TPP likes this month. The 2017 version is typically enough driving us crazy. First, it was way too cool, although any time you don't need AC in the summer, we be happy. Now, it is hot again, and combined with a typical enough drought, it is sort of an insult added to injury, here in late summer. Listen, our new Pinus bungeana is calling for water.
Yes, we consider the first half of September to be late summer. And as some of you know this means TPP has an anniversary celebration: fish soup, in lieu of a birthday, and this year it is sobering to note that this is the 35th fish soup. So as usual TPP pays the air fare from Maine to the Midwest for some seafood. This year the process was interrupted by a red tide recall on 10 pounds of mussels (dang dinoflagellates!) but the timely replacements were excellent, so were the clams, and a certain craving was satisfied for awhile at least. That being said Mrs. Phactor's contributions, fresh Italian bread and apple pies were excellent as always. No one goes home hungry. Oh, TPP was home!
The gardens are bone, bone dry! Trees are dropping leaves and ferns withering into drought induced dormancy, which is hopefully not permanent. Newer plantings need attention. Trying to raise some late lettuce and bok choi, but keeping it watered is proving to be quite a chore. Some bell weather plants have been watered 3 times since our last significant rain. At least the number of mosquitoes has declined to a tolerable level due to the dry. Football has started and already Chi-town is playing for draft picks. Baseball continues beyond all reason. Play the world series already!
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1 comment:
Hi,
glad you enjoyed an excellent soup.
I must stand up for dinoflagellates...they get such a bad press. I could be mistaken, but I am almost certain that all seafood closures in Maine at this time are due to the risk of amnesic shellfish poisoning. ASP is caused by ingestion of domoic acid produced by diatoms usually in the genus Pseudonitzschia .
Hope I have not forgotten anything....
BrianO
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