Each day the view out my kitchen window changes. Whether it is due to the height of the grass, the moving of animals, an approaching storm, or the hue in the evening sky, no day looks the same.
As I complete the seemingly endless kitchen responsibilities that come with nearing end of the summer season, I am grateful for this view, its variations, and the invitation to observe and enjoy.
And along with the views, there is the hard-to-explain feeling of being quite liberated by growing and raising our own food. It is liberating, indeed.
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| Tending to Dylan's bees with help of an expert/friend. |
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| Homemade soup from the chickens processed a few months ago. Very healing. |
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| Broth from home grown chickens, ready for storage or freezer. |
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| One of our new 60 White Leghorn chickens in her egg-mobile. |
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| Tomatoes and tomatillos from the garden, roasting for salsa. |
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| Picks from the morning. |
Canning, canning and more canning. Green beans, peaches, tomatoes and bread-and-butter pickles.
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| Summertime meals right from the garden. No grocery store needed. (Okay, except for the carrots!) |
Tomorrow will hold an entirely different beauty, unique in its own way.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time..."
Ecclesiastes 3:11
