Labour Day

It's Labour Day and most people are having a lovely long weekend.  Labour Day or not I did laundry.
Thankfully it's cooler today and since Youngest Son has the day off  he's coming over to do some much needed tidying in the garden.  The Phlox are mostly finished blooming. That's one of the jobs I'm hoping he'll do ( cut them all down to the ground).  I cut some stems that still had good blooms and put them in an old pitcher which I put outside. Phlox are lovely but they drop petals like crazy.

 

 I don't make Beef Stew very often any more. It was always a big hit when I used to make it for the family, with dumplings on top!!  It's one of those recipes that you make when there's just two of you and you eat it for days. But I'm making some today since it's cool enough for an oven supper. I  bought beets yesterday and I'll roast them in the oven at the same time as the stew simmers away.

 

I haven't mentioned Gleaners for a while. They got a load of different vegetables and posted a photo which I've grabbed to show you how the excess vegetables arrive. Aren't they colourful?  I'm so glad they are no longer destined for some compost bin.  Instead the result will be dried soup mix for countries that need them badly.
 

 

That's it for today.  Thanks for visiting.