Of course it's probably the hottest day of the summer, but it was time to start picking grapes on the vines in the tree across the road from my house. I spent about 90 minutes out there, drank a couple of quart tankards of water, and came back with about 15 pounds of grapes to run through the steam juicer (in progress) for making grape jelly.

I keep a stash of a rarely-used items in a corner behind the Hoosier kitchen/kitchen queen in the far end of my kitchen, and when it's time for the juicing I pull a stool out of there that is the perfect height to support the gallon jar I decant the hot juice into. I hunted around the house for my other juicing season device, an oscillating fan on a stand that keeps the kitchen comfortable. I think this time I'll see if it will also fit behind the kitchen queen. (This fan was a garage sale find for $3, and I had to do a little repair, but it's a champ at this task.)

At work I found a good archival box in the recycling bin and also a large Container Store bag. I brought them home, not sure what the box will be used for yet, but the goal with the Container Store bag is to fill it soon and take it to the Goodwill. I usually take things in bags, but was out of the large ones.

Must go check on the juice.