Happy National Watermelon Day!!

Did  you know today is National Watermelon Day?

Doesn't that look good?

I'm still trying to learn how to pick the

perfect watermelon...bright red and sweet.

Do you have any tips you'd like to share?

I love summer foods...

We've had corn on the cob a few times

since the 4th of July. 

To this farm girl there's nothing better than

fresh picked...

I have memories spending entire days 

of preparing corn to put in the freezer

with my mom and sisters.

My dad would bring it up from the field

by the bushels and we'd sit outside

in the heat peeling corn. 

Then in to the kitchen where it was just

as hot due to two or more stock pots of

corn boiling away on the stovetop.

Then all the cutting off of the cobs,

cooling and bagging.

I sure was worth it though 

to have fresh tasty corn until the next

harvest season.

And garden ripened tomatoes

there is no comparison to the hard,

crunchy tasteless ones you find at the supermarket...

cucumber pickles...

something from the grill...

YUM

What kind of summer meals

do you enjoy?

Hugs, 

BettyJean