Tuesday....Waiting for Rain

This was my stack n' grow a couple of days ago. The petunias look great, but more work than I had planned to keep them looking this way.

I slept well last night. So well that I thought I might have missed the predicted rain :) I got up at 5 and looked out the deck door....nothing was wet, although it was a bit foggy. I was so disappointed. Our new weather man said that it would rain for sure during the night. Couldn't miss us. Well, it did. 

I am refinishing the table where we eat. Well, sort of refinishing. I read on FB that you can use 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup olive oil mixed together to make scratches and blemishes less noticeable. I rubbed this mixture onto the table with a soft cloth and let it sit for a couple of hours. Then I buffed it with another cloth. It looked pretty good. When I got up this morning there were two spots that were still noticeable. So, I took some artist's oils the color of the table and dabbed the spots with the paint. Now, I'll let it dry and do the oil and vinegar thing again tomorrow. I feel that it can't hurt and it definitely looks better than when I started. 

I thawed a chicken for dinner and then decided to go outside and give everything a good watering. I pulled the lawn cart as I went a watering...Hi Ho Hi Ho...it's off to work I go...I hummed this as I went. An hour and a half later, I'm back where I started. A full lawn cart with trimmings and weeds.....and one tired lady. Now as I sit here, it looks like it will rain. Good.....there's nothing like a good rain.

I'm going to search for a recipe for that chicken...so that it can cook while I get my hair cut this morning. Maybe I'll use one of those cooking bags...I'll let you know if it turns out.

People seem to be not blogging so much lately. I don't know if it's because they can't think of another thing to say about their gardens or if it's the late summer doldrums. Kids are back in school, moms are pooped, visions of Christmas are in the back of their heads, fall house cleaning, or just plain boredom with blogging. Pretty soon, we will be blogging about every little thing in the house. Now, we are outside and should have so much more to blog about. So, if you think that your blog is getting repetitious, think again. You may be the bright spot in some one's day. 

Balisha

Back again....
That rain never came. So glad I watered everything. I haven't watered anything in the back yard this summer until now.
The chicken dish was good. I put seasoned cut up potatoes, carrots, onions in an oven bag and then topped with a cut up chicken. I had seasoned the chicken real well with paprika (for color) garlic powder, seasoned salt and lots of pepper.I added 1/2 cup of chicken broth, careful to not pour it on the chicken.  I fastened the bag... that was in a 13x9 heavy casserole and put it in the oven at 350 for 2 hours. That and an ear of corn was our meal this afternoon. I have had great success with these bags.