The Fifth Annual Jane Austen Fancy Dress Tea Party was held about a month ago. As usual it consisted of good friends, good conversation and lots of food. In fact I think I broke my record for food provided to a known number of people.

 

I'm making watermelon rind pickles right now. The rind is cooking in the pickling liquid (which smells like a cross between the chip truck and Cinnabon). Our whole house smells sweet and vinegary; it tickles my nose.

Rob bravely removed our collection of wasps' nests last night so I spent part of my morning happily puttering around in the garden. Beets and spinach and Swiss chard were thinned. Weeds were pulled, berries picked and I finally got around to building some trellises for my peas to climb up.