If I have slowed down enough to take pictures, they're on my cell phone, which for some reason is now saying I do not have access to my blog. So until there is time to upload photos, I'll just have to posts a few quick reminders...
I officially ended my garden today. Yes. On October 4th. We've always had okra and some tomatoes grow until the end of Oct or the first frost, but never peas or green beans. I honestly think if I had kept watering it we'd have more, but I was ready to be done by the middle of September. The garden gate is now open, and tomorrow the chickens can have at it.
We had three Quilts of Valor presentations last week. While we were preparing to leave for the first one, I tripped and fell in the garage. Didn't land on the ramp like I did 10 years ago, but I still fell on the cement. My cell phone case did its job and was utterly destroyed, but my phone survived (and is now scratched from a week of no protection). As long as I don't kneel or bump my knees or one toe on either foot, I'm okay. But it still looks atrocious. My husband saved the day by taking the quilts and folders on to the group who carried on without me and did a fabulous job.
And we replaced the 20 year old carpet on one end of the house with a type of tile/laminate insert. So everything except the really big pieces of furniture (beds and dressers) had to be moved out. I had so much stuff piled in the dining room and living room the workers barely had space to move the big furniture to. So I've sorted quite a bit, and still have a bit more to do. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with some of the things or pieces, but I am thankful for how my sewing room is finally come back together. At the moment it is not so cluttered as before, even though everything is not back in it yet, and moving some things around has helped it feel a little more calming. And I'm amazed at how much bigger the rooms look now.
Dogs ran a coyote across the yard once this week, and today Bobby said they chased it back into the woods. There's been a few nights they've had howling contests with them...ugh! I need to repair their fence line soon. Freckles is starting to figure out she can venture further out of the yard. I don't think Little Dog will ever leave the yard (I had to remove his collar), but Freckles is a totally different matter.
It was a wonderful feeling to leave a building tonight and feel a cool breeze. The last two days have had temps of mid-90s and 100. I'll be outside a fair amount tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to fall weather.
We have a very full schedule now through next Thursday. So it might be another week or two before I can load photos of all that is happening.
I officially ended my garden today. Yes. On October 4th. We've always had okra and some tomatoes grow until the end of Oct or the first frost, but never peas or green beans. I honestly think if I had kept watering it we'd have more, but I was ready to be done by the middle of September. The garden gate is now open, and tomorrow the chickens can have at it.
We had three Quilts of Valor presentations last week. While we were preparing to leave for the first one, I tripped and fell in the garage. Didn't land on the ramp like I did 10 years ago, but I still fell on the cement. My cell phone case did its job and was utterly destroyed, but my phone survived (and is now scratched from a week of no protection). As long as I don't kneel or bump my knees or one toe on either foot, I'm okay. But it still looks atrocious. My husband saved the day by taking the quilts and folders on to the group who carried on without me and did a fabulous job.
And we replaced the 20 year old carpet on one end of the house with a type of tile/laminate insert. So everything except the really big pieces of furniture (beds and dressers) had to be moved out. I had so much stuff piled in the dining room and living room the workers barely had space to move the big furniture to. So I've sorted quite a bit, and still have a bit more to do. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with some of the things or pieces, but I am thankful for how my sewing room is finally come back together. At the moment it is not so cluttered as before, even though everything is not back in it yet, and moving some things around has helped it feel a little more calming. And I'm amazed at how much bigger the rooms look now.
Dogs ran a coyote across the yard once this week, and today Bobby said they chased it back into the woods. There's been a few nights they've had howling contests with them...ugh! I need to repair their fence line soon. Freckles is starting to figure out she can venture further out of the yard. I don't think Little Dog will ever leave the yard (I had to remove his collar), but Freckles is a totally different matter.
It was a wonderful feeling to leave a building tonight and feel a cool breeze. The last two days have had temps of mid-90s and 100. I'll be outside a fair amount tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to fall weather.
We have a very full schedule now through next Thursday. So it might be another week or two before I can load photos of all that is happening.
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