SUMMER NOOS.....

Hello. Last week was unreal with how hot it was all week and even at night. I meant to call Bro Andy and get some stats for you, but I forgot and now it’s too late. Yesterday was a grey day and a very cold night. I think I heard that Bro Andy’s low temp recording was for 29°. I know it stayed cold for some time because we actually had a thin layer of ice on the water that I left in my wheelbarrow. It looks like the squash got hit; I don’t know what else was damaged. Other things, like the potatoes got a little bit of frost, but they’ll probably recover.

We had work nights most of last week – thinning carrots, picking peas, picking greens, and ?.

Sarah Horender and her daughters went home last week. Canda Steiner has been here and will be going over to New Hope on Monday or Tuesday. Some guy named David from Orlando, Florida, is here visiting for a month. Bill Casey’s sister, Laura, is arriving today to visit for about a week.

Bro John Jeffreys was here today and will be driving home to Haines tomorrow. He preached this morning on having the right ground for seed to be planted.

Aaron and Brooke Seeger with their girls along with Glen & Lewis Wilkerson and Hannah Gomez were out for the day to visit Aunt Bonnie, Uncle Jim, and the Trotters. Hannah Gomez and Lewis Wilkerson have been “walking out their year” since before the summer some time.

Micah VanderHart is having some intense physical therapy for a couple of weeks. The therapist put his right hand and arm in a cast to encourage Micah to use his left hand more. It’s a little stressful (mostly for Ann), I think.

Our family went to the Deltana Fair which was OK but some things were not featured that had been other times. There were some nicer rides and Rob enjoyed himself. Pat Sr. and May took the trophy for the Jack n'Jill sawing...but the competition was tough this year. May almost won the ax throw but some other gal took it in the end. The mixed groups were unreall they were so good. Some younger folks have been practicing, doing the sawing through the 12in. beam with a cross cut saw in about 16 sec. unbelievable! Poor Pat got winded in the solo crosscut and realized he was not up to it anymore, but at least he tried! MAY WON THAT ONE!...but then she is 19 years old!

At the same time all this was going on, Robin was watching the cowboy shootouts. An outfit from nearby Salcha brings their ponies and quarter horses, and they do a sort of barrell racing thing on an arena while shooting blanks at balloon targets. I will post some pics and clips soon. Rob loves this! He got asked to hlep putting up the targets and he did quite well...

Smoke is terrible and gets to ones eyes and throat but we do not complain since it is sunny and hot. We do need rain though. Produce is coming in by the b arrel full and we are kept busy processing it all and putting it into the frezzer.

Amazing that August is already here. Groan...that means that winter is closer...

Pat Jr. is up in the Brookes range hunting with rich out of state hunters and being a rustler for the outfit he works for. Has a new ineterest, a girl from Devon, England who is completing her college degree in the UK at Exeter Univ. Seems like a nice girl, we met her briefly when he came back home for a night to get some fresh clothing and take a string of fresh horses back to camp. They were not able to stay very long.






Ok, talk to you again soon