Oh, the plums are ripe!  My dad keeps bringing me plums off his tree.  I love plum jelly.  I was hoping to make some jelly this summer.  Here in N. Texas there are wild plums and wild mustang grapes that make good jelly.  I haven't made any jelly in about 8 years.  Well, I do believe this week I will be making jelly.  Unfortunately, I'll be home alone this week, and it is easier to make jelly if you have some helping hands.  I'll cook up the juice tomorrow after church, then I guess I'll make the jelly on Tuesday.  I've got to remember where I've stashed all my mason jars-I know I've got to have a hundred or so.  The question is, where did I put them to get them out of the way???

The peaches will be ripe soon.  I always freeze peaches.  I live in an area that is ideal for peaches.  If the year is good for peaches, it is not unusual to drive down the street and see bags of peaches on the side of the road, free for the taking.  Some years, there are so many, people can't use them all before they spoil and they put them out for others to enjoy the bounty.  I think this year may be one of those years.  My neighbor's peach tree is covered in peaches, and they are just turning yellow.  The tree is loaded.  I love making peach cobbler in the dead of winter with yummy peaches I have frozen.  It is such a treat for the cold, dreary days of winter.

I've got a call in to my friend to see if she would like to come make jelly with me.  I'm awaiting her return call.  I'm off to drag out the water bath canner, the thing I smash the fruit in (I forget what that cone thing is called), the mason jars and the lids.  I've sent my daughter off to grandpa's to pick up the plums.  I'm off to jelly-land!

Blessings to you,

Karmann in Texas