Nancy's Plant and other things

September already! While we have been having cool days, today is really warming up! We are expecting to get up into the mid to upper 80s if not the low 90s. While we had cooler weather B and I were busy "cleaning". Together we worked on the garage. The garage is storage for all things that are used outside - snow blower, leaf blowers, lawn mower, wheel barrel, wagon (large), portable sink on wheels with side counter... well you get the idea, STUFF. Add to that the things that get taken to the garage and not put away (we both do that) and it was a very cluttered, very full space! No room for cars. Our goal was to weed, toss, organize, give away and generally consolidate all the stuff to fit at least one car in the garage for the winter. AND WE DID IT! It looks great! A new shelf unit, lots of things tossed or given, sorting into plastic containers that are labeled and as much as possible on shelves. While there is no car in there yet, it's now possible! A job well done and we are both pleased.

While this was going on, we were doing some tasks on our "to do" list. One of my things was to re pot a plant Nancy, our next door neighbor in South Jersey, had given me. Now I'm not even sure Nancy (who does check this blog every so often) will remember the plant. It's got stickers on it and drops the fern like leaves several times a year. So Nancy, here is a picture of it repotted.

Nancy and her husband were wonderful neighbors! We missed them when they moved and we still lived in South Jersey. Nancy would take care of our first Lab who was also named Honey. Now Honey was strong and Nancy was rather slender but Aunt Nancy and Honey were best buds! We still miss you guys!!

Another thing I did while it was cooler was make some whole wheat bread in my bread machine since one of my cleaning tasks was to move some stuff in the down stairs area where I store kitchen overflow. So, after organizing flour and baking supplies, I decided to try a new recipe. So easy - just add ingredients and turn the machine on. This is a dense bread but it wasn't "heavy" and was quite tasty as the recipe called for maple syrup. Below is the bread fresh out of the pan. Yum!