CSA - Week 8 - Little Red Potatoes

It is week eight of the Community Supported Agriculture season and the first of the red potatoes showed up in the harvest basket.

Also under the lid of the basket, plenty of onions for the week, broccoli, lots of summer squash, garlic and a bunch of red potatoes this week.

More fresh red raspberries!

Kale and carrots.

I shall enjoy a big bowl of potato salad this week with all those tender, fresh potatoes!

She Came for the Rock

As we shared those tender bites of the first radishes we harvested from the Friendship Garden, it was confirmed that the time spent tilling and toiling in the dirt finally paid off with yet a promise of more to come.

Donna stopped by to check out the new baby Kubota that had arrived just that morning, and ended up taking it for a test drive.

Torrie, always welcoming when someone returns.

Then it was time to load the big rock, so out comes the big Kubota to be put to the task.

Donna, she is a hard worker!

He had to line it up just so!

Do you think it is too heavy for my truck?

Need to push it in just a little further.

And then just a little more!

How much did you say it weighed?

She said she planned on driving slowly and taking the back roads to get the rock home!

She calls it land fill, one rock at a time!

Keith and Christy

After the Common Ground monthly potluck/annual BBQ at Lake Padden Park, we went on to Sherri's for coffee so Keith and Christy could fill us in on their upcoming wedding plans. Wanting a photo to use for their upcoming wedding announcements, we enjoyed lots of laughs as we snapped dozens of pictures.

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Christy and Keith posing for photos.

Kriss and Fred laughed.
I laughed with Greg.

Marked on our calendars for September 20th is their wedding reception. We all look forward to putting on our dancing shoes and gathering for the party to celebrate their marriage with dancing to Jon's great DJ tunes.

Congratulations, Keith and Christy!

A Lot of Miles

Encouraged to get a pedometer last month when we joined the walking club through the Fairhaven Fitness and Bellingham Tennis Club last month, I wore it each day during the month of July.

Certain that I walked a lot of miles, I was curious just how many miles I would log in one month. I logged 186.84 miles for the month of July. With an average of 6.03 miles per day, that really is a lot of miles!

My Daily Walking Log

July 1, 2008 - 8.01 miles
July 2, 2008 - 10.31 miles
July 3, 2008 - 3.86 miles
July 4, 2008 - 3.73 miles
July 5, 2008 - 7.21 miles
July 6, 2008 - 5.16 miles
July 7, 2008 - 6.58 miles
July 8, 2008 - 16.00 miles
July 9, 2008 - 3.80 miles
July 10, 2008 - 6.10 miles
July 11, 2008 - 6.07 miles
July 12, 2008 - 13.54 miles
July 13, 2008 - 5.67 miles
July 14, 2008 - 4.31 miles
July 15, 2008 - 5.96 miles
July 16, 2008 - 6.78 miles
July 17, 2008 - 3.92 miles
July 18, 2008 - 4.28 miles
July 19, 2008 - 4.97 miles
July 20, 2008 - 5.67 miles
July 21, 2008 - 3.99 miles
July 22, 2008 - 5.54 miles
July 23, 2008 - 6.56 miles
July 24, 2008 - 3.40 miles
July 25, 2008 - 3.14 miles
July 26, 2008 - 10.12 miles
July 27, 2008 - 4.83 miles
July 28, 2008 - 3.64 miles
July 29, 2008 - 4.49 miles
July 30, 2008 - 4.38 miles
July 31, 2008 - 4.82 miles

Total for July - 186.84 miles

Average per day - 6.03 miles
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Special, Like Christmas in July

Thank you for all the dances and wonderful conversation that night in the barn.

It was special, like Christmas in July.