Summer is in full swing. School's been out two and a half weeks. The honeymoon period of having the girls home is over. I'm a tired momma still searching for that lovely summer groove of years past. It will come. Soon as I can figure out how to stop being a short-order cook and provider of every moment of entertainment. And as soon as Ward can figure out how to take a decent nap even though his beloved sisters are home. So, I've been having this re-occurring dream where I'm in an Olympic home-maker contest and I have children wrapped around my legs as I move from one domestic chore to the next. I'm always resisting that strong urge to kick my legs or swat at the little heads bobbing along in front of me. It's hard to really describe the dream, but I wake in a cold sweat every time.
In garden news, even though I'm battling squash bugs daily, I've got zucchini galore. We've had all the usual zucchini + starch meals AND zucchini muffins, pancakes and cookies. I've also got cucumbers coming out my ears. I've been making cucumber, vanilla yogurt, lemonade popsicles which Ward adores. The boy is eating GREEN stuff. Woohoo! (The kid won't even eat green sherbet.) The tomatoes are coming into their own. I've got some mammoth brandywines and my favorite sungolds are producing just enough for a little bowlful once or twice a week. There will soon be more than we can handle.
The chickens have started laying. All last week I got just one egg per day but today I got FOUR! Oh boy, that is really exciting. I've started letting them free range in the late afternoon and they think that is pretty cool. As much as a chicken can think about anything.We've also painted the kitchen and had the new kitchen floor installed this month. I still have trim to finish. Of course. I always run out of steam with the trim. My old house has so much of it. The roofer just left. I think we may finally have that leak in the kitchen fixed after 1+ years of trying one thing after the next to fix it. The key, or so the roofer told me, was having that new attic access so they could actually see what was going on.
I've included photos of the garden and some recent harvest photos. Now, boy is asleep, girls are content, roofer is gone, produce is harvested and packed, momma is headed for the shower.
