I need to come to grips with some basic facts:
- It is already August.
- I only have two weeks of work left at Squash Blossom Farm.
- We're leaving on Friday for a week-long road trip to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks.
- I'm not sure what I'm doing next [month, fall, winter, spring, summer, year - aaahhh!].
Some things I've already come to grips with:
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| My favorite chicken buddy. |
- I love camping. Aaron and I spent two nights at Afton State Park in July. This was his first time backpacking and overall a success.
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| Camping! |
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| Our cute tent. |
- I love my nieces. And they love yoga.
- I love Poet. She used to sleep on my bed during the day, but she recently spent one night outside, caught a rat in the barn, felt very proud of herself, and has decided to be an outdoor cat the last couple weeks.
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| Poet. Rodent exterminator extraordinaire. |
- It's possible to get sick of having pizza.
- I actually enjoy making fruit tarts.
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| Raspberry and red plum tarts with pastry cream. |
- Selling bread at the market is much more fun when there's excellent live music nearby.
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| Music at the Rochester Farmers Market. |
- I probably don't want to have cows. LaFonda is currently giving Sue five gallons of milk a day. This leads to a brand of guilt I didn't know existed: milk guilt. Can one really make time to make cheese - and lots of it - every single day? No, one cannot. I've been taking home four gallons a week and having a tough time using all of it. I think I'll prefer the more modest production of a couple goats.
Time to get ready to drive down to the farm for my penultimate week. I've been so grateful to spend my summer outside, get to know some wonderfully hilarious animals, and just... be on a farm. Susan and Roger have such a beautiful place - I hope everyone will visit for the Cow Puja on Sunday, September 28.
You sure have had an interesting summer! I'm glad that Ava and Sophie catch on to yoga a lot faster than their grammy.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great time on your trip! <3