I got two extra days off work this week, today and tomorrow. It was quite unexpected; my contracted days for the 2025/26 school year were done last Friday. I go back on Wednesday, which is the first day of the 2026-27 term. I hadn't been paying attention, but my principal caught it and thank goodness! I'd have been working extra days for free otherwise.
It's too hot to do much of anything. At the moment it's just normal summertime heat and humidity, but later this week and next weekend we're supposed to be getting a record-setting heatwave. Thank goodness for a/c! I feel so sorry for all of you in Europe who are dealing with these kinds of temperatures without it. I think it's been cooling down a bit (at least in England) for some of you and I hope that continues.
Thanks to the heat I haven't been doing a lot of cooking, but I did finally get around to baking bread yesterday. Gregg and I agreed that these ended up being the best loaves I've ever made!
Practice is apparently paying off.
The garden continues to flounder. We finally got a few tomatoes (one Black Sea Man and three or four small Romas) and some peppers, but that's it. So disappointing! The other day Facebook showed me a photo I posted this time last year and it hurt my heart a little:
5 comments:
Glad you got the bonus days off! Too bad it is so hot and sticky, but the pool sounds good. Gosh, your bread looks so delicious! I can't decide if I would like a slice "as is" or if I would toast it - and of course slather it with butter.
We used to be the friends with the pool. Not anymore. Wish we had some! Your bread is a work of art. Too bad about the vegetable garden. Enjoy your surprise days off.
Your bread is triumphant. Shame that blogs do not come with aroma options so that we could smell your loaves straight out of the oven. Enjoy tomorrow's swimming Jennifer. Will there be some photos of the swimming ladies basking by the pool? I live in hope.
My tomatoes were doing pretty well and now, they're all in hiatus, it seems. I think it's too hot for them. And just about everything else in the garden. All the work and none of the joy. Well, I have had joy.
I need to get my butt to the river. Amen.
That's a total bummer about your garden. I wonder why it is so different this year. That bread looks so good! Bread is my downfall when it comes to calories. I LOVE it!
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