08-22-2026 — Rainy Freezer Saturday

Howdy all. It has rained a few times today already, as of 5 pm. T-Storm type rain. Some really loud thunder boomers. I was expecting my brother to come over and pick up the bagged taters today, but he has had some craziness around his home site and will shoot for tomorrow. Probably a good choice since there are some flooded roads in the area. Definitely not here. I’d guess we’ve gotten maybe ½ to ¾ inches of the 2 ½ inches of rain that others have gotten so far. Flood alert goes on until 9 pm.

Some of the storms have had winds good enough to bring down some leaves and small branches.

That is a five gallon bucket overflowing with taters in canvas bags. Google AI guesstimates 5 gallons of potatoes to weigh about 25 pounds. That’ll feed my brother and his family, down to the great grand kids, for a few meals, at a minimum.

I was going to use a quart of frozen tomato/onion/pepper sauce, I put in garage freezer, about a year ago. That’s the last one. Well, when I went to get it, I also found a container of day after Thanksgiving’ turkey “stoup” (that’s a stew/soup) that I froze 9 months ago. So, that became today’s lunch/dinner and the sauce is defrosting in the fridge. The stoup was a little mushy, but still tasted good. Kitty wasn’t interested in the turkey pieces. Not sure if she knows something I don’t, but it would not be the first time I gave myself food poisoning. I enjoyed it regardless.

Now if I survive the night, I can Enjoy Life