HARVEST! -- Well Sort of...

Our tenant farmer Jeff was all set to harvest today.  They had tried on Friday, but the wheat still had too much moisture. He stopped by this morning saying they had checked a load and it was ready to go.  He and his youngest son, Tyler, headed out to the field.  They cut for an hour or so, then the slightly overcast skies really clouded up and the wind became extremely gusty.  The next thing you know we had thunder and lightening -- and RAIN!

You really can't see the rain in this picture I took out of Auntie Violet's window, but you can see how dark it had gotten.

It is beautiful this evening.  The sky is clear and the temperature is in the low seventies without a breath of wind.  You'd never know there was a storm this afternoon that brought the already late harvest to a screeching halt.

When I stopped at Safeway the other day when I was in Moses Lake, I bought six of the new crop of Walla Walla sweet onions.  We always wait for the WW sweets to be ready every year. We think they are much more flavorful then the Vidalia Sweets you can get in the winter-time.  Walla Wallas are very good, but don't keep very well.  So we usually have about a month of enjoyment while they are on.  Tonight I made an onion pie for supper.  I try to make a couple of these every year.  They are one of our favorite meals!