Thursday, August 11, 2022

Pictures from July

 July was a beautiful and busy month. I always enjoy July, as I feel that it is filled with summer's best. Trips to the lake, picking berries, stunning sunsets, garden produce, family picnics, beautiful flowers, well as you can see I could go on forever!

We were very blessed with an abundance of berries in our garden this year. I was able to make jam from our home grown strawberries, black raspberries and rhubarb, so far. I still plan to make red raspberry jam from our garden at some point. I also had enough berries to freeze for the winter months ahead.

There is nothing quite like a pie made with fresh berries from the garden! It gives us such a good feeling to see the hard work of planting and caring for our plants come to fruition.

Although we have planted blueberries they are very slow to grow. The picture of the plant above was taken at a beautiful blueberry farm we visit each summer. Our annual trip is one of my favorite summer traditions! This year I went with my mom and sister, with her children. It was fun to see the cousins enjoy their time together and competing to see who could pick the most blueberries!
 
One evening Jemimah brought in a basket of bell peppers she picked. She likes to pick flowers from her wild flower garden and then arrange them among the vegetables. She finds great delight in surprising me with beautiful bouquets and displays of her flowers.
I am grateful to have a nice supply of peppers in my freezer for the winter ahead.

We are thrilled to finally have some ripe tomatoes. They seemed to be a little slow to ripen this year. We have a few different heirloom varieties, which is a real treat. Above is another example of Jemimah's creative expression in vegetable/flower arranging. : )

The geese have grown so fast! They are such characters and seem to find ways to amuse us nearly every day. Axel is a little aggressive with people he doesn't know and becomes very vocal at his annoyance when unknown guests arrive, like the gas delivery man yesterday! He also finds great delight in chasing our poor little dog Darla Mae and chasing Jemimah while she rides her bike. He has gone so far as to bite her bike tire. I'm glad to be on his good side, so far!

 
Jemimah spent time this summer working on her embroidery and learning how to sew on the sewing machine. After completing a couple of hand sewn projects she was ready to try her hand at using a sewing machine. She sewed a patchwork quilt for her dolls and did a great job! I was so proud of her hard work, and blessed when she won best of fair at our county fair for her quilt.

Over the summer I hand embroidered a little runner/dresser scarf. I found the stamped embroidery kit at a little quilt shop in our area; they were selling a number of vintage stamped embroidery projects for 50cents- $1. I purchased several, some appear to be from the 1950's. 

I also added a couple of new (to me) vintage apron patterns to my collection. I am hoping to find time to sew them over the next few months, and maybe add them to my shop. I really like to button back closure of each design.

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful summer! 

"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" Romans 11:33


12 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures and interesting post! Thank you for sharing highlights of your summer, it was neat to see.

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  2. QUE RICO SE VE ESE PASTEL, ME ENCANTA, YO COCINO PAI DE MANZANA CON CRAMBLE ARRIBA Y ES MUY DELICIOSO, MI MARIDO ES MUY GOLOSO , TENGO QUE SACARLE LA BANDEJA O NO DEJA NADA PARA LOS DEMAS JAJAJAJA. ESE BORDADO ES TAN HERMOSO Y JEMIMA, ESTA CRECIENDO MUCHO, SERA TAN HABILIDOSA CON LA MAQUINA DE COSER COMO SU MAMA, TIENE UNA MUY BUENA MAESTRA. NUESTRO INVIERNO ESTA LLEGANDO A SU FIN, HE VISTO PASAR LAS GOLONDRINAS Y SE QUE LA PRIMAVERA SE ESTA ACERCANDO, AMO EL INVIERNO ES MI ESTACION PREFERIDA, ¿CUANDO PASAS POR MI BLOG? VERAS MIS TRABAJOS Y CONOCERAS A MI EXTENSA FAMILIA. BENDICIONES PARA TI Y LOS TUYOS.

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  3. Lovely to see you today. What a wonderful harvest you had, and how delicious the pie looks! I think Jemima is following in your footsteps with her sewing!

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  4. Ahh I love visits with you, Sarah! So lovely getting a peek into your July! Jemimah has grown up so much...how old is she now? Wonderful that she learning to sew! Hugs to you

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    1. Thank you, Kelly-Anne! Jemimah is 7, and will turn 8 in just over a month. She is such a joy! : )

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  5. Love the photos! Makes me miss living in the country - miss the land, the hay bales and fresh berries! It's hard to believe your daughter is that old now! I like that apron pattern - I hope you do add some to your shop. The apron I bought from you is my absolute favorite, ever, hands-down.

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  6. It’s a joy to see your post. Glad you are having a wonderful summer. Your daughter is really growing up. I love the picture of her sewing. God bless you and your family!

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  7. I agree that summer has so many blessings that I enjoy! I have heard several others say their tomatoes have been slow to ripen this year too. It must be something different about our weather this year. I planted mostly cherry tomatoes, so those have been quick to ripen and have been giving us an abundance! That is so sweet how Jemimah arranges those flowers with the vegetables she picks. : ) And that's wonderful she is already learning to use a sewing machine, and did so well in 4-h with her quilt! Thank you for sharing about your summer, I enjoyed it!

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  8. I really enjoyed seeing some of your summer through your camera lense.
    Congratulations to Jemimah for her accomplishments! 4-h played a big role in the handicrafts that I learned and worked to perfect.

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  9. What a rich life you're leading. You're finding the beauty and blessing in your days. That's success!

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  10. You have a beautiful lifestyle!

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