Labor Day Weekend

What a gorgeous day! Hurricane Earl spared us and has left behind deep blue skies, cooler temperatures and low humidity. Its gorgeous! Chloe (whose had another disk flare-up) has been enjoying the deck while on crate rest and I took advantage of the cooler weather to come outside and cut back some of the overgrown and dying flowers. Our gardent this year did quite well despite the hottest summer on record and a caretaker whose morning sickness did not allow her to care for it all that much. We still have tons of grape tomotoes, carrots to dig up, lettuce and spinach. We didn't get that much zuchinni this year but I've had enough cucumber salad to last me all winter long! Our potatoes did well despite it was our first time growing them. Oh and we still have green peppers too that are coming in. I'm looking forward to crisp days though and a chance to turn on the oven. I saw a Barefoot Contessa the other day where she made chicken picatta and buttermilk mashed potatoes. For dessert she baked pear and apple crisp. Anna and I were salivating while we watched it so we picked up all of the ingredients to make it on Monday evening before we all head back to reality and say goodbye to the summer.