Weather continues perfect for fall. I would like another rain....I am greedy.
Here is the first thing that caught my eye a couple of mornings ago. I walked out on the porch very early and looked across the road to the field. Normally there were piles of brush stacked here and there and several weeds. It has taken the neighbor three years in short spurts of work but finally he finished the job! He even burned the brush piles. It looks so nice now.
If we weren't so close to the road, I wouldn't have paid any attention to it...but we are.
I mowed yesterday probably for the last time. I was surprised by how much dirt and dust it kicked up. Of course the yard being overrun with moles doesn't help. I hope they are gorging on Japanese Beetle grubs!
I milked yesterday, Friday. I am trying a new routine to encourage her to let down her milk, DH goes out early and turns her in to the holding pen. See can look over the new half door and see the babies. I leave her there for at least 30 minutes, hoping. I got more milk than usual so maybe it is working. It is no more work to do it this way so we will continue.
I just made a pan of rolled type apple dumplings; hope they turn out super. I want to take some to my MIL and FIL today. Apple Dumplings are her favorite dessert, but the old, whole apple type.
I wasn't wholly impressed with the rolls, so I made just three of the regular kind with pie crust I had in the freezer.
A day or so ago I baked a small turkey and made a regular turkey dinner of mashed potatoes, peas, gravy, and turkey. I made the large recipe of 24-hour refrigerator rolls too. There was a method to all my madness in cooking this much food. I took enough for two meals up to the In-Laws. I still had enough turkey left to make a large pot of turkey tetrazzini today (Sunday 10/2/11). There will be enough to freeze and DH can take some to them mid-week. FIL isn't doing so well after his last radiation treatment. He is very weak and couldn't keep his eyes open while we were there. We are hoping his strength will improve over the next two weeks.
The chickens are on a laying break big time! 1 or 2 eggs a day. They may be starting to moult. I hate when that happens but it always does each year.
Our neighbor had hung a new gate between us so we dropped by yesterday and paid our half.
That wraps up another week.
I can hardly believe it is October! What happened to September?
Here is the first thing that caught my eye a couple of mornings ago. I walked out on the porch very early and looked across the road to the field. Normally there were piles of brush stacked here and there and several weeds. It has taken the neighbor three years in short spurts of work but finally he finished the job! He even burned the brush piles. It looks so nice now.
If we weren't so close to the road, I wouldn't have paid any attention to it...but we are.
I mowed yesterday probably for the last time. I was surprised by how much dirt and dust it kicked up. Of course the yard being overrun with moles doesn't help. I hope they are gorging on Japanese Beetle grubs!
I milked yesterday, Friday. I am trying a new routine to encourage her to let down her milk, DH goes out early and turns her in to the holding pen. See can look over the new half door and see the babies. I leave her there for at least 30 minutes, hoping. I got more milk than usual so maybe it is working. It is no more work to do it this way so we will continue.
I just made a pan of rolled type apple dumplings; hope they turn out super. I want to take some to my MIL and FIL today. Apple Dumplings are her favorite dessert, but the old, whole apple type.
I wasn't wholly impressed with the rolls, so I made just three of the regular kind with pie crust I had in the freezer.
A day or so ago I baked a small turkey and made a regular turkey dinner of mashed potatoes, peas, gravy, and turkey. I made the large recipe of 24-hour refrigerator rolls too. There was a method to all my madness in cooking this much food. I took enough for two meals up to the In-Laws. I still had enough turkey left to make a large pot of turkey tetrazzini today (Sunday 10/2/11). There will be enough to freeze and DH can take some to them mid-week. FIL isn't doing so well after his last radiation treatment. He is very weak and couldn't keep his eyes open while we were there. We are hoping his strength will improve over the next two weeks.
The chickens are on a laying break big time! 1 or 2 eggs a day. They may be starting to moult. I hate when that happens but it always does each year.
Our neighbor had hung a new gate between us so we dropped by yesterday and paid our half.
That wraps up another week.
I can hardly believe it is October! What happened to September?
