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| Peppers ready for harvesting. By the end of the day they will be old fashioned southern pepper sauce. |
I folded back the cover to my green houses so that when the the rain comes in this evening it will get a good soaking. I fertilized it with "tea"...I will explain that at a later date but let''s just say it is organic. I decided it was time to pick some of the small cayenne peppers we have to make some old fashioned pepper sauce. This is yet another "skill" I learned from my Granny and Pop. I remember their small house always smelled like vinegar and a sundry of other aromas that came out of their small walk through kitchen. They lived in a cottage that was connected to our house on Highway 51 in Madison. That was back when Madison had a population of less than 1,000 and when it was still a farming community based around dairy cattle, small truck farms and a rural life that is not visible there anymore. Anyway, I digress.
Today is a great Saturday. Ole Miss is playing Georgia, MSU is playing Texas A&M, Alabama is playing LSU and USM is playing UAB. We will be going to watch Belhaven University play football first and then later this evening we will stay for the soccer playoff game. As long as the rain holds off we will be there. I just don't feel like getting soaked this time of year. It doesn't really matter, this is a great time of year.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention all that is going on in the northeast. There is a lot of hardship and suffering up there right now. They will get through it but as we in the south know a hurricane is not something you bounce back from. It is a long, long road to full recovery and with the type of devastation they have seen in New York and and in New Jersey it will be an arduous task recovering from it. Recover they will and as the old saying goes that which does not kill you makes you stronger. We all know that New Yorkers and their neighbors are built for endurance or they couldn't thrive there.
On to a little lighter subject. We have finished up with Halloween, arguably my least favorite holiday, and are moving into the Holiday Season. This is the season that includes both Thanksgiving and Christmas. I find my self wanting to listen to music of the season but it is too early for Christmas music and I will be darned if I can think of music for the fall...except for that old time favorite that all of us from my age group learned in school music. Yes, the number one fall hit "Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House We Go." I dare you to name another Thanksgiving song. Ok, I will search the online radio stations and see what they are playing and maybe, just maybe I can fulfill my seasonal music jones before time for us to start playing Christmas Carols.
I have got to get myself ready for a day of sports so I better finish this up.
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