the last day of august

i have just let tolstoy out of his paddock, he is free to roam where ever he chooses on the farm, i am nervous. i have for the very first time this summer put on a strapless dress and i am okay about it, even though my arms are redicously large i still manage to feel feminine. i have filled a glass with ice, ginger ale and orange juice and pulled a new book from my shelves to read : the grapes of wrath" by steinbeck. Moments before all this i walked to the pond to check on the ducks and found five huge turkey vultures resting, i clapped my hands and they flew away both magnificent and frightening all at once. the birds they have not stopped singing and someone must have told the cardinals of my love for red for i have counted at least a dozen. I once did a design for a flower show of a flock of red cardinals flying over head as my way of saying this end of the world as we know it, i hope this not the case today. i have wanted september to come, yet i think it more the coolness of the fall that i am waiting for. but for today i will remain in the moment and let the moisture of the humid air rest on my bare arms as i turn the page...

two minutes by the pond and a weekend

k will be home this weekend, not out of town. we will spend our first weekend together since spring, the two of us and the menagerie of course. there will be shared mochas, news papers and long drives there will be talk about mountains, jacob and porter. there will be kisses on the forehead and more kisses. there will be a tear or two maybe from memories or something that is too beautiful, their be the case of poison ivy and it will be him and me!

* last weekend in montreal i broke a camera lens and today my camera was acting out- but it seemed to like the pond and sun that was setting.

when food is sexy

the rain fell again. i was at the farm stand with a book and a camera.
it is the next morning now, chores are done, a thyme and mint soap awaits in the shower, then it is off to sleep, i know what you are thinking it is morning and the sun has just come out- all that is true but my eyes they barely shut at night so i thought why not give it a try(i am not sure it will work)

today i am rewarded!

i have just come from the garden, i can not express to you how bountiful it is. i am wet and muddy just like a carrot you would pull from the earth except i am truly happy. it is very over grown and serious weeding must take place, tomatoes to heavy for the support lay on the dirt, so i am heading back out there- wearing a skirt and rain boots.plan to eat tomatoes and beans right of the vine!

as i expressed to a friend, i do feel very happy to have had this moment in the garden.

i just went back out there and weeded and steacked- how i love it all. i have brought back a basket full of vegetables, some of them already in a pot of ratatouille. the house smells lovely! i also brought a lot of the weeding greens to the chickens how they love it so and carrots to the horses who were ready to climb the stone wall into the garden! my hands smell of basil- i wish i could send every one some since they are as big as trees! now i have filled a bowl of ratatouille that has the house smelling so wonderful! sprinkled with home made croutons and goat cheese, have put on a warm sweater and grabbed my book and i will head to porch and enjoy this fall like day!

bright star and september

dear friends, i have just come back from montreal where we enjoyed a family and friend party, walked in old montreal, hung out in my old neighbourhood of notre dame de grace sipping mocha and reading good canadian newspapers. we have also returned the children as they get ready for another school year.

the house much quieter now yet the sound of the wind and rain keep me company. every year at this time it is almost as if i welcome a new year i find myself making list, resolutions and shedding of things i have accumulated. i love waiting for september to come.

today i have finally promised myself to watch bright star, i have wanted too and yet avoided it too. but now i hardly can wait! the weather and temperature is perfect, the kettle is on and baked goods from montreal await.....
i do believe i will emerge from this movie a changed person at least one can hope!

the last day

there is only one left on the farm with the children. inside i am terribly sad for they have been my companion, my giggle partners, my foodies, my fellow adventure seekers.... summer with the children passes so fast and you can't help but notice a to do list none completed. i will have more to say i am sure as it all sinks in but for now like i said one more day- no time to waste.

loverly

happy monday to you

the washington county fair

we had a nice time at the fair. we went on the roller coaster and i screamed like the girl i am. k won dylan a jersey yankees!( and you call yourself a red socks fan k!) we listened to a great band, saw adorable livestock. tasted a few things i can not admit too. we had a good time even sat in a school bus as it drove us to our car- that was the weirdest nostalgic ride- never did like the school bus!