Today's canning project

Today, I decided I was going to try to make pickles. I am fortunate enough to have a friend that grew lemon cucumbers this year and has a huge excess of them. We ate many of them but just couldn't keep up so what better to do than make pickles with them. Having never made pickles before, I was a bit apprehensive.  But knowing myself well enough that when I have an idea to do something the universe opens it's vast source of knowledge to me and 'voila' , it's done. So, on to pickling.  I found a recipe in a canning book from the library, rolled up my sleeves and started chopping. Surprisingly enough, it was very simple and only took me about an hour to cut and can 4 quarts of beautiful lemon cucumber pickles. The jars are so pretty. If you have ever seen lemon cucumbers, they are the prettiest shade of yellow.  If you can picture a jar full of cucumber slices that look like fresh lemons it takes your breath away. We have not eaten any yet. I won't let anyone open them  because they are so pretty to look at.  =)