When I got back Friday from my trip to Orosi things seemed to have changed. She ate twice before bed, she ran around and chased bugs. She slept good and didn’t meow all the time to go out. This morning she ate twice and the doctor checked her out and cleared her for no more meds or creams and no cone and she can go outside. Turns out some cats have a problem with their stomach and the meds and I was putting it in her food to get her to take it. Once she quit eating it got out of her system.
My doors and shutters can now be open and I can concentrate on making jelly instead of her. Except the back door because the raccoon comes in. I have guayaba and strawberries and pineapple and peaches and mango and ginger and lemons. There should be some interesting combinations and I have so much I am sure I will use up every jar in the house. Heather!
The neighbor’s must think that silly gringa if they watch me getting guayaba. Since the long hook has a hook on the end and not a little basket to catch the fruit, I catch a branch with the hook and shake like mad to see what falls. Or I hook a branch and pull it to me if it is low enough. Then I can just pick the fruit off the tree. I had a big bag full this morning. I have given 2 bags full to the neighbor and one to Luis. Some to Jose and Otto. And I have what I cooked up and a full tub. AND the trees still have tons. Ticos mainly use them for refresco, cold drinks. I am not from an area of a lot of fruit trees so the idea of letting it go to waste just doesn’t sit well with me. There is a lot of that here though since there are so many fruit trees.
I know a lot of you are having very cold weather. Here it is sprinkling on and off all day and it has been cool enough for long sleeves. Kinda like Oregon kind of rain.
When I stopped at the fruit and vegetable market yesterday the nice young lady asked me to bring some jelly and she would buy it. I had given her a jar before. I bet I could sell it there if I wanted to work that hard.
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