My Everyday Photos

This is the season of abundance. Gardens, farms and orchards are in full swing harvest mode. The farmers’ markets overflow with fresh produce and happy customers. Neighbors sneak to your doorstep in the wee hours of the morning leaving deposits of zucchini and other summer squash that has overtaken their garden. Or if you are lucky they bring fresh tomatoes, peppers and other delightful harvests. My neighbors called to say they had recently harvested bushels of basil and there was still more and did I want any. Well yeah. Last week was busy with other abundance here at home since Ken had had a successful early season hunt and brought home an elk to fill our freezer. When we were finally finished and he left on a work trip, I made it down to the neighbors’ house for basil. Three batches of pesto later, I felt very satisfied to add more food to our freezer!

I bought a box of nectarines at the Twisp Farmers’ Market. They will be made into jam or dried.

Lots to choose from

Many kinds of peppers

Fresh fruit!

A sink full of basil

And a sprig of rosemary

Garlic from my garden

Walnuts and cheese

Basil is dried and ready to use

My trusty OLD Cuisinart food processor. This machine is probably 30 years old or close to it. Is there anything made so well anymore?

I spooned the first two batches onto parchment paper to be frozen and then stored in bags.

The last batch got an addition of lemon zest and juice as suggested by one recipe

Covered with olive oil to be stored in the frig.

Such a pretty shade of green – it even matches my counter stools