So it's after midnight. I just turned the canner on with two batches of serviceberry jam in to process. Jason is watering plants, Kali is happily playing the "farming game" by herself after consuming almost an entire quart of canned green beans for her chosen bedtime snack, and I ought to be folding laundry and doing the dishes rather than posting pictures. As I was crushing serviceberries soon after 11pm when we got home from the SPI potluck and dance, I couldn't help feeling incredibly happy to be alive and here and at home on Fruit Farm Lane. Tired, yes, but this is the time of year to be tired. There is abundance all around us!!! We picked several gallons of serviceberries tonight and there is more where that came from. It was fun to be there picking at EMU right in a main area of campus where folks were walking by and occasionally stopping to be informed about what edible thing has been growing right along their walkway without them knowing it. Very fun! And we introduced probably 10 or so folks to the tasty treats!! The birds may not be as thrilled with us passing the information around. So our counters will once again be kept full with jars of canned goods cooling. Today it holds blueberry jam, chicken broth and chicken cubes and before the night is over serviceberry jam. The nights will likely be long. And I hope to soak up every minute that I can!!
Other news worth noting: Jason just loaded up an incubator with hatching eggs. Let's hope we are posting pictures and news of many baby chicks 3 weeks from now...
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