Happy July!

July 2, 2009 at 1:45 am · Filed under daily happenings

Its July 1st,  July always brings energy to me. I am one of those nuts that likes hot weather, tho its a bit humid around here now, its summer and I always love summer. Its my birthday month and I do like to celebrate all month so maybe thats part of it. I am looking forward to one of my best ever this year as I am in a very happy place both physically and mentally. It was a rough start to the year but major loss (my dear Pedro) was soon followed by major blessing (Jim). All the four leggers here are pretty healthy and that is always a blessing. Chester is having some knee issues so he isn’t as active as he used to be. He is staying in the front yard with the ducks and old Elvis the pig, so he has the run of that area and food all the time.. including an occasional sip of wine which he really enjoys. Also, speaking of farm work?.. I will post pics of my new “ride” soon too.. Jim got a quad to pull the hay cart and wow does it make feeding time fun! I hook up the bike to the cart, load up three bales and away I go. Makes me think we need more land…The lizards are out in full force and thank God we have only had one rattlesnake encounter so far. I was in the mood for some cool summer soap so I made three batches of goats milk soap today.. hoping now they cure out okay.. sometimes its hit or miss. I made a cool pale yellow scented with lemon and chamomile with crumbles of fresh chamomile added.. then a pale green in tea tree and mint. The third looks like it will be a light tan and is scented with apricot and peach tea fragrances. Makes me think of sitting on the porch swing in July! nothing better here in Arizona than an afternoon shower, no hot water necessary, so I’m looking forward to that with my cool new summer soaps.. We’ll have them available in the barn shop for sale as well.

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