• Sort of!  It’s almost the Katrina Day.   I shall never be the same.  It always comes at summer’s end.  Even 100 miles inland, here in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, we got hit hard.I am thankful to have recovered.  So many have not, some never will.  Katrina highlighted a great life’s lesson.  ”Life is short.  Enjoy our days.” Here is partly how we enjoyed ours this summer.

The herb garden was busy growing the Italian ones for sauces and sausages.

We made our 2 week pickle recipe, the ones I adore on roast beef sandwiches and in tuna salad.  They are so fine. Holly seasons them just like my Mom did with the right taste of black pepper.

I found small red Jones County plumbs at the vegetable market.  They make the most wonderful jelly for Sunday morning brunch.  Fresh made in my kitchen, french bread toasted with butter topped with this jelly is something so perfectly sweet and tarte.  It is exactly like my grandmother would make it, the color clear, fresh, and clean.  Open a jar, watch it bob and jiggle. 

Then came the field ripened tomatoes.  Perhaps, the ones from  Jones County are the best in the world.  I do love them so and never get enough.  The summer’s bounty so short and incomplete. 

We grew these treasures to the eye on our deck. Like I said, “Life is short. Enjoy our days.”