A BLESSING

 

Last week I ended on an almost sour note due to the extreme heat. I said  Gracie was ready to cry "Uncle!" and give up. The heat was truly becoming almost unbearable.

But, then BLESSING OF BLESSINGS!!

RAIN!

We got a goodly amount and then a few days later we got some more. I was able to fill the shower drum and the IBC for our water needs of shower and laundry and plant care. We don't use the rainwater for drinking or cooking.

We are once again waiting for the rain to come to fill the blue catchment barrels we have on the four corners of the shop. You can see one of them just over the bed of Big Bird next to the wall.

That rainbow was a promise of more to come, and we are expecting some the end of this week, beginning of next.

The rain brought cooler temps and we were able to make progress with our move onto this property.

I had shown you the tent structure for the temporary garden shed, but now Gracie has it filled with most of the things from the Stockton house. 

There are still flower pots and tools to bring over here, but this has allowed her to move forward with her blank canvas of this property. She has made each place that we have lived into a thing of beauty with her skill at understanding colors and plants.

If you are able to enlarge the photo, you will see some things that do not belong on an organically-inclined homestead.

We know that. We are just moving everything without discrimination. We will take care of sorting through it all at a later date.

We do not have a contract on the house in Stockton, but we do have a verbal agreement with some folks we know. It may still be a couple of weeks before we know for sure. If their application for the loan falls through, then I will put it on the market.

Gracie spent most of one day last week moving things out of the deer shack so that I could have more space for the tools in the workshop. One of the things was this table, which was over against a wall.

We moved it outside for her to use when she is working on the potted plants. You can see some of the work she did to the left of the table on the ground.

She had to separate a peace plant that I have had for more than 20 years. She has had to do this before for the same reason--the plant had outgrown its environment and was becoming root-bound. It is now thriving once again and producing its beautiful blooms.

During the process of the separation, one of the blooms was broken. Gracie saved it and it now graces our dining table. The blossom appears to be larger than the little vase, but it isn't. I just wanted to emphasize the flower when I snapped the photo.

All in all, it has been a good week. We are looking forward to the coming week, anticipating whatever curves are thrown our way while we make our plans as to what we would like to see.

Until next time, do your work, play hard and enjoy the time and space you have been given.

Thanks for listening.