PeppermintPatty
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We are making a pasta sauce called chow chow. We have a bunch of red peppers which need using. We have so much produce we don’t know what to do with it all. Some of it we are just going to freeze.
Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
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RadishRose
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Interesting. The only "chow chow" I've ever heard of is a southern American relish, but un-pickled, why not?
Chow-chow (food) - Wikipedia
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PeppermintPatty
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That’s not the chow chow we are making. Ours is east coast and calls for green tomatoes. I was wrong. It’s not pasta sauce. My husband is making all of this stuff including pasta sauce. We will use the red tomatoes for pasta sauce. Two different things that I’m getting mixed up.Interesting. The only "chow chow" I've ever heard of is a southern American relish, but un-pickled, why not?
Chow-chow (food) - Wikipedia
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Sorry to go off topic Gary.
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bowmore
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Well, I never had any childhood dreams, I just sort of went with the flow. As far as living the dream, I am close to it. After traveling the world for some 60 odd years to all 7 continents and all 24 time zones, I am settled down.
Right now I am sitting in my massage chair with my Kindle and my smartphone at my elbow. All I have to do is press a button and I get a delightful foot massage.
All the while looking out of the window at the Ventura pier and watching kite surfers in the distance.
Life is good!
elbow. All I have to do is press a button
Right now I am sitting in my massage chair with my Kindle and my smartphone at my elbow. All I have to do is press a button and I get a delightful foot massage.
All the while looking out of the window at the Ventura pier and watching kite surfers in the distance.
Life is good!
elbow. All I have to do is press a buttonGood to know
Great view @bowmore
I always enjoyed the one from our bed at our cabin in the mountains
The views of creation are hard to beat
PeppermintPatty
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Fabulous views Gary. You would think that after living in one of the world's largest cities like London, the tranquillity of The New Forest is so much more preferable. Well strangely, I enjoyed living in London, but I also love living here, horses for courses as the saying goes.
This is a sunset over Normandy Lagoon. The New Forest ponies, in the second photo, you see everywhere.
This depiction is of a mare and her foal just after sunrise. How beautiful The New Forest is.
dusty
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She read his thread slowly, taking in his photography as she went along. Amazing was her thought, outstanding is this man. Can he be a living, thinking person and as caring as he seems? He set her soul free, lifted her heart to the heavens; made her believe in being alive once more.
That post is so profound, it could be a paraphrased quote from a noted author
Thank you @dusty
But I'm just a crusty grizzled old wood and word butcher
that has now gone blind
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I'm gonna finish this set of pics with this last post
I had fun with their antics
This last pic was goodbye
Our last day of living at the cabin
Six years with my little buddy.....
He seemed to know it would be our last time together
I almost took him with us
He watched us go out of sight
I had fun with their antics
This last pic was goodbye
Our last day of living at the cabin
Six years with my little buddy.....
He seemed to know it would be our last time together
I almost took him with us
He watched us go out of sight
One more thought on these little guys
They are called Golden Mantled
They look like chipmunks, but are actually ground squirrels
and are quite protected
When they became a bit too familiar, I got a bit edgy, thinking I'd soon be scratched and need a rabies shot
But
Even though their ever so sharp claws were extended
These little guys were so gentle
They'd place their little 'hands' on my bare shins with the tenderest of caresses
Pretty remarkable
Well
It's late September
We're now letting things go to seed for next year's crops
Still
The tomatoes are ripening fast
The beans are coming on strong
The zukes and even the eggplant looks like we'll have a good crop
Even though the warm weather got a late start
Getting temps in the 80s F for a few more days, and 70s as far as the forcast shows
Been a good year
It's late September
We're now letting things go to seed for next year's crops
Still
The tomatoes are ripening fast
The beans are coming on strong
The zukes and even the eggplant looks like we'll have a good crop
Even though the warm weather got a late start
Getting temps in the 80s F for a few more days, and 70s as far as the forcast shows
Been a good year
Paco Dennis
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WOW Gary! Your garden looks really healthy. Congrats!
RadishRose
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Thanks for the pics Gary. I never get tired of 'em! 
It's been a strange year
Lotsa cool temps thru July and even August
Good for the cabbage, but a bit of a struggle for awhile
My lady tends her garden like a mother hen
She's happy
......I'm happy
Meanderer
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PeppermintPatty
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Tommy
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Golden mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks (also a type of ground squirrel) are both in the same taxonomic family but different genera. They're close relatives. Some of the noticeable differences have to do with size and coloration. They do appear similar, don't they?
And darned cute!