now bake a loaf of Honey Oatmeal Bread with Flax Seeds.  I even add wheat to the bread! And you know what? It is really good! It still has all that hot fresh steaming right from the oven goodness but SO much better for you!  Instead of cooking plain white rice - I put in equal parts of brown rice and white rice together in the pot.....and no one can tell! Mr. Yesteryear Acres is losing weight. I am losing weight.  And neither of us are hungry. I have come up with lots of new recipes in the past 2 months. If anybody is interested - I am happy to share!  I even have perfected a lowfat homemade ice cream that is DELICIOUS!!!!  250 calories for ONE cup and man - I tell you - you will never miss all the heavy whipping cream. It is that good! So try adding whole grain goodness to your diet..... your scale will finally make you smile!

And the Apple WINS!

Last night the last of the tomatoes came out around 11pm. I washed all the trays and was totally ready for bed when Mr. Yesteryear Acres said, "We should start the apples!"  Oh my. I wanted to say no.  I wanted to say, "I AM TOO TIRED!"  I wanted to remind Mr. Yesteryear Acres that I was in the kitchen ALL DAY LONG. Mr. Yesteryear Acres said that if we started the trays then we would have apples ready for our older daughter.  OH SURE.  Of COURSE I started the apples then.  We started slicing and slicing and slicing.  We almost had half of a bushel sliced when I decided I would slice something else. Oh yes.  The score - ME:Zero......APPLE: THE WINNER! I sliced right through my thumb. SEE? I WAS TOO TIRED! No worries though - a few butterfly strips and some sticky gauze wrap and I was back in business.

We finished all the trays at 12:47am and today.....We have dried apple slices!  I am ready for round two and THIS time - the apple will not win!

Kitchen Day!

Mmmmmm. The kitchen smells SO good! I have spent pretty much the entire day in the kitchen cooking and baking away.  I am ALMOST done with my sun-dried tomatoes!  YAY!  I will be so glad when the last trays come out later tonight.  I have been slicing and slicing and slicing tomatoes round the clock! It looks like we will have our biggest yield EVER. Mr. Yesteryear Acres has been busy vacuum-packing all the tomatoes into dinner size portions and we have almost an entire paper grocery sack full! OH MY TOMATO HAPPINESS!  As soon as that last tray comes out......I get to start dehydrating apples! Everyone LOVES dried apples for snacking and I usually have to make a ton.  Someone around here.....Mr. Yesteryear Acres.....eats them as soon as they are done. It takes a long time before I see any real progress.  My guess is that I will be busy with that project for at least a week or more.  My family can eat a lot of apples!!!!  Along with my sun-dried tomato project, I made a batch of homemade honey oatmeal flax rolls, one batch of molasses oatmeal cookies, one batch of chocolate chip cookies, 4 loaves of meatloaf, 8 roasted eggplant, 4lbs of marinated grilled chicken strips and a double batch of grapenut carb bars.  WHEW!  That is one busy chef!!!! I think I just may be tired.......yes. Yes. I am definitely tired.  Now I get to go clean up my kitchen cooking marathon mess and then I can start putting together my puppy take home care packages. I am thinking I need a cookie to help me finish my list for the day!  Yes - a cookie is called for....or maybe two!

GOODIES!

Today I placed a HUGE order for.........PUPPY THINGS!  After my big trip to the Super Zoo, I started to think about all the things that our sweet Yesteryear Acres Doodles and Puppies love the most. I always get asked which toy should I get or which brush is best and of course we have our favorites. We have been raising puppies for 18 years and I can pretty much look at something and know whether my doodle doggie or puppy will like it. I have a brush that I just can't live without.  I have several puppy toys that I buy over and over again because without fail -they are always the Yesteryear Acres Doodles favorite things. Well today I got busy and made a list of all of our doodle doggies' favorites and then I ordered them.  I ordered lots of them. Now when our sweet Yesteryear Acres Doodle puppies go to their new homes - they will go home with a "Yesteryear Acres Favorite Thing" Puppy pack.  I know your puppy will just love all the goodies!!!!

Why Hello Autumn!

As per usual - today is PUPPY PICTURE day. Every Monday brings cute puppy photos and lots of puppy smiles. This Monday we have extra puppy pictures!  Our Sweet Belle delivered 8 beautiful Red Apricot Labradoodle puppies.

They are all perfect in size and color and soooo cute!

One even has a white star on her chest

so

then

Our Chocolate Lab Autumn said - HEY! Isn't it Autumn?  Shouldn't we celebrate Autumn with AUTUMN Puppies???!!!  And even though Autumn didn't look pregnant - as soon as Belle was done delivering her babies, Autumn started whining and scratching up the carpets in the house and then

look

what 

the

stork

brought

Autumn had 5 beautiful babies of her own!

We have 4 chocolate girls and 1 caramel boy

And they are adorable too!!!!!

Nutmeg's puppies are ready for their new homes

I AM READY TO MEET YOU!

Mr. Orange Collar can walk perfectly by your side, even without a leash

Hey! WE CAN TOO!

Can't wait to meet my family on Friday!

We are ready for the Puppy Mobile Trip!

Pictures of course!!!

You didn't think I could go and take a million pictures of my son's homecoming without sharing did you?  I am sure my son is just grinning from ear to ear over the fact his mommy is going to embarrass him by posting his homecoming pictures on the Yesteryear Acres blogpost.  I mean what son doesn't dream of the day when  his mommy will go and post pictures of him on a blogpost without even checking with him first.  Oh dear son of mine -your dream has finally come true!  Here are some of my favorite pictures from last night:

First we had to do all the traditional pictures

Everyone needs the formal pond picture!

And the bridge over the pond picture

You would never guess it was 52* with 60mph winds!  It was so cold!

We were so lucky when the sun came out just long enough to shoot a couple of pictures.

You can only have so many "Stand there and Smile" photos so we had to do something a little fun!

Corsage time!

AND

FOR

MY

FAVORITE 

PHOTO

OF

ALL

............

The first batch of our sun-dried tomatoes!!!!!! Mmmmmmm!

Oh yes....and homecoming too!

Happy First Day of Fall!  The beautiful Autumn season is here!!!  Today DEFINITELY felt like fall.  The wind was a little biting and I actually had to go dig out a jacket. It was cold! We had a lot of fun puppy families here to visit today so I spent a good portion of the day outdoors playing with all the puppies.  The puppies LOVED all the attention and now they are all sacked out.  They are SOUND asleep in one big snuggle pile.  They had a good workout!  Around 2:00-3:00 today, I had a thought.....OH MY GOSH!  IT IS HOMECOMING!  I almost forgot that my son was going to the homecoming dance!  He was still at his cross-country meet and I was supposed to get his outfit for the evening ironed and pick up the corsage from the florist. ACK! Luckily I remembered in time to get everything done.  He looked ever so handsome this evening and his date was beautiful.  Of course I took a million pictures! I mean here was my son, all dressed up, looking sharp in his tie and dress shirt and his date was so lovely in her beautiful gold dress and my son couldn't possibly deny my picture taking obsession in front of his beautiful date! HA!  I took a ridiculous amount of pictures because who knows when my son will willingly stand there and smile looking ever so dapper while I have my camera ready for action. I think I got enough pictures to last until the next big occasion. Tonight Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I will wait up for him to come home and share how the big homecoming evening went. How will we pass the time?  Yes.  More Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Mr. Yesteryear Acres is busy filling the trays with sliced tomatoes as I type my blog. Maybe I should keep writing.  Maybe this will be the longest blog ever! Maybe I will pretend I don't hear him calling from the kitchen asking, "How much longer???"  Tomatoes?  Me?  Slice some more? What? Alright Mr. Yesteryear Acres - I am on the way.  Sun-Dried Tomatoes coming up!

Friday Fun

Today was just another typical day here at Yesteryear Acres.  Lots of work - lots of smiles!  Mr. Yesteryear Acres is always the first one up and of course he gets busy the minute his feet hit the floor.  He always does the morning work - you know the fun stuff - cleaning up puppy messes, getting the newspaper, making the coffee, feeding the doodle doggies and puppies.  He never complains, never asks to sleep in and never is late in getting the puppies their breakfast.  I love that about him.  I start the day in slow motion but I always finish strong.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres has been known to fall asleep the minute he sits down at night.  Now in his defense, we usually do not sit down to relax until way after 10:00-10:30pm so he has every right to be tired.  I always do the late night puppy clean ups, letting doggies out and I get to bed right around midnight every night.  Between the 2 of us - we have the clock covered! In addition to our normal routines of caring for the puppies and doodle doggies, we always have something else on the calendar that needs done.  Today the puppies got their nails trimmed and ears cleaned and a few puppies got baths and haircuts (the back end needs trimmed on the very fluffy puppies). I have to say -they all look wonderful! I got a couple of our big doodle doggies all brushed and beautiful as well. Luckily, all our doggies LOVE to be brushed, so they usually just lie there, tails wagging, soaking up all that "OH it feels SO good" attention. Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I also managed to pick 3 bushels of apples before lunchtime, so that was a big thing to cross off the list.  Next week I will start making apple rings and apple sauce but for now, I am busy getting ready to start making our sun-dried tomatoes.  I have a half bushel of tomatoes ready to go and Mr. Yesteryear Acres informed me there are at least 3 more bushels of tomatoes to pick. Tomorrow's schedule?  More of the same with a few puppy visits sprinkled in throughout the day. Hope your Friday was full of Friday Fun!  We definitely enjoyed ours!

"And It Was All.......RED"

I love the song "Yellow" by Coldplay.  You know the one that goes,
"I drew a line,
I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all "Yellow."
I wrote that so you could start singing it in your head and get it stuck there all day long. Aren't I thoughtful? Well here at Yesteryear Acres - that song was stuck in my head but it had a slight alteration.....

Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all "RED."
WHAT?!  YES. RED.  EVERYTHING HERE IS RED. Why you ask?  Well because Mr. Yesteryear Acres brought in boatloads of tomatoes from the garden. I do mean boatloads.  Bushel after bushel came in the kitchen and there I sat. All day long.  In front of the sink. Peeling a gazillion tomatoes.  I remember when I was scared we wouldn't get enough tomatoes.  Usually I am done with my tomato canning by Labor Day but we hardly had any tomatoes then.  Well now we have TONS.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I worked all day long.  He cooked the tomatoes outside on our propane stove and I peeled and we both canned.  It was our biggest tomato canning yield we ever had in one day. SIXTY-FOUR QUARTS! Yep.  64.  In one day.

Awwww Aren't they beautiful?

I couldn't even fit them all in one shot!

As soon as we finished the last quart jar, Mr. Yesteryear Acres said, "YAY!  Now tomorrow we can start our sundried tomato project!" Looks like the rest of the week, I will be wearing Red.  From head to toe!  Tomatoes anyone?