{"id":10674,"date":"2024-10-30T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:00:15","slug":"our-rain-today-is-supposed-to-turn-to-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2024\/10\/30\/our-rain-today-is-supposed-to-turn-to-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Our rain today is supposed to turn to snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;ve been really busy with getting in firewood and canning. No rest today. Will has firewood to stack in the woodshed and I&#8217;ve been busy canning. Who said canning only happens during the summer and fall? I just put up 25 quarts of chili and yesterday, 16 half-pints of diced turkey. And I have the carcass simmering in a pot of broth, which I&#8217;ll can today. I will also can another batch of Cowboy Candy so I can have extra syrup for Gaucho and Vaquero Relish and Cowgirl Candy (sweet peppers in Cowboy Candy syrup). I have two thirds of a five-gallon bucket of sweet peppers and another of Sugar Rush Peach! That&#8217;ll make a <em>lot <\/em>of goodies!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10675\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-696x498.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-1068x764.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Turkey-dices_0670-587x420.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These turkey dices equal 16 meals, using the meat as a recipe ingredient like turkey pot pie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Granddaughter, Ava, is making great progress with her riding lessons. She wants to ride her Aunt Randie&#8217;s Friesian, Abe, who has been living at their farm and is now getting brush-up training at her instructor&#8217;s farm. He&#8217;s a beautiful, tall, black gelding and I can&#8217;t wait to see them together!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10676\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-1536x1411.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-696x639.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-1068x981.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ava_0002-457x420.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ava is making great progress with her riding lessons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10677\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-833x1024.jpg 833w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-1249x1536.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-696x856.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-1068x1313.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Abe_0007-342x420.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is Abe. He&#8217;s trained but needs a little refresher before Ava will ride him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The forecast says we are to get snow tonight. Fortunately, it is supposed to melt tomorrow. I hope the kiddies all have a fun and safe Halloween. Unfortunately, we don&#8217;t get trick or treaters way back here in the woods. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we&#8217;ve been really busy with getting in firewood and canning. No rest today. Will has firewood to stack in the woodshed and I&#8217;ve been busy canning. Who said canning only happens during the summer and fall? I just put up 25 quarts of chili and yesterday, 16 half-pints of diced turkey. 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