Heat Bound

As we are housebound in the winter

When it's snowy and cold out

We are equally housebound in the summer

When temperatures

Hover around 100

And the humidity makes it feel as if it is 20 degrees hotter!

Our beloved garden suffers . . . 

I'm a "fair weather" gardener I'm afraid.

Weeds don't get pulled

But the plants do get watered

Early in the morning

When humidity seems lower

And temperatures are still in the 80s

The rest of the day . . .

We tend to stay inside!

Being inside we turn the attention to the house

And closets, cabinets and drawers

The kitchen of Linderhof lacks drawers

We have 4

One silverware drawer with dividers which make it into four cutlery compartments

Two deep drawers and one skinny little drawer

Not many drawers -- not nearly enough drawers

To rectify that, I bought some wicker baskets and put them into one of the cabinets

Which holds things that don't fit into that skinny little drawer

Like the ice cream scoops, the cherry pitter, strawberry stemmer, apple corer

And we took out those compartments that made the cutlery drawer

into one big empty drawer

We should have done that twenty-seven years ago

when we first moved to Linderhof!

With a bamboo utensil holder, some wicker baskets, I reorganized that space!

A space for everything and everything in it's space

instead of all the forks in one bin, all the spoons in one bin and all the knives in another

Perfection!

With that drawer (and the rest of the drawers and baskets) in perfect order,

I turned my attention to the Larder

Some new jars, chalkboard labels to unify the old and new jars

I can see at a glance what I have and what I need!

Everything was taken out

Shelves were wiped down

All the jars, both new and old were washed and put back

(And rearranged somewhat)

It's nice as I start canning season to have everything so

easily available.

It was hot in the kitchen

(As I made mac and cheese for dinner --

Yes, mac and cheese should really not be a menu item on a 100 degree day)

But looking at the drawers all clean and tidy

(especially the utensil drawer)

and the larder are organized,

I may turn my attention to other closets, cabinets and drawers

(at least as long as the heat holds!)

It's Monday and I'm sharing my drawers and larder with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Met Monday.

And on Tuesday, I'm sharing with Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday