A Fall Update

It has been another bit since I have written. It seems that losing Rooster was hard on both my heart and my health. There were other things going on as well, but hit a rough patch with my health. Thankfully, I am on the mend, and thankfully, I am meeting with a new doctor on Tuesday. We found out that my son has an insect-borne illness, and I think I might be in the same boat. I will keep you posted because it has been an educational journey for sure, and as insect-borne illnesses are on the rise in the northeast (not sure about other places), it seems important to share what you know.

But I just wanted to give a run-down of the fall and will write more soon. The big news is that I finished the Fall issue of the journal. Please check it out. It’s a beautiful issue–and we have audio, so you can listen to it while you work!

It took me about three weeks to get that all put together because, in the meantime, I have been canning pears, making apple butter, and I have really good news–Ron ordered a batch of baby chicks for me. They are lovely and ornery and perfect!

We have put up a record amount of food this year–eggs, corn, Brussel sprouts, green beans, salsa, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, beets, all the jams and jellies, and I can’t even remember all of it. Needless to say, I am thankful for it because grocery prizes are wild.

Boudica and Bairre are doing well. Bairre found his big boy bark, so that’s not great. Still, it’s good to see he will work a little bit–nothing like Boudica, but he will work. The kitties are doing well. Bella has been sleeping by face, which is not great since I am still a bit allergic to kitties. The turkeys are getting huge but still act like babies. They stand outside our bedroom window and wake us up every morning with their gobbles. Turkey gobbles are awesome but terrible at 6:00 in the morning. The mice are doing well, though I thought we were going to lose little Cynthia. That is a story I have to tell soon because it’s a love story.

The drought has been a struggle, but we finally got good rain last week. We need about 10 more of those though, and it doesn’t seem to be happening. The world is crazy and on fire, but you know all about that.

Ruby seems to for sure have ovarian cancer, but she’s got some time, I can tell she’s going to fight. I am pampering her as much as possible, and Ruby, forever the mama, hangs out all day with the baby chicks. I heard her talking sweet to the babies yesterday, and I can tell it was for them because, when Ruby talks to me, she uses her grumpy voice.

I hope you are all doing well and hanging in there. I hope to write more soon. Now that the fall issue of the journal is up, I hope to tell a few stories.

Sending love and light during tough times!