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Monday, August 3, 2009
"While you were out ..."
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Wisconsin -- farm days
We spent lots of time on Clario Farms, the organic farm owned and run by my sister-in-law Claire and her husband Mario (and 7-mo-old Nina does her part, too). Weeding, and picking strawberries, raspberries, beans, patty pan squash, and lettuce were all novelties for us, and we threw ourselves into it with a will.
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Nice red barns.
Evening approaches.
A pailful of strawberries, destined to be mushed and served on pancakes.
Where raspberries come from -- raspberry factories. I mean plants!
Beautiful sun-warmed raspberries -- lots never make it into the house. Sometimes temptation is too hard to resist.
Living in clover.
Beautiful, healthy hollyhocks. I'm so jealous. Kewanee and Door Counties have been experiencing drought for two years now, so damp leaves are not a problem. Well, it is a problem (we passed a sign that read "Pray for rain.") but not for the hollyhocks.
Lambs, destined this fall to become lovingly raised, free-range, grass-fed chops and roasts. Place your orders now! (Seriously! Visit http://clariofarms.com/?p=50 .)
Not forgetting Nina!
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Nice red barns.
Evening approaches.
A pailful of strawberries, destined to be mushed and served on pancakes.
Where raspberries come from -- raspberry factories. I mean plants!
Beautiful sun-warmed raspberries -- lots never make it into the house. Sometimes temptation is too hard to resist.
Living in clover.
Beautiful, healthy hollyhocks. I'm so jealous. Kewanee and Door Counties have been experiencing drought for two years now, so damp leaves are not a problem. Well, it is a problem (we passed a sign that read "Pray for rain.") but not for the hollyhocks.
Lambs, destined this fall to become lovingly raised, free-range, grass-fed chops and roasts. Place your orders now! (Seriously! Visit http://clariofarms.com/?p=50 .)
Not forgetting Nina!
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Wisconsin -- pretty amazing
Summer in Wisconsin can be great -- if you manage to avoid the humidity. This summer, we did -- in fact, it was unseasonably cool. But we had a wonderful time. One of the best finds this time was Cave Point County Park in Door County. As Owen put it, "This place is pretty. This place is amazing."
The park is on Lake Michigan, which is slowly wearing away the limestone, built up eons ago as coral reef.
Owen got to spend time with his cousin Anna, who was born 3 days after him. They always hit it off, though they don't see each other often. I wonder how they will get along next year, when they are 13, and then 14, 15 ...
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The park is on Lake Michigan, which is slowly wearing away the limestone, built up eons ago as coral reef.
Owen got to spend time with his cousin Anna, who was born 3 days after him. They always hit it off, though they don't see each other often. I wonder how they will get along next year, when they are 13, and then 14, 15 ...
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