That’s great, Calli!!

Nice, Calli. House hunting is fun, moving not so much.

How is the knee doing, lisah? Any indication of evilness?

David tell me more of this nectarine protocol.

It's a little do-si-do I do with the fridge.

I find a nectarine (or peach) that is not ripe at market but is not rock hard either. It's got a little give.

It goes in the fridge which slows down the ripening process but doesn't stop it.

Basically it gives you a chance to catch the stone fruit as it approaches peak ripeness without overshooting the mark.

You can't forget it in the fridge, but it's more forgiving than leaving it on the counter.

Anyway, when it's just on the verge or ripeness - it will have about a half inch of give and then it's firm underneath - I take it out of the fridge and put it on the counter. Two days on the counter.

Now it's ready but I put it back in the fridge because it's better cold. You have a two day window of perfect ripeness after it goes back in the fridge - that day and the next.

I cut it off the pit in pretty slices and Matilda and I split it after a meal.

I'm basically applying the technique a deli owner told me about how he handled his avocados to have a regular supply of ripe ones for sandwiches.

Better cold! Hard disagree, my friend. But I don’t have a protocol.

Refrigeration has always messed up the texture of peaches. Does it do the same for nectarines? (Which I find to be the more forgiving of them, honestly.)

I’m pretty sure my new knee isn’t evil? I am going through the stage of recovery eveyone says they go through but I thought I missed. It’s when you’ve tapered off the serious painkillers but still are uncomfortable enough to not be able to sleep normally. So it’s been taking forever for me to fall asleep the past couple days. Gummies aren’t helping sadly. Fortunately I have no obligations and have been able to sleep in.

Today we celebrate Kat's birthday! I hope you are being spoiled today and that the year to come brings all you hope for and more.

Happy birthday, Kat! It's also the ADA's birthday and I still can't really celebrate because it's another thing that isn't what I thought it was going to be.

Happy birthday Kat!

Hec, that's very similar to how I handle avocados. Good to know I'm following an expert's protocol!

I have arrived in Canada. Cue annual feeling of wanting to stay forever. (While knowing on a practical level thar this cabin is uninhabitable at least 7 months of the year.)

Happy birthday, Kat!

I've never quite figured how to judge ripeness of an avocado and I'd really like to make some avocado/banana popsicles right about now.