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I'm also blaming technology for the delay. I love to post pictures along with the post but the only reliable camera I have is on my phone and I want a quick & easy way to transfer pics from the phone to the blog. So, I get this great idea in my head and try to research it but I keep getting interrupted before I get a good solution worked out. Long story short - I'm still doing it the old slow way. For now.
Since my intent is to get caught up quickly on blogging, I'll just give you the highlights of the past seven (gulp) months:
1. We had a flood. Everyone survived but the fence was damaged.
2. We had a long long winter that wouldn't go away. We woke up to frost on Mother's Day and had to wait until Memorial Day weekend to plant the garden.
3. The garden was bountiful this year, especially the cucumbers.
4. We vacayed at Gulf Shores this year with a side trip to New Orleans.
5. We won a boatload of ribbons at the Greene County and Montgomery County fairs this year. Our eggs took Best in Show for the 3rd year in a row! My knitting won a blue ribbon at Greene County. And our honey ... well, our honey won all kinds of ribbons!
6. Brady's a pickle-making machine. (Thank goodness the cucumbers did so well) His dill pickles (made from an old family Lithuanian recipe) won ribbons in both fairs.
7. We're planning to enter the state fair next year. :)
8. The local paper did a story on our fair ribbons, our farm, and our self-sustaining lifestyle. Although I joke with Brady that people probably think we're doomsday preppers.
9. We managed to make more trips to our place in West Virginia this year. We definitely need to do more next year.
10. Winter has come early with the first snowfall this week. I miss summer already.
The baby goats are growing by leaps & bounds. Tattooing is done and once they get their final shots they're ready for sale. Keep watching for more info.
So, that's the condensed version of our summer. Once I get the pics-to-blog thing figured out I'll post some with more detailed stories of the summer highlights.
