Fun in the snow...

It is 16 degree's this morning.. A bitter cold weekend

coming up- with snow... I enjoy all of the seasons...

We had lots of fun with the last big snow we got..

(Right before CHRISTmas).We went sleigh riding,

built a bonfire,made snowmen and had snowball fights..

Hot chocolate with family and friends..And we had no

electricity for 4 days..(Beats the 17 days the last time.)haha

God is good...

Fire Wood

This is our wood shed.. It is about 1/3 full in
this picture.. We filled it up all the way to the
front post.

We have had a fire now for a few days. This
makes all the hard work we did this summer
SO worth it.haha-It was 23 degree's here this
morning.. Heavy frost. I thank God for our
full wood shed..And all of His many
blessings!!

Friday Night Football / Seasons changing

Around our neck of the woods the local high school

football games are very popular.
The cooler morning and evening temp's are a sign of

the seasons changing..Like it or not

the warm summer nights are fading.The leaves are

faintly sneaking in their subtle changes.

Yes-the seasons are changing. Summer is almost gone-

Football season is here and fall is following closely on

his heals..

I'm going out tonight to enjoy my oldest son's high

school game. Last night was my middle sons Jr. High

game..I'll be bringing my blankets with me.. And

enjoying my family.

Have a great weekend.

Love and prayers'~

God is good.

Diggin' Taters!!

Bushel basket full.. :)

Sorting..

We put them out on plastic and wash them and

let them dry before we store them for winter..

We usually do not dig potatos until late

September..Considering all the rain we have

had and other people digging potatos early

because they were rotting-we got ours out

of the ground..There was less than a bushel
rotten out of the 25 bushels we dug..

God is good!!

Buttermilk

Time to make more buttermilk..

A bowl of tomatos...

I canned some tomatos today and made 9
quarts of kraut..I love harvesting the food
that we grow and storing it for winter..
God is good!!

Fun at the pool..

Yesterday-we had fun at the pool.

My three boys,my three nieces

and one of their friends enjoyed

the diving boards,having noodle fights

and playing football, etc. We also

met with another homeschool

family there.

Some rainbows that we have spotted locally..

We have had alot of rain. Having had several years

of drought-we sure need it..The weather for the next

week is supposed to be hot and sunny.Lord willing,

I will be canning tomatos, salsa and kraut this coming

week. Then the corn should be just about ready..

We like spotting rainbows after storms...And I am

thankful that we know the promise God made when

he set the rainbow in the sky... And all of his other

wonderful promises...He will never break his promises...

Football Season!!

Well it's that time of year again.. I really like football.

Just not when my boys are playing it.HAHA

-Makes me nervous... Since my oldest is playing

highschool ball this year-his practices have been

4-5 hours...My jr. high son only has a 2 hour practice..

(Of course these are everyday..) My 9 yr. old may not

play this year(youth club)-there are not

enough boys signed up yet.. So he is planning on

getting in more hunting time... They all love to hunt..

You name it-they usually hunt it... They also love to fish..

I love my boys.. God has been so very good to me!!

A bloom...

This is a bloom on the rose bush that my boys

got me for Mother's Day. How sweet..haha :)

The sun going down...

Beautiful silver linings...

Beautiful sun rays...

"Buzzard"

This is a view from our front porch..This
scavanger bird is looking as majestic as
an eagle...Funny- I've never thought of
Buzzard's as being majestic before...Ha Ha.
All of God's creatures have a purpose. :)

Wished my camera had a better zoom...We

checked the yardage of how far the bird was

away from us and it was 200 yards..This

is the buzzard drying it's wings - we had just

had a break from one of the several rain showers

that we had yesterday.We watch several birds on

this perch..Many seem to like this spot..

Pickin' Blueberries

We picked 4 gallon of blueberries yesterday.
We got rained on! It was fun spending time
with family and friends in a summer downpour
in a blueberry field.. :D

I washed them and removed the stems.

I placed them in quart freezer bags. We had
17 bags today.. We may go pick more next
week.

Blackberries

This is a dish of wild blackberries.It seems to take so

long to pick these because they are so much smaller

than the tame blackberries that we have. :)

My boys love to eat blackberry

cobblers..haha -With ice cream of course..

We are planning on going blueberry picking soon.

They are so good in fruit smoothies..

Freezing sweet banana peppers

Sweet banana peppers from the garden.

I wash them and remove the seeds and then
slice them.

I dice them into small cubes.

I had 4 cups this day.

I place them into my freezer bag and freeze.
I use these for soups,chili and baked beans..
I do the same thing with my other types of
peppers.

Passion Fruit

A bloom of the passion fruit...

Canning Mustard Greens

Pick lots of mustard greens..

Wash them in the sink.

Get them ready to put into a very

large pot of boiling water.

Watch out for these little critters.

The greens after they are taken out of the

boiling water..This makes them easier to

pack into jars.

Place into quart jars with 1 tsp. of canning salt

and fill the rest with water.

Place into your canner. *(10lbs. of pressure.)

Process for 1 hour..

I made 14 quarts this day. This takes several

hours from the picking ,washing,wilting and

placing into jars and canning them....But well

worth it. :)

Yikes...

Ugly ..

This was found in my smokehouse...while getting jars out for canning.

I really do not like snakes!

Summer fun at the lake!

Jump in.

Look for fish..

Let loose..

Hang on..

Jump!

Let's go..

Making kraut.

The veins in the cabbage remind of the
coranary arteries in the heart.

The signs were in the head so it was time to
make some kraut.. I used two cabbage heads
today.. There are plenty more in the garden..
I also make kraut when the signs are in the
heart.

I cut the cabbage off of the head and place into
my large metal pan. We eat the left over cabbage
stalk..YUM.

Not quite ready..I will chop some more.. :)

Just the right texture. Now I pack the
cabbage tightly into my quart jars. I also add
1Tblsp. of vinegar,1tsp. of canning salt and finish
filling the jars with water..

I made 6 quarts today. I place them on a
towel and let them ferment and spew for
several days before I put them away.
I made a dish of slaw with the left over
cabbage..