The evening winds down...
Ducks in a pond The rest of the day was relatively quiet. We went home, relaxed for a bit, and then went out into the garden for the autumnal clean-up. There were still a lot of grape tomatoes left, and I harvested (and ate) quite a few. I picked the basil plants clean, ran those through the food processor, and made nine two-tablespoon-sized "ice" cubes (with enough olive oil to cover) for future cooking. I'll do the same with the oregano and sage later. I think I'm just going to tear out the lemonbalm; I can't remember the last time I did anything with it. We turned the compost and cleaned out the shed, and were generally very productive. Fallen Pegasus made a surprise appearance, but only for an hour or so. He had places to go on his way from point A to point B.
Lisa made an absolutely lovely beef and tomato soup, and afterward all four of us played several hands of Fluxx.
One thing I noticed in a second run to the grocery store for ice cream and bread: a lot of "ice cream" products no longer call themselves ice cream, but "frozen dairy dessert products." Does that bother you as much as it does me? There used to be lovely pumpkin-flavored ice cream available, but now it's all "pumpkin-flavored frozen dairy dessert product." That doesn't sound yummy.