After a lovely day at the fair,
This lovely summer Sunday morning Fred headed off to adventure on his dirt bike with brother Eddie. I headed to our wonderful Nevada County Fair to bid on Peter Ramey's prize turkey. The Rameys are our landlord at the mill, and we want to show our gratitude in this way. It was a new experience for me to get a bidding number for the auction, to negotiate that ritual so familiar to many. Well, I came to find out that Peter's brother had a lamb up for auction as well. After meeting Mom and Pop at the cinnamon roll trailer and viewing the inspiring home craft exhibits, I left the fair with two checks written for our winning bids.
At home I picked a quart of raspberries. Bounty! I think they will be soaked in brandy for later consumption during the holidays, or I may make a batch of jam to eat now. The cookie recipe that caught my eye on Pinterest is Will You Marry Me cookies. Fred and neighbor Dan give them a thumbs up. I send a bag with Heritage Builders who are picking up lumber from the mill in the morning.
Which brings me to what I've been doing since I stopped writing daily. I help Fred at the mill. I love the work. Driving the forklift is a gas. And, I love paperwork and numbers. It has been a good venture thus far. We're not getting rich, but we were already rich (we have love in our family). It is satisfying work, a service needed in our community.
Our garden has thrived on my absence this summer. We put it on a timer with well water when we were gone in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Neighbor Dan kept a watchful eye. These before and after pics make me smile.
Time now to saute up some garden veggies, peppers, zucchini, and basil to add to niece Dawn's leftover pasta sauce from Kamp Kerksieck last week. A new episode of Ray Donovan is on tonight. One nice thing about an empty nest, we can watch anything we want.
It was a lovely sunset!
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