These are little solar lights that Peepaw attached to a part of our fence in the backyard....aren't they pretty? I want to take a drive down the road at night (below our house) and look at them from a distance.I'm eating a Pepperidge Farm apple turnover with a dab of butter and a sprinkle of powdered sugar...doesn't that sound good? (it is.) Peeps is outside now putting the chickens to bed. There is always one girl, the big red one named Mable, who is naughty and won't go to bed with the others and Peepaw has to catch her and put her in the coop. But she lays pretty eggs so we give her some slack. We have one red one that tries and tries but can only lay a teeny tiny egg once in a blue moon. I wish hers were edible but the yolk is as tiny as the head of a pin so it wouldn't be much bigger than a dime if I were to fry it up. As it is, I just ooh and aah at the little thing for a few days then throw it away. (see above chicken related photo of Joshua and the coop)
Jason and Joshua, I was remembering y'all dressing up as super heroes when you were little boys, complete with your underwear on your head and a towel tied around your shoulders. You were so precious - and still are to your momma.
Summer is in full swing here and pretty much has been since May. We've had lots of record breaking days with temperatures over 90. It was so hot last weekend that we sat in the little wading pool that the children played in last month and it was so warm that it felt like bath water. As much as I love the summer veggies and fruit and long days, there is a part of me that's very much looking forward to this: (see above winter related photo of Peeps in the snow...a very cold Peeps.)
I have a three day weekend starting tomorrow and am very grateful for the time off. I will pamper myself a little bit, I'll do some cooking, and I'll gather my quickly-ripening tomatoes. Our corn has tasseled and we watch the little ears getting bigger and bigger by the day. I can't wait to try to first bite! We planted some heirloom corn seeds that we've been keeping in the fridge for several years and then we planted some local corn that was recently bought...wouldn't you know that the heirloom is growing the fastest and is the healthiest? We have a huge head of cabbage that I'll pick in the next day or two but the one thing I'm truly most looking forward to is black eyed peas! No one here grows them or purple hulls, for some reason. Maybe they don't think the soil is good but ours are very healthy looking plants with tons of blooms so we're waiting to see the first little pea sprout. A meal with all vegetables of the summer is one of the best things in the world, don't y'all agree?
I love you all very much and pray for you always,
Mom
p.s. sorry the pictures are all at the top....I had technical difficulties.
