Before Winter

D has been digging potatoes and here's the purple
potatoes.



Under the straw he came upon a
single apple.

A little critter must have hidden it there for
safe keeping.

So much work to do on the house...
sanding and painting.

and digging more potatoes....

I was struck by this single leaf sitting on the
front steps...

and the shells on a little shelf at the front door
as a constant reminder of the beach even when
the winter snow is upon us.

Sunday's Findings

It's nice to find a rose still blooming in the garden
to bring indoors.

Finding potatoes in a basket on the
front steps that D dug up in the garden.

Taking a walk on the beach and finding the
signs of autumn in the sand...

It's the little things that make one's day...

Potatoes!

We grew potatoes last summer and harvested them
last fall...as you can see if you click over here.

Well, we had more than we could eat and had them
in storage...D decided to check on them and to
our great surprise this is what we found!

Looks like we have plenty of potatoes
to plant for this year...
we couldn't get over the colors and the size of
the sprouts!

Potato Harvest

It took all day on Thursday to harvest
our potatoes!
I didn't realize how many D had planted!

...much digging and searching
and brushing off
the dirt.

then the question was where to put
them all to dry out before we store them.

The only available space large enough
was our living room floor and they took
up the entire space but we had more
so some went upstairs ...you can see
who is checking those out by clicking here.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
store them for the winter?

Good thing we love potatoes!
Do you have any favorite potato recipes to share?

Potatoes!

I love potatoes so I was very excited
when D dug these out of the garden this afternoon!