Thursday DayLook - August 28

For Today: August 28, 2009

Looking out my back porch... the weeds are taller. The soybean field is still growing and green. We’ve started to pull up some of the spent vegetable plants in the Square Foot Gardens. The tomatoes are a complete jungle – I’m not sure if I could find ripe tomatoes, even if I was looking!

I am thinking... how peaceful it is when the kids are outside and … my chai tea treat tastes very good.

I am thankful for... quiet afternoons and ripe peaches.

The produce Angelina, Graham and I picked today.

Peach Crisp - dessert after supper tonight.

From the sewing/craft room… I should venture in and complete those quilts. The Warm & Natural 100% cotton batting arrived on Tuesday, so all the supplies are on hand.

From the school room... I’m really excited for our ‘real’ school year to begin after Labor Day. I am in the process of making Schultütes; the poster board cones are made and I’ve been purchasing little surprises on my trips to town.

From the kitchen... Yesterday, the kids and I went to Jamestown and purchased three lugs of peaches. Two of the lugs are in the refrigerator to slow their ripening and one is on the counter for immediate eating. Angelina and I made a peach crisp for tonight's dessert.

I am reading... I’m still reading a bunch of different books: Introduction to the Devout Life, genesis, How the Reformation Happened, From Tyndale to Madison, It’s So You!, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. None have been finished as of yet.

I am hoping... that I can work up the nerve to get through my phone calls by the end of the week. Have I mentioned my dislike for miscellaneous phone calls??

I am hearing... the hum of the grain dryers on the other side of the wheat field and an intermittently screaming Graham as he walks toward the house. Undoubtedly, someone is not ‘waiting’ for him to catch up.

State of the house… pretty clean, although the laundry room needs a visit.

A successful moment… Dash cleaned and de-stemmed a whole 2 gallon bag of beans from Grandma Golden Acres.

A few plans for the rest of the week…
1. I’ve been watching the plum trees in Grandma Green Acres’ tree row since mid-July. The plums are finally starting to turn and may be ready to pick on Saturday. I have a hankering for plum jelly.

2. Can peaches and blanche/freeze green beans.

3. A bit of baking for a bake-sale fundraiser this coming weekend.

A look at my day, in pictures...