Day 3 - finally done.

Midnight Tuesday I finally finished. I quit counting jars. I know we have enough pear preserves for us and our Moms, pears for us, as well as a few jars of pear salsa. Bobby says there's still two buckets worth on the tree, but if I pick them it will be 2 or 3 at a time for eating. We've both agreed I've done enough.

While the last batch of jars were in the canner, we went outside to watch the meteor shower. After 35 minutes of not seeing anything,  we finally gave up. The town of Garner and the county planning people kept telling us how fortunate we would be to have street lights, curbcuts and a paved road. The paved road is the only thing I like. The curb is a nightmare to cut and makes it impossible for Bobby to get in and out of the yard in those areas, and the street lights have blocked so much of the night sky it's not even funny. I so wish there was a switch neighbors could use to turn them off at certain times to view the stars. But if those are the worst things we have to deal with, then having a school next door to us isn't that bad. 

But I do miss the night sky and the darkness at night.