Began the day sewing and ended with campfire

It was a drizzly morning.  Dude worked inside the birdhouse and a friend came over to sew with me. 

I hadn't even cut out my fabric yet, so , I got to work. 

Some of the sewing got a bit complicated.

My friend, Susan, already had one of her deer head's done...okay, okay she had two finished. 

There was a lot of pinning to be done. 

I got a little crazy sewing my deer head. Bread was finished baking in the background and the Beatles playing to keep us going.

Susan and Dude attaching the wood base ... what a nice guy to stop and help us.  

Me and Susan. My deer looks like it needs to go on a diet!

We did it!! Our deers are finished. I was proud when my grandson said, Grandma, you did a really good job. 

We cleaned up mess, Susan went home and 

we took an afternoon rest and them we headed out for our annual sing-a-long.  On the Friday night, after the longest day of the year, neighbors host a John Denver sing-a-long … well, it really isn't just John Denver and they have renamed it Keenstock 2018.  Tomorrow there will be a day long concert as well with a variety of singers and bands. 

Tonight a big bonfire is lit in the middle of nowhere among wheat and corn fields.  We were afraid the weather would turn bad but we were lucky with a clear and starry night. 

   Kids roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. 

 We could see the moon, Jupiter and Venus. 

We were grateful it didn't rain, even if it was a little chilly.  We had a great time singing with everyone almost to midnight.

Here's to summer. 

peace 

Counting our blessings

The last few days have been challenging but we are up for a challenge, otherwise, we wouldn't even be homesteading. We do know from just living that life can change in an instant.  This is just a bump in the road.  

Challenges

We could not get to most of the gardens today since water is still standing. 

Hmmmm beans....

Onions

Tomatoes

Honey Crisp Apples

The outside of the greenhouse.

Positives...

When you can't get in the garden ...bake.  Black Rye... it was sooo good.

When you have scraps...

Sew!  I made microwave 6 bowl holders so I don't burn my hands when I use the microwave at work.

And friends make the time go faster.

Dinner!  We have food.

 Kerouac who braved the storms on top of the coop (who needs to go into a stinkin' bird house!) is alive and very well. 

Baby turkeys are doing well and ask for a hug.

Inside the greenhouse...

Everyone road out the storms and came out without a scratch. Friends don't  leave friends in a storm. 

The chickens and guineas all are well.

And soon we will be welcoming baby guineas.

Love for everyone. 

Storms didn't bother the chickens' laying.

Now time for a movie from the library - yeah for free stuff.  

Facing our challenges is not a bad thing, we have faith and family. That's what really matters for us. Thank you God for all the blessings.

peace

Day 2 of storms

Last night we had over 3 hours storms. We thought the hail would never stop.  We woke up to a few inches of hail and flooding.  It looked like it snowed! It hail until about 1am and right as we were heading to bed our weather alarms went off again, this time for flooding.

Today was round two with a tornado just across from us.  Here are some of the pictures from today. As you can see the dog loved this weather. Just wave after wave of storms. 

 Tornado forming.   

Tomorrow is another afternoon of storms.  We have never had this much flooding here. We live on the top of a slight hill.  Hopefully tomorrow it will be lighter. 

peace