Putting Up

I always spend the last week of August with my Mother and the cousins at her lake house in New Hampshire. A favorite part of the week is canning pickles and tomatoes. H says it always reminds her of her favorite scene in the "Little House" books--the description of the attic in the big woods loaded with pumpkins, squash and other good things from the harvest. Canning is a hot, but cozy activity.