Zucchini, Biking, and More Zucchini!

Today's 'D' day - or better known as the day I return to my doctor for him to give me a physical and check my blood pressure readings. Fortunately, for the most part, my blood pressure has been 'normal' - spiking only when I ate some liquorice. I knew that would happen, but hey - liquorice. Black liquorice. mmmm.

Although it's still smokey here, it's not as smokey as yesterday, and it cools off nicely at night. With the cooler temperatures, I decided yesterday morning to use some of the zucchini that are growing fast and furiously in my garden. Baking a cheddar & bacon zucchini loaf for the first time, it's delicious and just great for breakfast or snack. While making it, I'd been torn on whether to add green onion or not (the recipe did not call for it) and in future, I definitely will, and possibly some oregano or something. Maybe some red pepper too.

I've collected numerous zucchini recipes and it's a darn good thing I did as I can see these darn things are going to overwhelm me. Thank goodness Fay advised me that I could grate it and freeze it for future use. I'm thinking I could probably also make zoodles and freeze them as well. Sweet! Hmmm... reminds me that I have some cooked chicken in the fridge and adding it to some peanut satay and zoodles might just be dinner tonight.

Although I have all the ingredients, I still haven't made the low carb lemon ice cream, so I guess I'm not that enthused. I should make it today some time, as tomorrow, my plans are to go south across the border and go for a bike ride in a new area along a rail trail. One of my fb friends is biking the old Kettle Valley Rail trail, and I'm so envious of his trip as I'd love to do that. He's tenting overnight on the ground, and I have no intention of doing that, so I'll book a trip with one of the outfits where they come and pick you up and take you to a B&B for the night. I've spent more than my fair share of nights on the ground in a tent - no more of that for me.

Between the garden and biking, life is busy and I've forgotten to take my blood pressure a few times in the past two weeks. However, as it's been 'normal' much of the time, I'm not terribly worried about it. The times it has been high are inevitably when I've had a lousy sleep due to rental neighbours behind me that have no concept of consideration at 2:30 am that others are sleeping (or when I ate something like liquorice).

Oh yeah, or when my external hard drive can't be read and it has over 200,000 photos on it. I took it in to the computer place yesterday and I'm hoping they can retrieve the data on it as I don't have them anywhere else. All my photos from 2017 to date, although the ones from 2014 are already on another file. How many places do you have to have these damn things, just in case?

As fall is more and more imminent, evidenced in the cooler temperatures in the morning, I'm actually a bit relieved as this year it's been a struggle to keep my garden watered enough. Between dead-heading petunias first thing in the morning, watering the plants, and picking whatever 'fruit' is ready, (right after I get home from my bike ride), it's no wonder breakfast isn't until 10:00 am or later. The one tomato plant that is still in the planter is suddenly not doing so well and I think I've over-watered it. That's surprising, as it's been so hot. It was only put in a planter as I had bushes in the garden when I bought it, and I didn't transplant it after the bushes were pulled out. I'm thinking now, that I should have.

The other tomato plants are doing exceptionally well, (in the ground), so next year I'll either put something else in the planters, or find another home for them.

Not many photos taken since we've been inundated with smoke, unfortunately. That's why I'm heading south and east, in hopes of getting away from it. Also, to take my bike back to the store and have them give it a once over as I've ridden well over 10 hours since purchase.







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