Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Summer Picks


Patriot Blueberries - plump and delicious

Hanging baskets - they didn't sell but they sure make the farm pretty

"Mumbos" - three-colored chrysanthemums growing

Lavender - one of my most favorite fragrances and flowers 

Ally's new kitten, "Lil' Boots"

Potting up perennial mums "Igloos"

Chickens on the oat straw - getting rid of the seeds before I put the straw on the strawberries

The weeds in the hoop house are bigger than me.
Tom Turkey among the grasses

Ally's shadow.  She is a great photographer - captures images by seeing the amazing.
Today's Journey Joys: U-pickers enjoying blueberry picking, turkeys learning to gobble, eight baby kittens playing and tumbling, cool weather in early July, sunflowers blooming, raspberries beginning, friends with laughter, wood for burning, and a promise of six more honey supers ready to harvest today.

Melancholy

I shouldn't write when I'm feeling like this.  Emotionally fragile and oscillating between tears, fears, and frustration.  Yet ...