Tuesday, August 08, 2023
It is hot. Days and days of 110+. But I have been out surveying and monitoring.
At one site along the Interstate I re-recorded an early 1900s homestead. Lots of pretty decorated ceramics. We will be going back to that site sometime soon.
Nice sherds.
At a monitoring project the workers found the top of a pit feature with lots of bottles, decorated ceramics, a frypan, and a bone-handled toothbrush. I even got to dig for a few minutes. The workers had a lot of fun pulling the items out until they reached the level they needed to be at.
Homer digging.
I decided to make fig preserves. I went to the Presidio Museum and picked three pounds of figs. The tree is doing great. A fig tree has been in the yard there since at least the 1880s.
Fig tree.
Three pounds.
I chopped the figs, added about 1 1/2 cups of sugar, and the juice of two lemons. I ended up with five jars and a little left over that I enjoyed. One jar to Sarah, two for the Museum silent auction, and one to go to Bradley.
Fig preserves.
