Monthly Archives: August 2014

Raspberries Getting There

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

The heat is still with us so things move a bit slower.  The temperature is only in the low 80 here on Baker Mountain but the humidity gets high in the afternoon so working in the gardens just isn’t worth … Continue reading →

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Hello Again

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

It has been so long since I posted any news, I am ashamed to write again.  We have been very busy doing nothing different and trying to keep out of the sun.  TN is in the middle of the worst … Continue reading →

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2014 is getting to be my age!!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Things are slowing down a lot now. As the summer gets older things move more slowly, the weeds even grow less but the roots are bigger and harder to pull.  We picked the beans but there were not enough to … Continue reading →

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Summer on the Way Back

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

The forecast was for rain today so I started out sewing.  Norman went for his walk and had to come back early because of the rain show that came over but that was the last of the rain and the … Continue reading →

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A Vacation Revisited

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

I got some pictures of the family visit from Chris’s Facebook page and had a nice afternoon remembering a wonderful visit.   This is James dressed up in his costume, without his hat, playing King with Gina as the queen … Continue reading →

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Restful Sunday

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

This has been a very nice day.  I started the day sewing on my new outfits and got the sticking done before breakfast but I still have not had time to go back and iron them.  After breakfast I wrote … Continue reading →

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Apple Pandowdy

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Another day of canning.  I went down and picked the beans in the kitchen garden and got my basket almost full and then we went to the lower garden after breakfast and got a few more.  There are not many … Continue reading →

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Guess Who Had Spaghetti for Dinner!

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Today we used the last 50 pounds of tomatoes and made 15 1/2 quarts of marinara spaghetti sauce.  This makes 400 pounds of tomatoes we have canned this year and I think that is enough so everyone will get some … Continue reading →

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Playing with the Big Boys

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

The grapes are all done now and Norman has cleansed up under the grapes.  I have always looked at the grapes from right in the grapes or from down hill and looked at other vineyards  from the road but yesterday … Continue reading →

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Always Busy

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Busy all morning doing nothing again.  Norman settled down after dinner and just before he fell asleep he said,” It seems as if we are always busy, even when there was nothing to do!”  And he was right again. Today … Continue reading →

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