pickle/eye redux

back to the eye man today, and same old, same old --- i think he told me two or three contradictory things re what's going on --- come back in 5 weeks --- hmmmph --- that was first thing this morning --- this afternoon around 2 went with robt to dekalb farmers mkt and we'd been there 10 minutes when the damn eye went down ---it was useless except for light and shadow for two or three hours and now at 5:30 it may be at 75% --- i think the authority of dr. eye man's opinion has been severely diminished this afternoon

but i did get pickling cucumber and got them in the brine for take #2 in the pickling binge --- much saltier brine this time --- used raw organic apple-cider vinegar and organic dill, which was really beautiful, especially sitting next to the regular product --- the cucumber were probably grown in an industrial brownfield somewhere, but they looked better than the last batch ---- threw in some pearl onion --- same spices as before --- wait two weeks