We have had so much fun after the PI ended. Me especially, not having to worry about figuring out how to finish my homework and arrange childcare. After a week of getting organized and recovering, we jumped on a plane to the east coast and got to play at the beach in Cape Cod. What unbelievable weather, and water, and fun sand and family! Rowan and Milo got to hang out with Gino, their cousin, and we got to see the grandparents without jetlag! It's been four days since we returned, and the first time both boys are sleeping at the same time. You wouldn't think this is such a big deal, but it makes such a difference in a day.
On Monday, after dinner, George and the boys were sitting in the front yard and I ran inside to get the phone, when we heard all of this crackling. Half of our crabapple tree in back fell down on the fence, and remarkably, very little damage was done... except of course to the tree! That event called for a little Monday evening chainsaw excitement after that, with George donning the traditional carhartt bib overalls, etc. and now we've got a nice little stash of apple wood to burn in the chiminea this winter. I am pushing for a second garden bed (when the rest of the tree dies) so that I can rotate our compost from bed to bed, and rotate the few crops we have, but George stubbornly doesn't want any more work. I just don't know what to do with him sometimes!!
We knew the tree was dying, but as they say, hope springs eternal, and so we just keep waiting for it to stop dying and return to its former glory. I think eventually we will get a peach tree or two, and another garden bed, especially if I promise to always let one go dormant. :)
I am just thrilled with the produce from our CSA, and we got a special treat to swing by Chubby Bunny farm (in CT) on the way to Cape Cod, and pick up a weeks worth of veg (as Tracy says) to feed our family. We even got a half gallon of milk from Patches, their cow!!! Talk about lucky. I'm not sure there is anything more earth mother than seeing Tracy (pregnant) milking (by hand) her very own cow!!
Of course, Rowan was thrilled to see the pigs, and he and Bea got to hide in the corn, which he thought was so fun. Truth be told, it's all amazing to us too. In their barn was vast quanitities of Garlic drying (or I'm not sure if you call it curing, or what) and all the food, it just feels so revolutionary to know someone who grows the food you eat. We never get to stay there long enough. We have seen approximately 7 minutes of Dan, the life of a farmer is no life of leisure folks, in case you didn't already know this.
Our vacations are too short. This is a national problem, for sure, but certainly we should be able to do something about it! George left work here, and just relaxed. It was nice to see him do that and the last two vacations for him mostly consist of submit-to-what-Rowan-wants-to-do time, and that usually involves sand, dirt, water or soccer balls. In other words, not too bad of a life!
i'm going to upload some pics, then I need to get back to making dinner.
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