We have a large, fat garter snake hanging around which gives us a startle once in awhile. But we like having him around as he eats plenty of grasshoppers and other pests in the garden and flower beds. After living for years in rattlesnake country, I’ll admit to jumping more than once when he pops out of the grass but seeing his olive and yellow body quickly lets me know he’s totally harmless.
Will’s busy cutting, raking, and baling hay today. Yesterday he got up ten more round bales and today is breezy and hot, so hopefully, more will quickly follow. He is getting tired of making hay, however and we hope it will soon be done for the most part. We do have some second cutting clover to put up at home but it’s not much and will go fast.
I got another 11 pints of green beans canned up yesterday, filling our pantry shelves to bulging. What a good feeling as green beans are one of our favorite side dishes. I’ll be doing Dilly Beans and more Mustard Bean pickles with the next batch. They just keep pumping out the beans!
Our flowers around the house are really pretty now. Even the ones that are crowded with weeds. (Oh well, I can’t get ’em all!) Those flowers sure perk up one’s spirits, don’t they? — Jackie
