After our Fresh Air friend went home in July, we had a few weeks to finish up some chores, like turning over the manure pile, and finish getting in our first cutting of hay. Whit let TBear do the pile-turning. It was a good opportunity to figure out the controls on the loader-backhoe without worrying about hitting anything.
Nutmeg came home in July to farm sit for us so Whit, TBear, and I could take off on a fiddle tour of Prince Edward Island with the Pineland Fiddlers. We would spend the next week or so camping and listening to not just our kids but also some phenomenal fiddlers as they played in the Atlantic Fiddlers' Jamboree. It was a great week!
We arrived home again at the beginning of August in time to start on a second cutting of hay in the fields we'd first cut in June. Happily, all the grandparents were able to come visit in August.
School started on August 16th for us and, somewhere in there, we squeezed in TBear's recital. The hay is in the barn now. The wood shed is full. The weather is starting to turn cooler too, which I'm really thankful for after the four or five weeks of sweltering 90 degree heat that we had. It's time to turn our focus to school!
As our nights and mornings are cooling (but days are still in the mid-high 80s), I am beginning to think of fall ... and there have been a few discussions about snow. The Farmers Almanac predicts more than average "winter precipitation" this year for our area --- the Cherubs are hoping those predictions come true !!
ReplyDeleteCan you believe it's mid-September already ???
Tammy
The summer certainly did seem to whiz by for us! It's very pleasant here now - high 60s in the daytime, cool at night.
ReplyDeleteKnowing how much they enjoy it, I hope your cherubs do get lots of snow this year!
~Lisa