You Don't Miss Your Water...

...until the well goes dry.  Two weeks without water has sent yours truly over the edge.  Forget cooking squash or cleaning, I'm just timing my trips to the loo.  Cross your legs as there isn't enough water in the well.  The good news is that I do have water now...  I'm hooked up via a hose to the place across the street.  Can we say "Beverly Hillbillies"?

"Come and listen to a story about a woman named Deb
Poor unemployed Vermonter, barely kept her family fed
Then one day she ran out of water,
She called up her landlord and he did what he 'aughta'..."

Now let's just hope that hose holds up!

Squash Bribery

It has reached the point of Squash Bribery in Vermont.  My best friend, Mr. Greg, gave me a jingle this past Friday and tried to bribe me into taking more of his 11+ pound squash.  First, he pulled the New England guilt of "we can't let this go to waste" and then went on to the Squash Bribery.  He offered to throw in some tomatoes and basil.  Then he went on to include a pint of fresh-picked blackberries.  I resisted.  I caved when he threw in the grilled lobster stuffed with chorizo.

Being a veteran player of "Pass the Squash" for 18 years, I managed to salvage the situation.  I just played it forward to friends from Massachusetts and New York - minus the blackberries and lobster.

Blitzkreig Squash

"Blitzkrieg Squash"


Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go

They're forming in a squash line
They're going through a vine wind
The buds are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Squash

Kudos to The Ramones...

Bird TV

After replacing the suet battery pack, we have reception to Bird TV and there are no commercials.

SOS (Sick of Squash)
Fall is in the air, and for those of us in Putney it is time to lock the doors to our houses and cars against the dreaded donated squash. True New Englanders that we are, we just cannot let anything go to waste and hence, we play "Pass the Squash" (To the Left-hand Side). Be honest, how many of you have fallen victim to the 11-pound zucchini? We politely say "thank you" and cannot wait for the next person to walk through the door as they will be the new victim of "Pass the Squash". How much squash can one person eat? Gastrinomically speaking, there is only one thing to salvage squash - lots of cheese, onions, pepper, breadcrumbs and sometimes a daub of maple syrup. Even the name squash tells you what to do with it. I think Vermont should have a moratorium on squash plants - one per family. There will be plenty to go around...

Marauding Blue Jays

Blue Jays are the Donald Trump of the bird world.