This and That

They are re-paving the road in front of our home.  As a part of this, they are replacing culverts.  This is near our field, down the road towards Morgan from our home.  They are preparing to dig up the old culvert that comes down off the hill, and waters our field (on the right).

   

They dug out the old nasty broken steel piping, and have replaced it with cement pipe.

    

They will connect right on to the headgate we built about 20 years ago

TOMATO TIME

I went over to mom and dad's yesterday to do tomato juice.

It's quite the process - but we've got it down pretty good.  Mom is SO organized.  I get the tomatoes cut up, and she does everything else PLUS helps cut up tomatoes when she can.

Everything else is getting them on the stove cooking, getting bottles ready, getting lids ready, and a million other things.

Dad is in charge of the Victorio Strainer, and the contraption, stools, motor, paper on the floor, pans, etc. etc. to go along with this.  Like I said, it's quite the process, but after many many years, they have it down pat.  

This is the 2nd most awesome sight !  An empty SINK - Yahoo!  One hour and 15 minutes, and they are DONE being cut up...........but that's not the end of the process :)

In to each quart bottle goes, 2 Tablespoons lemon juice, 2 teaspoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt, along with the juice of course. 

Then out to the range for cooking they go.

The MOST awesome sight.  The finished product.  48 beautiful quarts of wonderful juice, which our family uses a TON of.

Last but not least - a beautiful sunset
It was a great day !!