Animals
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- Every Day Is Made Of Moments
I wish I could carry you in my pocket as I go about my day. There are so many moments that I would share with you.So many smiles. But since I cannot do that, I carry my camera and snap as many photos as I can...hoping to capture the essence of each...
- Gardening Season Wrap-up
In between the Autumn drizzle that we have been experiencing the past two days,I took a couple walks out to the garden.Gardening for this year is almost over. The garden fence is almost covered now with vines and blossoms...just the way I had hoped it...
- Planning Ahead
The arrival of the "Territorial Seed" catalog for Fall planting reminded me that it is time to plan our Fall/Winter garden. The garden is just entering its prime for Summer,making it difficult to imagine all of these wonderful vegetables over and...
- Purselane, Anyone?
This past weekend made me wonder if perhaps I had missed Autumn altogether!With rain and temperatures in the 40's...it was too raw to work outside. So, instead, we helped one of our boys - Andy - move into his new city apartment.Just a quick note...
- Wrapping Up And Looking Ahead
Autumn has arrived...and with it the eventual end to this year's vegetable garden.I am always saddened when the garden is finished for the year,but welcome the extra time that it's end affords me. Last week's rain was a real boost to the remaining...
Animals
Summer's Long Goodbye
As I write this post, it is amazingly cool outside.
The tree swallows have begun to flock on the power lines.
More and more leaves are on the ground.
And morning dew settles peacefully on freshly spun spider webs...
all signs that Summer is starting to pack her bags, and Autumn is planning his arrival.
We left the farm this weekend and took some of our kids to Washington DC;
and while we were gone, it seems like Summer slipped further away!
Arriving home, we were greeted by Tom and Chuck...
Meanwhile, Jim was out doing the afternoon feeding for us...
I don't think Sammy missed us much.
Amanda and I took some time to visit with the piggies.
It always amazes me when I look at a picture of them,
just how much they have grown in one year's time!
Before supper we had a little time to harvest our grapes.
This grapevine grows on the corner of our garden fence and is
the only one of our grapevines that has really produced much
fruit this summer.
Our early Spring followed by a late frost played havoc with
most of our fruit trees and vines this year.
We searched every inch of the vine...
and found enough to half fill a bucket...
which was just enough to make a few jars of concord grape jam.
Our garden is still producing tomatoes, peppers, chard, kale, broccoli and eggplant.
For Autumn, we have planted more broccoli, kale, kohlrabi, carrots, turnips, sweet potatoes,
Brussels sprouts, and parsnips.
Hopefully we can eat fresh vegetables from the garden through the end of November.
After that, we will use what we have frozen and canned from earlier this summer.
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PS.... a special Happy Birthday to Andy, who turns 28 today!
Hope you can jump like this on every one of your birthdays!!
Washington D.C. August 18, 2012
Watching the Washington Nationals play the NY Mets.
- Every Day Is Made Of Moments
I wish I could carry you in my pocket as I go about my day. There are so many moments that I would share with you.So many smiles. But since I cannot do that, I carry my camera and snap as many photos as I can...hoping to capture the essence of each...
- Gardening Season Wrap-up
In between the Autumn drizzle that we have been experiencing the past two days,I took a couple walks out to the garden.Gardening for this year is almost over. The garden fence is almost covered now with vines and blossoms...just the way I had hoped it...
- Planning Ahead
The arrival of the "Territorial Seed" catalog for Fall planting reminded me that it is time to plan our Fall/Winter garden. The garden is just entering its prime for Summer,making it difficult to imagine all of these wonderful vegetables over and...
- Purselane, Anyone?
This past weekend made me wonder if perhaps I had missed Autumn altogether!With rain and temperatures in the 40's...it was too raw to work outside. So, instead, we helped one of our boys - Andy - move into his new city apartment.Just a quick note...
- Wrapping Up And Looking Ahead
Autumn has arrived...and with it the eventual end to this year's vegetable garden.I am always saddened when the garden is finished for the year,but welcome the extra time that it's end affords me. Last week's rain was a real boost to the remaining...