Good
afternoon from the mountain, I was gifted a tray of peppers, so I planted them,
well seventeen of them so far. I have
lovely yellow cayenne and peter peppers and some hot Thai peppers. I put them all in pots and what’s left will
go in the one small garden. I decided
today that I would plant the started corn, pumpkins and beans in the garden closest
to the house and that I would start some more beans near the house.
Our tomatoes
are ripening, and some are huge, I am pleased with my choice of planting the Russian
black krim tomatoes. We have lovely pumpkins,
and one is black, so black, I cannot venture to think that someday it will turn
a dark orange color. The others all are
far lighter shades of green and have begun their transition to rage a little
more each day. I will take some photos
tomorrow.
Onto our
puppies, they are growing very fast and at only three days old they have
already filled our lives with much joy and, of course, more chores. The eight of them are all starting to develop
little personalities and Scrap their mother is patient and kind mother. I often feel sorry for her, as it must be a never
ending daunting task just to keep them in one place. Last night I heard her whimper,
and I arose from my bed to a pup missing.
I looked everywhere, or so I had thought, only to find the rascal inside
of the blanket. With a sigh of relief, I
retrieved the little love and returned him to a happy mother.
The pups are now three days old and they just couldn't be any more adorable then they are..., just take a look for your self.
Our Scrap
dog is quite amazing, I have been doing as much to help her as I can, we all
our really. This morning I made her
breakfast, I scrabbled up four-duck eggs for her. She wolfed them down and went
on to eat half a large can of dog food, two quarts of fresh goats milk and a
few cups of dog food and some leftover mac and cheese from the night before. I bought her special food at the store today
with more protein as she is eating to feed the eight, and I wish for them all
to be healthy. There is no greater gratitude
than that of a dog, so loyal are they, that in turn you feel obligated to
return the loyalty.
Speaking of loyalty,
I, of course, went to the grocer today.
I wanted some frozen salmon but only found tuna from Sri Lanka and
Salmon from Chile. I was both confused
and astonished by this. I did not know
that tuna could be found in the waters of Sri Lanka or for that matter what
they knew of fishing, perhaps I am ignorant of their skills, none the less, I
wanted Salmon from Russia or if I had to from America, not farm raised, only wild
caught. I guess I am quite picky buy life it too short to eat farm raised
fish. Farm fished is full of nasty mercury
and other chemicals at twice the amounts of wild fish…Yuck! So he will order it for me, and I should have
some in a week or two.
I also
inquired about a chuck roll and once the black stare left his face he asked,
did I really want the whole thing. Yes,
I proclaimed with an enthusiastic spirit to my voice. He asked what I had planned on doing with it;
I guess it must have seemed a bit odd to him that someone would buy such a
large amount of meat. I explained that I
had planned to cut it up into steaks and a few roasts, when he kindly announced
that he would be happy to do that for me.
By Jove, I was happy to let him, far less work for me. Upon this, he requested what I would like to
do with the trimming; I explained I would take them as they were even with his insistence
that he could grind them for me at no additional cost. It was quite sweet really him being so very
kind, but to me it would be expensive hamburger, when what I wanted was really
some nice stew meat. In the end, I acquired
27 pounds of meat at the cost of $4.00 per pound, a full $1.49 off per pound
and my freezer is not so empty.
I will
however need to take the cow in too the butcher as soon as possible, she has
developed some type of hernia, and it worry me to think I could lose all the
meat. I am going to call a friend and
ask them to help me as my van is still not up to the task and may require much
more work before being made so. It is
what it is, an old van. Life can be hard
with such a small amount of money to work with.
But trouble yourselves
not, I will overcome…
Be blessed
dear ones
Shekhinah
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