This morning I’m off to Boulder around 7:30 to meet up with a friend who runs an organic farm outside of Boulder. On Saturdays he takes his weekly harvest and sets up shop at the famers market. Most of his income is from selling to select high end restaurants who want fresh local produce. He also sells “shares” each year to about 100 families who then get a box of veggies each week. We’re lucky enough to get whatever we want, whenever we want. Today’s load will be carrots, beets, squash, cabbage, lettuce, garlic, tomato’s, and whatever else is in season. There’s nothing like the taste of fresh vegetables plus we have the peace of knowing there’s no pesticides or chemicals on our food. I hope to be back home before 10am so we can then go do something as a family.
Yesterday we ran some errands that included a stop at the leather wholesale shop. The misses is learning a new craft and as it turns out, so are the boys. The place was kind enough to show the boys some pointers and send us home with a free bag full of scraps for them to work with. On the way we stopped at a place that sells headstones and also secured a few pieces of broken granite for the boys to use as their work bench. (you need to have a firm stone surface under the leather when you’re hammering in your patterns) Both boys spent the afternoon outside making various leather pieces with different patterns. They look pretty good for never having done anything like this before. I remember doing something like this too when I was a kid in Cub Scouts, or maybe it was Boy Scouts.
The guys are dying to go fishing so we’re going to try and fit this in this week. The mosquito’s are finally coming out so we might wait a few weeks as the cooler weather is coming in. Yesterday afternoon the boys were playing basketball and unknown to them, there was a wasp nest in the tube on the basketball hoop! Every time they hit the basket, they were pissing off the wasps inside. Before you knew it, the little one came running in saying he think he got stung by a bee. Sure enough on the back of his head, he was stung. I went outside, climbed a ladder and shot a few doses of wasp spray down the tubes and watched them fall out the other end. Needless to say, basketball was done for the day but we’ll be good to go this morning.
We had king salmon last night for dinner and the oldest one finally really likes fish! The little guy would still prefer to eat pizza for every meal but he too is coming around. We’re trying to get more veggies and better food into the boys as they need the protein for their growing bodies. We also got them a quick “doo update” (haircut) to get ready for school. They look like young men these days and Mom is fearing her little boys will soon no longer want to hug or snuggle with her. I’m sure they’ll both want to continue to jump in her bed or curl up on the couch with her for years to come, but I know what she means. Before we know it, they’ll be driving!
Everyone’s still sleeping, the dogs have had breakfast and I have had 2 cups of coffee. It’s almost 6:45 and I need to leave in about 45 minutes so I’m going to run now and jump in the shower. Hope you all have a good weekend, take care and God Bless,