September 20, 2010
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The Simple Womans Daybook 20 September 2010
Outside my window…it is cool and dark and too early to tell what the weather is going to be like today. The weatherman promises a cool sunny day. We’ll see if he is right or not.
I am thinking….about home and family and all the pleasure that can be derived from time spent together. My husband spent the whole weekend totally spoiling me. He will never really know how much I needed that or how much I love him for it.
I am thankful for…cool temperatures and sunsets, golden fields and the smell of wood smoke.
From the schoolroom…this is finals week for me and another week seven for Matthew.
From the kitchen….I think that something gourmet is going to be in order tonight but I don’t exactly know what it is yet.
I am wearing….jammies folks, jammies. Way too early for anything else and that may be the way of things for the whole day. To quote my dad, “what do you think of them apples?”
I am creating…castles in the sky, fantasies in my mind, music in my soul, and stars in my eyes.
I am going….nowhere fast!!! and I like it that way. Matthew and Mary-Kate can use my car to go wherever they want today. I don’t need it and I don’t want it.
I am reading…..The Complete Works of Tennyson. I feel the need for some poetic food for my soul.
I am hoping….in the hope that never fails.
I am hearing…..the sounds of the house in the morning, the sounds of the world in my head and the murmurings of my heart.
Around the house….it is an utter disaster which to me is a sign that all who dwell here had an enjoyable weekend.
One of my favorite things….the smell of a baby’s neck, the taste of a small child’s kiss, a sticky hug, and the sight of exhausted and contented slumber.
A few plans for the rest of the week….schoolwork, holy hour on Tuesday, schoolwork, babysit Layn, holy hour on Friday, gun show this weekend with Matthew and Brett, and loving and contented time with my husband and the rest of the family.
Here is a picture thought that I am sharing with you…
A few signs of the season…the pumpkins that Mary-Kate and Layn harvested on Friday. Come one, come all they are for sale!
A beautiful shot of Ian’s cornfield with a stormy fall sky behind it. The contrasts in color are what make fall such a spectacular time of year around here.
Saturday evening one of our local hot air balloons landed in the field behind the elementary school up the road. Doug and I jumped in the car and chased it as it flew over head and watched as it landed.
Doug helped the crew fold up the balloon and pack it and the basket away in the truck for another day. Such a beautiful sight. Not too many days go by in the summer that we don’t see two or three of these go overhead. One day I am going to take a ride in one of these.
Comments (8)
I’ve hear my husband say “what do you think of them apples?” I think his dad used to say it too. Makes me smile. I’ll watch and wave while you ride in the balloon.
@ata_grandma - My dad used to say it when I was a kid. I think about him a lot lately. It makes me warm inside and very happy to think about him.
@perelandra30 - my grandpa used to say it (and I still do occasionally). I’d fly in a balloon with you. It is so lovely there. I’d buy a pumpkin but I don’t think that it would survive the shipping. Blessings to you as you stay home.
What kind of pumpkin did Mary Kate grow? Tim planted some pumpkins this summer, but they weren’t they kind that get big enough to carve. We got six, before one got a worm in it after being plucked, which bore a hole in it.
Next year he wants to expand the area of planting and get bigger ones to grow. Also, do they usually have some buds which start to become pumpkins, then die because other ones are taking all the nutrients it needs? We had so many which started to become baby pumpkins, but then shriveled up.
I got Wil a hot air balloon ride for his birthday several years ago. The blame thing never took off the day we went and then it never worked out so money was refunded. Darn it! He really wanted to go.
@whteroses - The variety that we plant are called Jack O’Lantern. They aren’t giant pumpkins but big enough to carve. We usually get a variety so that when kids come they can choose the sizes that they want. I don’t know what to say about your growing problem. I know one year we got no zucchini because all we got were male blossoms and no female blossoms which is where the fruit comes from. The next year they did just fine. If you plant pie pumpkins just beware that they will rot fast once you carve them because they are meant to be made into pies and their rinds don’t harden like carving pumpkins do.
@perelandra30 - Thanks! I think we’ll do a variety like Jack O’Lantern next year. I think for our growing problem we just need to till the ground better and mix in better soil. Our soil in the St. Louis area can be described best as ‘clay’.
@whteroses - This may sound strange but you may want to buy some worms online and mix them in the soil too. I have been buying worms for a few years now. We have heavy clay soil in Upstate New York too. The soild in my kitchen garden has all been brought in from piles of rotted horse manure that we have on the farm and worms that I bought. Before I treated it it was a mess. Red wigglers are the best. They are good compost worms.