Friday, October 19

Boy, the weeks just fly by!  We have been very busy finishing up the cleaning and sorting of the shop.  The truck and camper are now parked inside although the air conditioner on top of the camper rubs on the garage door when pulling in!  We could park it in the barn but it is more convenient to have it closer to the house when we want to use it.  Also makes a nice ‘guest room’ if we need it. 

 

I have been feeling great and feel so fortunate to be alive!  In the past few weeks I have canned apples, made and canned applesauce, canned plums, Asian plum sauce and spiced plum chutney.  We have tons of plums on our plum tree and felt like trying a few new recipes and preserving some.  We also dried plums and put some sliced apples in the freezer for pies.  The next thing is to do something with the pears that our neighbor brought us. 

 

We finally had a good dose of rain several days ago so we were able to burn all the ‘trash’ that has been accumulating over the past few months.  Had a nice campfire…  Still have a pile of yard debris that needs to be torched one of these days. 

 

Had a great visit from Dan and Carlyn who were on their way back to Kansas City.  Violet is getting used to AFP’s in the field!  (Arctic Fox People). 

 

This week we had a visit from Mary and Bill from Gig Harbor.  They are on their way to Texas to spend the holidays with her daughter.  (more AFP’s!)  It is so nice to have people stop by to visit and glad we have an RV spot for them.  We sat on the patio with a fire in the red stove and enjoyed some wine with them.  It’s great to finally feel comfortable having a fire now that we have had some rain. 

 

Had a great brief visit with Adam (the leading AFP) last week...  It was good to see him again and we look forward to the 2013 Rally.   

 

Bob is spending more time in his shop cave, now that is a lot cleaner and stuff sorted out.  Working on the new cargo trailer and hoping it’s ready for elk camp in a few weeks.

 

That’s about it!  We are just loving life and enjoying our place.  The leaves are gorgeous right now and yes we are looking forward to the first snow! (maybe this week)