Question: What goes great with vegetable soup?

Our answer: Fry bread!

Mother and I spent a good portion of our morning cutting and chopping away at vegetables in order to make 2 large pots of soup. Mom had the great idea to make Fry Bread to go with the soup, so I got busy and made a batch of bread so we could use some of the dough for frying...
When lunch was over, we still had 13 quarts of soup to can for later use. :) We used the pressure canner--something we don't use very often, as it still makes us ladies a little nervous.

One of my afternoon projects was to get the next batch of Kombucha going again. This time, I tried a new flavor of tea in one of the gallons (it's called "Apple Cider".) We'll see how we like it. The other 3 gallons I made with Peach tea--so far our favorite. We still use the full amount of black tea that's called for, but we add the flavored tea to make the resulting drink taste better!

It was so nice outside that the guys were able to continue working on cleaning out the lot across the road. They had a few minor break-downs on the spreaders, but those were fixed without too much trouble and they worked until dark.

And now, before I go, I'll share a poem with you that fits perfectly with the time of year we're enjoying...

NOVEMBER
by Elizabeth Coatsworth

November comes,
And November goes
With the last red berries
And the first white snows,

With night coming early
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost on the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring.