Summertime and the living is easy

It is so hot here in NC now. Summer soltice is 21Jun2010. My central AC went bye-bye 28Feb2010 along with the central heat. I am saving up for a window unit. Meanwhile, I have box fans in 3 windows, which help at night. By 2pm the heat is unbearable again.
I had a scare with no water earlier this week and spent several days bringing water in gallon jugs for drinking and 3 1/2 gallon buckets with lids for flushing. I was so relieved when today TJ stuck his head in my room to tell me I have water again.
Didn't have to have a new pump after all.
The wild blackberries are getting ripe. Hopefully, Julie and I will pick enough for a cobbler and extra to freeze.
Mama always canned 1/2 gallon jars of blackberry juice when I was a child. Now that was a delicious treat and used for medicinal purposes. Mama was a hard working woman. She put up food for winter as long as I can remember. Some of that work was relieved when she purchased a chest deep freeze because that was easier than canning, of course, certain things she still canned, like tomatoes, ketchup, and juice. Never a day goes by that I don't miss my parents.

Diane

Flag Day /aka/ TJ's Birthday

June 14,1979, 11:19pm, TJ Price was born. "He's beautiful." was my first sentence to describe the hot little 9lb, 22" baby placed in my lap. My first son. A ray of sunshine forever in my eyes.
Here's looking at you, kid!

Love, mama