I finished painting most of the trim on my house and I plan to start on the exeterior of the windows tomorrow. Also make bread and bake custards for Nancy.

Went to the chiropractor after work…They told me They hoped I had  fun in West Virginia…doing a lot of things I shouldn't because my back sure was a mess. My reply was "Yep, I did."

We picked apples from our trees today, most os the lower ones have consumed by the deer, but we dont mind, we were able to get amost a bushel, now to peel and make some apple butter next week.

Squeegees Mom said
Joell, do you use a mechanical peeler, or peel by hand? A bushel is a lot to do by hand. I imagine the deer appreciate you letting them have the lower apples. Time for them to start packing on the pounds for winter.

 

Did you ever play the game with apple peels that my daughter and I always did when she was younger? I would peel an apple, taking care to not break the peel. If you got an entire apple peel off, you would toss it over your shoulder onto the floor. Whatever alphabet letter shape the peel took was supposed to represent the initial of the first name of the man you would marry. I usually had to do this several times until she got an initial she liked.

Hello Squeeges Mom, I just purchased an apple peeler this year, although Ross was kind enough to help me peel apples . I have our guest room ready for he and Nancy just in case.

 I never had children but that sounds like a fun game to play with the little ones and learning as well.

 You are right about the deer, they are so thin now because of the lack of rain and foliage, we are planning to put out food for them this winter, hopefully that will help save some of them, many have been dying here because of the lack of food. Ater we pick the apples we need, we usally pull down as many as we can and leave them on the ground for the animals.

mamajoseph, hope everything goes ok with the ultrasound. I will be praying for you and continue to pray for you husband and family.