Excerts from a Journal Junkie

from the homesteader's journal . . . 

  Finally got the septic cap made for the distribution connection

from the garden journal . . .

  picked a handful of strawberries, a basket full of peas, a bit of swiss chard, two green peppers, and a ton of lettuce.  Runner beans are doing well also.   Cut more Lemon Balm for drying too.

from the crafting journal . . .
  still working on one last hope chest blanket, starting to crochet hand towels.

from the gratitude journal . . .

   ~Today I am Thankful for~
* water
*my camera
*God's Mercy and Grace
*wild black raspberries on the property
*my covered porch 
*ice (phew!  needing it  a lot these last few hot days)
*windows
*the watering hose (the first year here we had no outside water spigot, so we filled jugs of water and hauled it to the garden all summer)
*books

Share what you are grateful for today.   
  

Weekend Projects Completed

Another, much prettier scarf completed (knitted).  I have another skein of yarn, the same color, for another scarf also.  For the next one, I will need to make it a bit thinner on the width, so it will be longer.

We also, thanks to extended family, completed several yard projects.  The ground over the septic is now flat again, and ready to re-seed the grass and cut down the pipe.  We also made our own cement cap for the distribution on the septic/leach bed.  The back hoe ran over it and crushed it in last year.  They run about $50.00, so making it ourselves was a smart move.  Now, it will interesting on watching the men lift it and move it, once it has completely set.  It feels good to see work get completed. 

I have also been able to pick more wild black raspberries every day now.  I will soon be baking my first pie with them.  I never did get a picture of baking the quiche with milkweed flower buds, but will try to remember next time.