The last month and a half have been very full. Our family has walked through grief through the loss of my grandfather in June, it has been full of laughter as we have gone over memories, and it has brought a lot of change as we are experiencing many adjustments to life. It's hard. It has caused me to cry out to the Lord in a whole new way. I don't do well with the change and my flesh rebels against the interruption of the "normal" that is surrounding my life right now, but my faith is growing right along with the change and God is good.
Kentucky summers are always hot with high humidity and this season has been no exception with temperatures staying around the mid-90s and humidity percentage about the same! Thankfully we completed our heavy load of spring cattle vaccinating before the main heatwave arrived. Hay season was two weeks ago with cutting, raking, baling and wrapping. I love haying season! The smells, the sunburns (proof of hard work), the hard work, and the joy of a completed task. I didn't get to be involved in hay this year but am still apart in the heart.
Along with the heat though has been an abundance of scrumptious summer veggies and berries and so freezing and fermenting have been playing a big part in my schedule as well. The younger kids have been a huge help and are quite the experts in slicing cucumbers and zucchini. =) Wild blackberries grow in abundance around here and July is peak sweetness time, so we have picked and frozen a lot of berries and I tried my hand at blackberry jam! We have fermented sauerkrat, pickled beets and garlic, frozen zucchini, and yellow squash and have made a LOT of pickles.
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| My blackberry picking crew |
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| Leah and Joel chopping vegetables |
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| A real treat - an iced coffee! |
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| An evening walk after it had cooled down |
Blessings!
The last month and a half have been very full. Our family has walked through grief through the loss of my grandfather in June, it has been full of laughter as we have gone over memories, and it has brought a lot of change as we are experiencing many adjustments to life. It's hard. It has caused me to cry out to the Lord in a whole new way. I don't do well with the change and my flesh rebels against the interruption of the "normal" that is surrounding my life right now, but my faith is growing right along with the change and God is good.
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