Well Jam

 Harold is back from his meeting and back to working at deep subjects, as wells are well known to be.  Today I helped him get the pump in the well, which is more difficult than it sounds, because apparently you can't just drop the thing in there, but you have to lower it with pipes and wires and a bit of safety rope all in a controlled manner.

The pit - the MONEY pit.
Inspector Decibel says:  Safety First, the pit should be covered, or Skeeter could fall down the well!

Harold is putting the wire and the safety rope on the pump.  

How deep is it?  T-H-I-S deep.

Decibel the helper Briard... finds a distraction.

She snatches up a piece of non-essential cardboard, and ...

... she's off!

That's GOOD cardboard

The peanut gallery stays in the shade.

We managed to get that done on the third try, and now Harold is back to monkeying with the other parts of the plumbing, hooking up the electric, installing the valves and pressure gauges, and the tank.

So I made some apricot jam.

This is my third batch this year, and I have fruit for one more batch frozen.  All you need is 6 cups of chopped apricots (the hail did a number on one side, but the other side was usable, and there were NO WORMS in any of the apricots, which is some sort of miracle), 7 cups of sugar, a quarter cup of lemon juice, a bit of butter and a pack of pectin, and after mixing and measuring, boiling and bubbling, it becomes jam.  Apricot jam is just about my favorite, since it always tastes sunshiny even in winter.