Last Monday and Tuesday were a bit hazy. NPR reported it was a smoke plume from the wildfires out west.

Labor Day weekend delivered some fine weather — the kind that makes a person glad to be alive.

I was happy last week at the possibility of a rainy Saturday.

Honestly, I have no business ever complaining about the weather.

I hauled out the Squeezo Strainer and processed seven quarts of tomato juice.

I’ve been harvesting and putting up the fruits of my vegetable garden.