August is the month when we lose the battle with Mother Nature. Everything at the farm is tall, green, and unstoppable. It can’t be mowed or clipped fast enough. And then there’s the rain…
A deep freeze has settled in from Texas to Maine. There’s no escaping it – it’s winter everywhere!
No, no! Not that kind of beaver!
I meant the other kind – Castor canadensis.
Maybe I’d better start with the beans first…
The old Carter Family song reminds us to keep a sunny perspective.
“Well, there’s a dark and a troubled side of life
There’s a bright and a sunny side too
But if you meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view”
These days you gotta take the good with the bad. I try to find a little something to be happy about each day. So I’m celebrating milestones this month, both major and minor.
It’s mid-April and we’re still in lockdown mode. We’re going nowhere…very slowly. The days are all starting to meld together. I have to check my phone to remember if it’s Friday or Saturday. Oh, never mind. It’s only Wednesday.
Interesting times we’re living through, eh?
We won’t be traveling in the RV any time soon; like most citizens we’re hunkered down at home. So this seems like a good time to sit by the fire and share some cordwood cabin stories with you.
It’s turnip season. Before a hard frost knocks out the last of the garden produce, it’s time for a drive around our rural neighborhood. Let’s see what we can find…