August, 2023

 

I painted the walls, woodwork, and door and gave the back porch a good cleaning.  

Kathryn was so funny here.  She spied me and thought I might advance to take her from her Daddy's arms.  She carefully squnched down so as to hide from me, eyes only showing.  

Lots of cooking this month, some in preparation for Jonathan and Nicole's moving days on August 4 and 5...home to Lebo!  I served sloppy joes and cookies for the movers for the noon meal on the fourth, walking tacos for supper, and sent a sweet and sour pork loin over for their supper the next evening.  Such a blessing to have both our kids' families within ten minutes of us!  

I cleaned and painted the back porch on the 10th--so nice to have that done.  We made room for our old stove to live back there so when the new range comes I will have two big ovens plus the two small ovens when I cook for family meals!!  

Daniel was so much help to us this summer, helping John with haying and with jobs like helping to carry our old air conditioner out and the new one up the stairs for John to install.  I put up some zucchini relish, made chicken pot pie, an apple cake, meatballs, and chicken soup for Johnnie, Irma, and Amy who all had Covid toward the end of the month.  Johnnie was hospitalized for a day with it.  

Horrible heat wave beginning August 19 when the thermometor said 114.4 in the afternoon.  The heat was just brutal the week of the 20th.  

On August 19 about 9:10 pm I saw a Starlink satellite train moving southwest to northeast--just happened to be outside turning off the hydrant we'd had on watering our tomatoes.