Hi everyone. We canceled church this morning to have a work morning in the garden. Our garden became overrun with weeds due to the excess rain a few weeks ago and due to the weed spray not working as we thought it should.
We’ve had excellent weather for the last couple of days – we’ve been able to mow most of our hay. Today we should be putting up our first bales into the barn.
Wenda arrived home yesterday, bringing Bethany Chartier with her. Bethany will remain for the rest of the summer and for the school year. Hope Stacey can bear this – Kenny is in Iraq, her sons are in the Navy, and Bethany is here. Annie is going to be happy to have another chum in class...
Ok, gotta run – I can’t be late for the garden when they made it ½ later than the usual church hour. (Well, I easily could be late, but I’m trying not to be.)
later...
We had a profitable day today. We worked 2 hours in the garden getting most of the carrots weeded and thinned. We also got some of the lettuce and spinach and peas weeded. I took pictures of the laborers on Thursday night when the sky was interesting and of today when it was warm and pleasant out.
Later on today, Tony and the boys and Wendy started baling the hay. Tonight we unloaded 600 or 700 square bales. If the weather holds for a couple of days, we should do really well.
Rob has spent lots of time in the pool outside, this pool turned out to be quite durable so far...and he enjoys it. the creek water however, is soooo icy cold, I always have to warm it down a bit...but today is a super hot day...
OK today...
Well, I’m supposed to be out mowing this morning, but the weather isn’t conducive to that. For a couple of days, we had highs around 83° and 85° and possibly higher. Last night at 11 pm, a thunder and lightening storm blew in. The lightening started a few fires around the state, and the storm gave us some rain.
The rain is nice because it settled the dust a little bit, but it is not so nice since we just started cutting our hay. The boys with Tony have been cutting hay like crazy. Tony has been working madly to fix the broken down tetter since we sorta need that to get the hay done.
Oh yes, Haines farm is very happy because they cut and put up all their hay without one dot of rain!
Wenda’s niece wrote a book about her time in Romania and Russia called We Wait You. It’s an interesting book and written from a godly perspective. I googled it and found it at Amazon. Or you can get it directly from her publisher at www.WinePressBooks.com or by calling 1.877.421.7323. Taryn, Wenda’s niece, has a blog at http://tarynhutchison.authorweblog.com/ Anyone that checks out Taryn’s blog or book will not be disappointed. I think Taryn was over in Eastern Europe with YWAM.
I have to say that the pics have been taken with May's brand new Canon SX110 IS...what a nice little camera! not so little, anyway I am considering one myself now....hard to go wrong with Canon...she wanted it to get prepared for her trip to Ireland in NOvember, so now is using it during the 30 day return period....
Have a nice Monday,
Here are some summer pics....the irrigation system in the garden is going non stop it is so hot...
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