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Sunday: Land and Sky

This morning, as Bear and I walked, in Kalispell. Smoky, hazy, headed towards hot…but cool as we walked about 9:00 a.m. I like this a bit larger…dbl click to see it big.

Cutting hay on the road home

What a nice week: work 2 days, 1 day off (4th of July, our Independence Day for non-U.S. readers), work 2 days, week end!!

A rainy start but a sunny finish.

A good work week, some yard chores completed, a bit of baking done as we head into a forecast hot spell and I am anticipating not wanting to have the oven on.

At lunchtime, Bear and I went to Bigfork on a quick errand run.

Hay was being cut here, there and everywhere.

As I waited for a car to clear the road, I turned around and took the above photo looking southwest across the valley…

Cutting hay: on the road home.

And a little bit from Bob and Bear… I haven’t done much with video because I don’t know squat about editing it…adding pretty music, or special effects…so prepare to be underwhelmed. This is Bob and Bear and some birdies in the background and that is it :)!

Cooking from the garden week 6 & 7

The bounty from the farm continued week 6 with spring greens, spinach, radishes, green onions and rhubarb. I was able to share some greens and the remainder I used as I have been.

Meal salads that started with chef’s salad several weeks ago, continue:

BLT, hold the bread!

A southwestern take with a dressing made of mayo, greek yogurt and salsa…more salsa on top…Ole!!!

Week 7 added broccoli to the haul. I had plans for a fresh broccoli-bacon-cranberry salad but ended up steaming the broccoli to have with some cream of chicken over rice.

Not from the garden but I’ve been wanting to share Karin of Paper Route Design’s Granola. I make 1/4 of her recipe and mix it with a rice cereal I buy in bulk at the natural food store. I have never been a granola fan, but Karin’s recipe sounded so good. As she states on her post, it makes the house smell like the inside of an oatmeal cookie :)!

I scoop the granola – rice cereal mix, add some chopped apple and have a great start to my day or a nice bedtime treat.

…so… week 6 & 7…and there will be no week 8.

A minor weather disaster occured here this last Tuesday morning.

That is hail. And that hail is already partially melted.

We had a strong thunderstorm with 1 – 1 1/2 inch hail and then a torrential downpour.

It did a number on the vegetation, including the gardens at Swallow Crest Farm :(

I received an email this afternoon that this week’s distribution would not happen and it sounds like next week’s is questionable as well… Mother Nature. I am sad for the farm folk as things were going so well and they are now having to re-plant and repair.

Here at my house…the sun has re-appeared. There is a lot of yard and woods cleanup to be done but…

…one must enjoy the sun and fresh air!

Happy Day.

It was a sun, sun, sun, sun, sun-shiney day

Yesterday (Wednesday), late afternoon, although overcast, it was dry at my house. I took Bear and went to Wayfarer’s for a bit of variety in the week. It was blustery and drizzly by the lake but we had a good walk, anyway.

I hadn’t taken the camera as it was gray and dismal. But coming home…the road home…new snow down to about 5K on the mountains contrasting with the super-green of the fields…I was sorry I didn’t have the camera.

This morning, early at 6:30, the sky looked clear and a little pink showed above the mountains as the sun started to clear them. I called to Bear to load up and we went down the road to see what we could see.

Oh…it was beautiful. It was 37F this morning – beautifully crisp and cool but the ground was warm and as the sun rose, so did the mist.

The Road Home on an early June morning with fresh snow on the mountains and mist over the field.

Looking southeast…

The moon headed towards moonset.

…and Bob: on a sun, sun, sun, sun, sun-shiney day!

***yes, I mis-remembered the lyrics from “I can see clearly now”…but my version fit the morning so I’m leaving them :)!