Brighter Things

One of those days at Cook'n by the Creek.  A little rain and a little sun.  Dick was trying to get the forms built, set and ready to pour the cement slab Saturday for the pizza oven.  I have watched him hustle grabbing the power tools to get out of the maybe 3 minute shower.  Back out the extension cord and tools for another few minutes of work.  He's determined to "git-r-done".  Of course me asking, "will it be done by Labor Day might have put the "git-up-in-his-go" ♡

  One thing you will not see much blogging about is my housework. It has to be done, I do it but I don't like it.  Today decided the windows in side will get cleaned.  I will compare cleaning windows to I would rather "pick shit with the chickens".  That was Della's saying when she didn't like to do something.  I feel it is quite fitting on my feeling of windows.  That's it no more talk of cleaning.  On to the brighter things in my life.

With or without the sun my kitchen window view was beautiful today.  So much so I went on the back deck to sit and enjoy.  The fields are all shades of fresh greens of summer and with  fall browns already taking over.  Dick and Kent plowed a nice sized food plot which looks mighty fine all earthy brown.  Soon the buckwheat and turnips will be starting up.  Even the deer and turkey like the fresh plowed ground.  It wasn't an hour after they were finished plowing  two young deer were sniffing along and digging it with their hooves.  Wild animals can be very nosey.  I remember my dad and brother Bob saying the deer would come right up to them when cutting trees down in the woods.  Apparently when we are hunting and Dick gives me the "stink eye"  to shhh, be quiet and watch where I'm stepping doesn't mean I will be the one to scare deer or turkey away.  Heck, I might even attract them.

I have had two ladies (older, like me) in the past few months while checking out pick up one of my items and say, "wow, I haven't had this in years or I didn't know they still made it, I'm getting some before I go home".  That surprised me, we have used it for years. So here goes you are either going to know what it is, or not.  Also you may have used it or never tried it........... Chocolate Malt Ovaltine...........

Surprise, growing up on a dairy farm does not mean you will love or even like milk.   I can not get white milk past my lips, never have liked it.  I do use white on my cereal (very little) but when young I used chocolate milk.  Mom always said the last baby bottle I drank was the last time she could get me to drink white milk.  Maybe I just out smarted  mom to get chocolate milk.  We all know our kids have out smarted us more than once, young or old they hold the talent.  It will be interesting to hear your stories on milk and if you have or do use Ovaltine (has to be chocolate malt for me).

Two days of rain means two days of rest from garden and lawn.  Mother Nature has been kind giving a break now and again.  Thursday will be pick the rest of the Kale for the freezer, with some luck maybe enough cucumbers will be ready to dill.  When the lawn and barnyard are dry enough on to my favorite ride, the lawn mower!

This week has not been without mishap.  First one of our four Guinea Hens was killed either by a mink, weasel, opossum or skunk.  I would rather see a coyote get it, at least they eat them.  The other predators kill to kill, not for food.   Yesterday we found a chicken dead,  believing she flew from roost and landed wrong or one of the horses may have stepped on her.  That has happened before.  Life with farm animals.

The famous Mango Salsa made by Scuff Simons.
Nice surprise when Scuff and Linea stopped to visit and gave
us a pint.   Trying it tonight!  Thanks friends ♡