Tomato season!

Our first homegrown tomato of the year has ripened!

From the Wall of Tomato.

Yeah, it's a grape tomato.

And there's only one so far.

We let Paul eat it all by himself, rather than splitting it amongst the three of us.

Cuz that's how we roll.

July Mittens

July Mystery Knitalong Mittens

New clues every five days.  

I'm lagging behind.

Black Caps are ripening

We have quite a few black cap raspberries hiding amongst the wild greenery, and they're ripening.

I fought back the flocks of mosquitos and managed to pick three cups of berries.  

Have you got mosquitos like crazy?  Ours are unbearable.  I saw an article that said the mosquito population in Minnesota has tripled this year.  I believe it!

Two jars of black raspberry/jalapeno jam.

Can't wait to try it! 

On to the State Tournament

It is Girl of the House's final summer soccer season.

I may have mentioned that a few times?

We're fairly soccer obsessed around here.

She had one goal for the summer - the state tournament.

They're going next weekend.

We have one happy girl.

Winery Tour

Four of us took the day and wine hopped.

We hit three wineries:  Cannon River Winery in Cannon Falls, Falconer Vineyards in Red Wing, and Maiden Rock Winery and Cidery in Maiden Rock.  We had a fabulous time at them all, but I'd have to say Falconer Vineyards knocked our socks off by serving wood fired pizzas on the large deck overlooking their vineyard.  It was a perfect way to end the day.