Happy 2015!
So what's all this about miracles?
Well, the last few years I seem to manage being able to dig potatoes for Thanksgiving, which is really unusual for Maine.
This year we had a huge snowstorm November 2nd, and a big freeze shortly afterwards, so there was no digging potatoes for Thanksgiving.
I resigned myself to the fact that last row of Kennebec whites was lost.
Then we had rain Christmas Eve day.
I walked by that last row of potatoes at nightfall coming in from night chores, the digging fork stuck in the ground next to row, and gave the fork a wiggle, The fork moved!
I started poking around, flipping frozen earth crust in large pizza sizes...and lo and behold, the potatoes below were not frozen yet. I kept digging and digging, and this is what I ended up with-enough for Christmas dinner and a hearty serving of homefries a couple days later., Best potatoes evah!
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These were also "freebies"-descendants of the 50 pound bags for 5.99 I bought fall of 2013, leftovers that had started to sprout.
Follow up number two-the bow building. I failed at that attempt, the oak twisted horribly and I couldn't string a good piece out of it. Willow in the meantime took matters into her own hands, cut a good sapling, tied on a string, and was shooting Jeruselem Artichoke stalks in lieu of arrows.
I picked her up a real arrow for her birthday, and she got a lot of use out of that with her little homemade bow. It had a pretty good draw strength-more than this 15 pound draw I bought her for Christmas, along with a handful of arrows.
Here her brothers are taking their turns along with her on Christmas afternoon:\
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The Firebird has had a goal to break the school record for 55 meter dash, which he did this past Tuesday. Here's a pic of him on the long jump, one of his other events:
courtesy event photographer
Me? Having the winter blahs, underpaid, underappreciated, overworked...but at least I have some money coming in-can't have everything! (don't we wish)
So what's all this about miracles?
Well, the last few years I seem to manage being able to dig potatoes for Thanksgiving, which is really unusual for Maine.
This year we had a huge snowstorm November 2nd, and a big freeze shortly afterwards, so there was no digging potatoes for Thanksgiving.
I resigned myself to the fact that last row of Kennebec whites was lost.
Then we had rain Christmas Eve day.
I walked by that last row of potatoes at nightfall coming in from night chores, the digging fork stuck in the ground next to row, and gave the fork a wiggle, The fork moved!
I started poking around, flipping frozen earth crust in large pizza sizes...and lo and behold, the potatoes below were not frozen yet. I kept digging and digging, and this is what I ended up with-enough for Christmas dinner and a hearty serving of homefries a couple days later., Best potatoes evah!
These were also "freebies"-descendants of the 50 pound bags for 5.99 I bought fall of 2013, leftovers that had started to sprout.
Follow up number two-the bow building. I failed at that attempt, the oak twisted horribly and I couldn't string a good piece out of it. Willow in the meantime took matters into her own hands, cut a good sapling, tied on a string, and was shooting Jeruselem Artichoke stalks in lieu of arrows.
I picked her up a real arrow for her birthday, and she got a lot of use out of that with her little homemade bow. It had a pretty good draw strength-more than this 15 pound draw I bought her for Christmas, along with a handful of arrows.
Here her brothers are taking their turns along with her on Christmas afternoon:\
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The Firebird has had a goal to break the school record for 55 meter dash, which he did this past Tuesday. Here's a pic of him on the long jump, one of his other events:
courtesy event photographer
Me? Having the winter blahs, underpaid, underappreciated, overworked...but at least I have some money coming in-can't have everything! (don't we wish)
1 comment:
YAY For tators!!!! Fresh potatoes are so good.. We got about 2 5 gallon buckets full this year.. not near enough. Because everyone wants to eat them. I have a kid who really likes archery. She was in the Archery project in 4H and the leader kept trying to get her to compete but she does not like to do things like that. She did it because she enjoyed it.. And she hunts with it too.
Gorgeous kiddos! They look just a little bit like you! :)
I hear you on the overworked and underpaid... but some day we may win the lottery.. of course you have to play to win.. and I can't let go of my dollar to play! Lol
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