FALL PROJECTS

Dear Ethyl... It is thinking about becoming Fall, which is my very favorite season of the year!  Although Summer is right up there with it.  I like to think of summerfall as just one big, long season.  But... fall means lots of projects getting ready for winter.  We have to be prepared to hibernate, right?  So here is a list-

SOME OF OUR PROJECTS  by Wendy Latham
Drain, clean and take down the swimming pool
Put away patio furniture-when it gets cold
Weatherproof the wood beams and the playground out back-UGH!
Bottle salsa, spagetti sauce, beets, squash (and freeze it), meat, peaches, applesauce & applejuice
Pick rasberries every other day & freeze
Pull up plants and till the garden
Will wants to build a carport before winter...GOOD LUCK!
Change our pellet stove for a wood stove
Cut 2 or 3 chords of firewood
Cut back my daylillies and daisies and comfrey
Winterize plants
Kill destructive little family of squirrels who looked cute and innocent at first but have wreaked havoc to our cherries and apricots. Took every last one, ate the pits and left the rest for us to clean up
Fix wheat grinder so I can make wheat bread for Will
Go on as many motorcycle rides as possible before it gets too cold

Build shelves in the storage room downstairs... Aren't they BEAUTIFUL!  This is the best storage I've ever had!  Will is AMAZING and TALENTED!  He can make ANYTHING!  Before this, all my bottles were on the floor in piles.  It makes it really hard to rotate or even see what I have.  We love this sooo much that Will is going to build shelves around the entire room.  I AM SO EXCITED!  He's my Hero!!

This is our cute back patio... We spend lots and lots of time out here in the summer!  It's different now that the kids have moved out.  We used to have lots of people over for BBQ's all summer long.  We've had a couple this summer.  Maybe more next year...This year I'm tired.   You can see the playground behind.  Daniel wouldn't play on it this summer after he got stung by a wasp on it.  Go Figure!  It's always kinda sad to have to put it away in the fall every year!