Looking out from my back porch... The grass is freshly cut and the garden is almost fully weeded (had about 2 feet left before I got rained out of the garden yesterday!).
I am thankful... the thunderstorms have been small and passed quickly without serious wind or hail.
I am reading… only time for reading newspapers and cookbooks.
I am hearing...Louis jabbering to himself and the St. Gerard statue he’s holding.
I am wearing… brown capris, a navy t-shirt, flip-flops.
From the sewing/craft room (aka. laundry room!)…the room is clean, but alas only laundry has been happening.
From the school room... fully prepped and prepared for our ‘after Labor Day’ start. The room has been rearranged to my satisfaction and the largest piles (some two years old) have been sorted/filed/stored/trashed.
From the kitchen... Chocolate Sheet Cake, two Cranberry Swirl Coffee Cakes, Tropical fruit bread, and Mini-Chocolate Chip scones. (I’m getting ready for harvest and LUNCHES!!) And, I picked up 80 lbs. cherries – both Bing and Rainier – from the fruit truck about 35 minutes from our home. Cost is approx. $2/lb vs. over $4 in store, so the drive is well worth it. I plan to can at least half. The rest will be eaten and shared with my MIL. The flavor is absolutely wonderful.
From the Garden… the green beans are in full production mode, and the zucchini are starting to produce. I’m having trouble with blossom end rot on the zucchini due to the wet conditions. The sweet peas have started to bloom.
From the FarmYard… the Ameraucana chicks are soooo beautiful. Their feather colors are varied and it’s just been fun to see them develop. However, they love to fly the coop! Hubby and I fenced their pen higher, but they STILL find a way to fly to the top of the chicken wire. Pretty soon, they’ll just fly over and join the Buffs, Barred Rocks, and broilers.
I’m praying for… 1) Louis and Dash who have colds with slight fevers (Dash is at the end of his illness – Louis’ fever broke slightly this morning). 2) That I’ll lose my ‘thirst’ for soda/pop.
A successful moment… a baby gift and a book promised to friends (both should have been sent months ago!) were sent by mail.
A few plans for the rest of the week…
Thursday-Friday: Weed the gardens, bake scones and a coffee cake, pick beans, roast two chickens and pull the meat, can cherries.
Friday/Saturday/Sunday: Clean house, create flexible menu plans for the next two months, help the kids complete their 4-H animal record books.
A picture memory...
Family day trip to the Buffalo Museum and Frontier Village in Jamestown on Monday, July 25.
World’s largest Buffalo. Yours truly is taking the pictures, but all the other rascals are accounted for. Graham looks like he’s ready for a race … that’s pretty much what I did for the rest of the visit. Race with the stroller to keep up with Angelina, Graham and Zeke. You know how kids are at a museum! Well, maybe yours like to take their time and read everything. By the time I’d get to an exhibit and just look at everything … that’s not even taking time to read ANYTHING! … they’d be off and running to the next building. At least most of the viewing was free. The museum’s charge was $10/family. That’s a great price.
This preserve is also home to the famous white buffalo. Can you see the speck off in the distance?? We didn’t get to see it close up, either. I should probably show this pic to the kids so they can say, “I was there when mom took this picture of the white buffalo!”
The viewing magnifier was free and the stage coach below was a huge hit with Graham and Louis.
Kids love to be locked in the old time jails.
The Caboose was fun, too. I stayed with the stroller, but assume it was cool because the kids stayed in there longer than most of the other exhibits.
Well, the park day trip wouldn’t be complete without a couple of these type of pictures.
So long everyone! We finished the trip by taking the kids out to eat at Paradiso. The kids were very well behaved. Thank goodness!
Looks like a fun day trip - we'll have to go sometime!
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