household notes...

From the hen house:

It's been an exceptional summer for eggs--apparently

the girls don't mind the hot, dry weather we've been

having.  So, besides smoothies, I've been making

a lot of Dutch pancakes for breakfast--perfect

with some fresh-from-the-garden strawberries or blueberries

and a dusting of powdered sugar.

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In the garden: we're been picking zucchini,

peppers, cucumbers, collard greens,

cherry tomatoes, more blueberries, and just yesterday

got some green beans and full size tomatoes.

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In the kitchen: I had some dried blueberries left

from last year, which I made into some of 

Hazel's famous lemon blueberry scones. 

I bought three different kinds

of local honey at the Amish store--buckwheat,

basswood, and clover--and discovered that I love

clover honey in my English breakfast tea.

The basswood is very mild flavored and perfect

in my early morning cup of mint tea.

The buckwheat honey, I found out, has great

medicinal value, and so I have been adding that

to our morning green smoothies.

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Thankfully the living room/dining room/hall

painting--both walls and floor--was finished

yesterday.  I can't wait to get all the furniture

back in place, and, I don't want to see another

roller or paint brush for quite some time :)

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On the fun side, there's a bit of journal crafting being

done for an upcoming August festival, as well

as lots of sewing yet to be finished...

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Hope your weekend is happy!...Deb