Sunday, August 18, 2019

Don’t ask me why I remember this but I do. When I was in hospital after having my appendix removed Aunt Gertie brought me a get-well card signed by The Gleaners. I had no idea at the time what that meant, but in my mind the card was from a group in the UCW (I have no idea whether or not that was true).

A couple of years ago a cross stitch pattern called The Gleaners popped up on a Facebook group I belong to. Remembering Aunt Gertie’s card I decided to purchase the pattern. It hasn’t been started but someday …

Today I was gleaning – picking the apples from the tree and picking up the ones that had fallen on the ground. I made a batch of applesauce from the apples I previously picked and I have enough apples for at least two more batches. The apples aren’t very good for eating fresh, but I tasted the applesauce (no sugar added) and it was great.

Pat headed to Texada this morning so there was no baking again today. I looked up how to use applesauce instead of sugar for baking. I’ll need to experiment a bit but I’m going to try it one-for-one in the pudding I want to make.