Harvest Party/ Bon Voyage

The beans are on the trucks, the garden still holds a few surprises, a beef has been put in the freezer, and I am headed south. It is a testament to Guy and Janet that they spread their invitations around and I haven't found a stinker in the whole bunch. Janet's folks came-Susie made some old timey tomato aspic which my granny and mom used to make, The veggies came from the garden. It was a great afternoon.

(erratum: I wrote of Janet scaring up some moose by Lysite. It wasn't moose, it was elk and it was just over the hill on the open range between the rivers.)

High spots: Royce, 74 years young, spoke of his first job in a Ford Plant. He came as a raw youth from West Virginia and was in a plant that had 3500 workers. He was put to work among Black men "I was a piece of rice in a bowl of raisins." He had never been around Blacks and they took care of him.

Grannie talking of her husband Sylvester's death in St. Louis, away from home. Her sister came to help her. She was aware that a shock like this can cause health problems. She put on her glasses and started to look up something in the phone book and was sure she had gone blind. Then her sister came out of the bathroom and said "Why are you wearing my glasses?"Problem solved.

Some pix here: Food Pictures!

Harvest Party and Bon Voyage