Yesterday I was asked the question, what do you miss about Illinois, and what do you like best about being here? My response was, "I miss my friends in Illinois, Kathy, Sue, Denita, JoAnn, Cindy, Michelle.... but I love being here. I like the cool nights, the quiet, the number of stars you can see in the night sky, the sunsets, and I love being closer to kids and grandkids, my sisters, and brother, and my parents."
My sister Christine has been sharing their abundant garden crops with us, and we have strawberry jam in the freezer, broccoli, cauliflower, and peas, peas, peas.
Monday night we picked two of the four rows of peas, and ended up with 15 quarts of peas to share. Do you have any idea how many peas in the pod that takes. It's a lot!!
Our flock of chickens and turkeys is growing, and our garden has produced the first zuchinni, and lettuce, spinach, chard, and beans will be ready soon. I love being here, and I'm so thankful for many blessings. Not the least of these is that we have a new contract on our house in Illinois, and it's suppose to close on August 12th. We will be so glad when that is sold, so we can plant some deeper roots here in the Gem State.
