It’s still raining, and will rain all week. But the heavy rains are supposed stop tonight. Which is good, because its quite wet here.

But the ducks are enjoying it!
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The cobbler I made was just okay, in that the crust wasn’t very good.

The peaches, however, were fabulous.

I also prepared some for bourbon peaches tomorrow.

Yummy baked peaches need:
fresh peaches
butter
sugar
bourbon

If you’ve never baked with fresh peaches before, the secret is to dip them in boiling water for about half a minute, then drop them in an ice bath. The skin slips right off.
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It’s not even noon and it’s already 86 F.

I believe that I am going to estivate this entire weekend.

This weekend was supposed to be full of travel. I drive to Charleston to see Michael’s family. A side trip on the way home so I could take pictures at New River Gorge. Then a trip to Parkersburg to see JULES!

However, soon after we got on the interstate, we ran over something (kuh-thunk). A bit later, we discovered that when braking, we now heard a vibrating sound from the driver’s side front wheel air. I’m fearing either the disc (more bad) or the pad (less pad) got warped, which would account for the vibrating with braking at interstate speeds, but no noticeable change otherwise.

Regardless, brake problems + highway speeds != safety, so we turned around and came home. Tomorrow we’ll call the shop by our house and see if we can get the car in on Tuesday. (Having only one car means repairs are done at places within walking distance. The only real drawback we’ve found.)

Guess we wanted to spend the long weekend in town relaxing.

:I actually got all my pictures today! Woot!

And here’s what I got:

Yellow Flower(s)

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How is it September already? Of course I’m not complaining, because it means cool temperatures are just around the corner.

OK, here’s this week’s list:
Yellow flower
Yellow vehicle
Something else yellow
Summer water
Dusty
Exhaustion