Day 317, Year 9: Tomatoes and Friends
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Weather: Sunny Day; Temp in the 80’s
Location: Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, Massachusetts
I spent my day with tomatoes and friends. Mark, Geoff, and Chris went with me to Heather and Jed’s this morning. Jonah had a one-hour ‘meet the teacher’ event, so he didn’t get home until after 10:30 am. At that time, Heather and Jed headed to work and I was already up to elbows in tomatoes. I blanched and peeled the tomatoes yesterday and today I chopped onions, carrots, celery, and garlic to add to the pot to make the marinara sauce. Jonah played beautifully on his own allowing me to continue working on getting the sauce going. Geoff and Chris worked on their computers using catching up on email correspondence, gathering weather information, and contacting people re boat problems. At noon Chris, Jonah, and I took Mark to work at West Marine and then we went downtown to the hardware store. I needed to buy canning jars and Chris took a quick tour of downtown Falmouth. Jonah had a 1 o’clock playdate with his good friend Luke, so we delivered him to Luke’s house and headed back home to continue working on that marinara sauce. It was an all day affair, and when we left to go back to Quissett Harbor around 4 pm, I had one pot completed and in the refrig but the other pot still needed to cook for another couple of hours and then be put through the food processor. So I had to leave that for Heather and Jed to do. I took Geoff and Chris to Quissett and then went back into town to pick up Mark. Then we had dinner aboard Shambala. Thank you to Chris and Geoff for a delightful evening.
Geoff and Chris had thought they might be heading north tomorrow, but they have a problem that has developed with their freezer compressor. This means they will have to stay around tomorrow to check out possibilities for finding a replacement compressor, so we will get to enjoy their company for at least another day.
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