First Pomegrante

Tonight Sue and I shared our first pomegranate off our front yard tree. I almost forgot how to eat it. There are 12 on the little shrub about 4feet tall by 4 feet wide. I am working on keeping it short. There is a tendency for them to get considerably taller.
It was very sweet, which was pleasing to me as I wasn't sure that it was going to be ripe. Someone told me that when they start to split it is time to harvest them. this one was just starting to split and was the size of an oversized softball. I started to peel it like an orange, it just wasn't going to make it. I got out a knife and split it into thirds and wow, it was great. I am sure Kelly and Reza are laughing at this commentary. We will repeat this fairly soon with the 11 that are left.

Tonight it is raining cats and dogs and Golden Valley High School is having their homecoming... alas no dance that follows. Lucy is concerned regarding the fireworks that come with it.

This morning our little addition was inspected by the inspectors before Tony could continue with the roofing materials. The new roof line is established and Tony said that it will be torched soon. The slope is not steep enough to keep the shingles on the new addition from cupping and causing problems, so the roofing material is bonded with a torch tool to keep it from cupping and allowing the rain to get through. The foundation is poured and the sides already show where the windows are going. They had to use a concrete saw to cut into the foundation in the bathroom so that it could be extended to drain the tub, the new toilet, shower, and the washing machine. I reminded him that I have a gas dryer. He said that would require another inspection. He knows that gas appliances save money as he was with a low income unit of the county program that would replace electric dryers with gas ones and other applicances. The duct work for the new air conditioning unit (5ton) is also nearing completion. We are still pretty exposed to the elements. I am glad tonight that we are in a nice warm apartment. Only Geogie, the white manx cat didn't make it to alternative housing. After two nights of howling he was repatriated with his house in its questionable condition. Nigel is off to Linzi and Sean's, and Lucy is nicely acclimated in the new apartment.

Hope you have a great weekend.
Pat