I had pizza dough ready when my friend arrived, and we made a number of small crusts, saving two for ourselves. And deciding we'd spent so much time looking at other things we opted to simply make the pie crust. She has had difficulty with that part, apparently, so I made a double crust and we each kept half for making a pie each tomorrow. Patience, leaving the butter (or shortening) in small pea-sized pieces, and not adding too much water or working it too much. Those are the keys.

Next week we're in for a treat as a cold front moves over the area bringing a good chance of rain (at least 50%) and the daily high temperatures mid-week will be around 85. Sounds wonderful!

SRS