MacGregor

 

very cloudy when we left

set-up sun is peaking through

still quite a bit of evidence of the storm a few weeks ago

we had a place close to the beach

we went biking on the trail

to see the sunset

campfire at night

Lots of Rain

 

the flowers are droopy

the water in the pond is super high

the bean stalks floated off the field

the creek is high

the culvert is below the water

nice reflection

over 4"

we had about 110 mm in 24 hours

 and more after that

Soybean Harvest

 

Monday late afternoon the combine came

the beans were running well

time to fill up the buggy

a good team

Remembering Cor

When we came, Cor helped us get started

so many times we went swimming

and had coffee after

Cor was there when grandparents were invited

for a school outing

hospitality was a big part, in the summer 

the awning was a good place to be 

so many games we played

my last picture from Cor

last month

we were part of his family

and he was part of ours

 

Gym Olympics

 

back squat practice working up to 115 lbs

Cheryl did 175 lbs, so strong

rope slam

my first time on the assault bike

weird, it made me smile

More Canning

 

Our tomatoes look horrible from blight

but somehow we still had tomatoes

14 tomato sauce and 10 applesauce this week

 from apples I bought

our trees are bare, frost at the wrong time

Making wine from our own grapes

 

the grapes from the garden have been cut

we try to take only the dark blue once and leave the rest

for later

after a few days the grape skins start to float

and the juice gets darker

the juice is now fermenting in the pantry

Filling up

 

we are working on filling up the gravel pit

every hump is a dump

it will take years 

but the first layer just got smoothed

Storms

 

we seem to have storms regularly

this was last week

this was last night

so much lightning you could see everything

Jaap and Pauline

this weekend we had Jaap and Pauline come for a visit

so fun, these 3 used to live 

on the same street in the Netherlands