The sun returns to the north land

It was sure nice to have a sunny day again. The rain has cast a pall on the week, but sunshine does wonders for one's soul. My two tomato plants have not yet felt the sting of a hard freeze. The ripening process has slowed and I'm left with a bumper crop of green tomatoes. Today I fried green tomatoes for the third time in a week. They are really pretty tasty, but even if they were my dad's favorite color of tomato, their presence in my diet could get old pretty fast. I'm looking for other recipes for green tomatoes on the internet to round out the season and to use up the surplus. It seems a shame to discard the end of season surplus. As you can see, my photo of the fruits of the tomato features only greens.



I had a couple of sets of tennis at Fort Snelling this afternoon. I changed rackets to my back-up racket, partly because my main racket is looking a little ragged - the duct tape is getting worn off from scooping the ball from court level and catching fabric. I guess I should look into getting a new racket.

Unky Herb has delved into the three bean salad creative process. We started the three bean salad preparation after our trip to blueberry country this summer. We had some fine three bean salad then although at times it was six bean salad, as I recall. UH added carrot bits to his bean concoction to personalize the product. He also varies the number of bean varieties. His last was a four bean creation.

A quote from public radio that made me guffaw. It's about Roman Polanski, "the original five foot Pole that I wouldn't touch anything with."

The Twins won the Central Division last night, but are having more than they can handle in New York and their Yankees. But, there will be at least one more game in the dome.