Sorry, my lovely peeps, I know that I have been M.I.A. for several months. And I won't give you a bunch of excuses.....well, maybe a couple.
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| Mini me (on the right) and her best friend! |
Business has increased at the salon! Which means that I haven't been home a lot. I love what I do, so I'm not complaining. (But if you live in C-town, I'll warn you now....you'd better take real good care of your clients. I'm out to steal them all! I know that's not nice, but I have seen some really unhappy women come in the door this summer, and they now book their appts. with me). Just sayin'.....
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| View from the front porch |
We'll jog back to, oh about, the end of July thru August. What?? You didn't know that we about floated away??!! I haven't seen this much rain for a loooong time. This was the scene in front of my house several times!!
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| Yep! The street disappeared! |
Love that I didn't have to water the garden or the lawn though. And it made all the difference in the harvest!
We have been bottling everything we could ever since! I have a wonderful friend who shared her orchard with us. We have cherries in the freezer, peaches on the shelf and corn in the freezer from this good friend. We'll also be making applesauce soon!
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| Crab Apple and Choke Cherry Jelly |
The Elderberries and Choke Cherries on the mountain were plentiful this year. And majorly juicy!! We spent Labor Day foraging for these goodies.
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| my boys |
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| bad pic of me!! |
They are now on the shelf in the form of jelly. Yummy!! We spent today making spaghetti sauce...with my BROTHER! I can't believe that he actually shared his secrets with me. Don't ask, he'll kill me if I share. I'm hoping one day to get the Rum Cake secrets!!!
We have spent some time camping and having picnics on our beloved
mountain also. Not as much as we'd like, but they don't pay us to take
the entire summer off. (Idiots! Don't they understand the importance of
relaxing???)
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| Mr. Elliot loving Jade. |
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| Cook out with the fam! |
I'm keeping this post as short as I can. I have also had to deal with some very rough stuff. Thus the other reason I haven't been blogging....
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| My Brother's Boots |
The man that these boots belong to has come home, well sort of. He was sent back to the USA in March??? with some serious injuries, etc. But has yet to be home for good. They are treating him on a base in another state and trying to fix the mess they have made of him. He's not the same man who left...... In fact, I'm to the point that I would give back everything he brought home, if I could relieve him of the physical pain and rid him of the nightmares. I just really want my brother back.
It has been so hard to see someone younger than me walk with a cane, and deal with all of the crap that he has too. I would really like to have the power to fix him and all of the others who came home damaged.
Do me a favor?? Don't approach a vet when you see him/her. Some of them are having a hard time with total strangers thanking them in person. But pray for them continually and get involved with an organization that helps to rehab these individuals. I would truly appreciate it.
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| Rose hips on the wild roses |
I promise the next post will come sooner, and will contain some fabulous projects that I have been working on. Until then.....
Party on Peeps.
Connie
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