Hey, it’s January in Northern Minnesota, and it’s cold outside. We just had a few inches of blowing snow. So, Will finally went out to the half-finished snowplow repair and started up the truck. Even with the plow not working perfectly, as he still has some work to do on it, it did make a pass out the driveway, then back again, clearing off both the new and old snow we’d been just driving through.
I looked out this morning to sunshine and enjoyed watching our three regular wild turkeys scratching around for corn where we feed the deer and them. I’m not sure where the big flock went, but we haven’t seen them for a month or more. Maybe someone feeds more corn? Anyway, I tried to sneak out to take a picture of them and whoosh, away they ran and flew. You’d think they’d get used to us by now.
My nasty cold is finally getting better. Ugh, it’s hard to do anything when your head is all stuffed up and you’re blowing your nose like a freight train every five minutes. We’ve been able to keep up with seed orders, nevertheless, including a few with wonderful, unexpected gifts included. One was this embroidered tea towel a customer’s daughter-in-law did for me. It’s way too beautiful to actual use! As some folks think my “retirement” from the seed business means I won’t be writing any more. Not true. It’ll actually free up more time to write!
Are any of you getting depressed with all that’s going on in our country? Minneapolis and other cities “hosting” ICE, that whole Greenland thing and more. We sure can’t do anything about any of it but pray but it sure makes me look at our seeds in a positive light, as well as our pantry. I feel like I’m sitting in a huge balloon that’s being blown up bigger and bigger, just waiting for it to POP! I’ll sure be glad when spring gets here and I can get my hands in the dirt. We can’t fix the world, but we can plant more beans! — Jackie
