Salsa

I love the colors of summer. Our high tunnel greenhouse is producing enough for our family and our farmers market stand. Every Wednesday afternoon, we set up our canopy, unfold the table and make people happy with fresh, local produce. Since ours is grown in a protected space, there is a minimum of dirt and blamishes, and the colors are vibrant. Who knew I would be a farm wife? Yesterday was our 10th anniversary. I am so happy! We are emotionally well-matched and find humor a part of daily life. Hooray for happily ever after!

County Fair

This year, I decided to enter two quilts in the County Fair. This one took the Grand Prize for "Quilts and Bedspreads". Of course, there were only four quilts entered. When Mom was raising us, I remember her entering sewing and baking projects in the fair each year. One year it was her homemade bread. Another year it was a lovely turquoise wool coat. I have the friendship quilt that earned her a Blue ribbon (which she sewed to the back of the quilt). Homemaking skills were a source of pride and a sign of accomplishment. Now those skills are considered hobbies, to be done in your spare time, as a special treat on Sunday afternoon. Thanks heavens for beautiful fabric, and time to quilt.