Thyme to Lose

     So last time I told you about cucumber soup and said I was going to triple the recipe the next time I made it.  Well...I had planned to do just that, however; I went to the farmers market, went crazy and bought a ridiculous amount of cucumbers, therefore; I will be making quadruple the amount. 🤣      You know what one of the best things is about fresh produce?  The colors!  The more colorful the dish, the more nutritious.      This recipe is full of flavor.  Do not let the fact that good balsamic vinegar is expensive stop you from making this fabulous side dish, below the recipe is a method of taking cheap balsamic vinegar and turning it into what has more of the taste of a higher quality vinegar.   Balsamic Strawberry Asparagus serves 6 1 pound asparagus, ends trimmed 1 Tbs olive oil 1 cup balsamic vinegar* about 20 medium strawberries, sliced 10 basil leaves, chopped salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 400° F. Place asparagus

     I hope everyone is having a great summer, I know I am.  I recently went on a "sisters only" vacation to New Bern, North Carolina, most notably the birthplace of Pepsi.        We walked a few miles every day, I wish I'd have kept a total of the mileage for the entire week.  One day we walked over six miles, one mile of it was a guided ghost walk.  That was interesting, we learned a lot of history of the town and saw some gorgeous buildings.  We also climbed 207 steps up the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, the view is breathtaking, I highly recommend it.  It was my first lighthouse, so I don't have any other to compare it to, but a man there said he has been in several, including all the others in the Outer Banks, and that Cape Lookout has the best view because it's all natural, nothing but God's handiwork.  The water around it is so blue, it looks like the pictures I've seen of the Caribbean.      North Carolina was hot-very hot.  It's been hot