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Fishing — and then a fire

By Lovina Eicher
Monday, June 12, 2006

As I write this, the children only have 21/2 days of this school term left. It will be a relief to have them out of school for the summer and home with me. Yesterday, Benjamin's class went to the zoo. Then tomorrow Loretta's class will go. Benjamin really enjoyed his day and I'm sure Loretta will too. The trip was a real treat after the kids worked hard all year at school.

Our new house is having the siding put on today. We also

have someone lined up to do the chimney.

My husband, Joe, and my brother-in-law, Jacob, put in 31 windows Saturday on our new house. Installing the windows took them only five hours, which I thought was pretty good, especially on such a hot day. The house sure looks nice with the windows set now.

My garden is all out except my cabbage plants. I also am going to plant a few more hot pepper plants and radishes. Then, later on, some endive and winter radishes. Everything is growing well — it's been a very nice spring for growing garden goodies. The corn is coming up real nice. Elizabeth and I mowed the grass, but it sure was a hot job.

After a long weekend of work on the house, Joe and Jacob went fishing on Memorial Day. They were out at the lake by 6:30 a.m. They spent most of the morning and early afternoon fishing. They caught a lot of fish, a lot of nice bluegill. By the time they left the lake, they had a five-gallon bucket full of fish.

When they went up to our friend's house to start cleaning fish, they saw smoke coming out of the house. Someone called the fire department, and it arrived quickly. Only two rooms were burned, but there was a lot of smoke damage. Joe and Jacob left their fish sitting in the bucket while they ran to check on the fire. By the time they got back to the bucket the fish had been sitting in the hot sun for a while, so they didn't think we should eat the fish. So it was disappointing to not have fish to eat, but Joe said it was still fun and relaxing just to be out on the lake.

Try this recipe to use some of the garden goodies that will be coming up over the weeks ahead:

Simple summer salad

2 cups fresh green peas, uncooked

2 green peppers, chopped

2 carrots, slivered

2 young cucumbers, thinly sliced

1/2 cup minced parsley

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Lettuce leaves

Place the peas, green pepper, carrots, cucumbers, and parsley in a bowl. Toss well with the olive oil and lemon juice until the vegetables are well-coated. Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves.

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