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And another photo - part of our 50 feet of cultivated blackberries. It's a beautiful, huge crop this year, compare to last year when we were hit with a freeze of 17* in May. I envy those of you picking black raspberries, but these will be delicious in August.

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Photo of my latest experiment: snow peas growing in a hanging basket off the deck. Only a few so far, but plenty for salads.

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Dinner last night was a stir fry, with some leftover bbq chicken, celery, carrots, sweet peppers, onions and a sort of Korean bulgogi sauce, on rice and with a green salad from the deck.

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Perfect cheesecake, Joan! Not a crack in the top. I'm sure it will taste as good as it looks.

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I had to make something for my husband to take to a potluck tonight. Luckily, I had about 2 dozen "Cowboy Cookies" in the freezer -- scooped and frozen, ready to bake. It took me about 45 minutes in the countertop oven. It was 98* here at the time, and I have avoided cooking or baking anything. We have one more day of upper 90s (the 3rd day in a row) and temps should be lower after that.

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It's OK to be tired of making carrot cake - but I'd never be tired of eating it! Today I made a sheet cake from a box mix -- sad looking thing compared to one made from scratch. However, I needed to take some short-cuts. Tomorrow I'll cut it into chunks and make a berry trifle with lemon pudding, Cool Whip, raspberry cordial, and strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

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Today I made a potato salad, a broccoli salad, and a cowboy salad. Tomorrow is Father's Day, and our daughter's 49th birthday, so we're having our usual family celebration with most of the extended family here for the afternoon.

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My husband had tacos and I had a taco salad for dinner tonight.

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No real cooking. But tuna salad on the onion-wild rice buns I made the other day.

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OK, Joan, you've talked me into it. This is the 2nd one you've made in a few weeks, and I have carrot cake on my list, but not made it yet. Next week I will, I promise! I also have that same Tupperware (I think) cake holder, from many, many years ago. I use it for a lot of things, even turned upside down with the base as a lid.

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I baked another tray of focaccia, with Penzey's Foxpoint and KAF's The Works sprinkled on top.

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We had roasted chicken thighs, mashed potatoes, and salad.

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I took this photo last summer. I have not seen Chippy yet this summer, but I'm betting it will be back once the cherry tomatoes on the deck are ripe.

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We had Better Chedder dogs with grilled sweet red peppers and onions, on focaccia.

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That sounds good, BakerAunt. I pulled a container of leftovers out of the freezer for our dinner - ground beef, tomato sauce, and rice. It was really good, with a green salad and rolls that I made this morning. It's been chilly for a couple of days, after several days of temps in the upper 80s, and then we had a surprise rain shower about 4:30 so the meal was perfect for the weather.

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